E-Assessment and Multiple-Choice Questions

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
José Azevedo ◽  
Ema Patrícia Oliveira ◽  
Patrícia Damas Beites
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Mathematics Tests ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the assessment process is becoming an asset, giving rise to the so-called computer-based assessment or e-assessment. Nowadays, its use is becoming more usual in higher education institutions. Closed formats for questions, namely multiple choice, are the most commonly used. This chapter presents a literature review of the main aspects related to this topic, including the main modalities of assessment (summative assessment and continuous assessment). Issues related to multiple choice questions (MCQ) are discussed with more detail, referring to the various formats of MCQ, its advantages and limitations, with a particular focus on its use in mathematics tests. Also, some guidelines for the quality assurance of MCQ with quality are included.

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

Potentials of Selected Information and Communication Technologies in Adult Education Programmes in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
pp. 34-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvins Enwuvesi Hanachor ◽  
Rex Aduvo Needom
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Course

This chapter evaluated the potentials of selected information and communication technologies in adult education programmes in Nigeria. Infrastructure and funding are among the important issues, but scepticism about the pedagogic value of information and communication technologies and staff development are probably the most challenging. Institutions are grappling with bringing use and funding of e-learning and other computer-based instructional strategies into the mainstream of their organizations, and are beginning to contemplate restructuring to take account of information and communication technologies, in terms of staffing, staff development, course design and student support. Even though studies have captured the imperatives of information and communication technologies in Nigeria's educational system, little is still known about the subject matter in relation to adult education systems in the country. Consequently, this chapter explores and provides the much-needed insight on the subject and the issues that the process raises in the context of adult education in Nigeria.

ICTs Used Effectively to Re-Envision and Restructure E-Schooling for Underprivileged Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-65
Author(s):  
Puseletso Kekana ◽  
Leila Goosen
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

The purpose of this chapter was to investigate how effectively information and communication technologies (ICTs) were used at primary schools in the Ekurhuleni South district of Gauteng Province, South Africa for re-envisioning and restructuring e-schooling in underprivileged communities. Governments and schools made huge investments, integrating ICTs and providing computer-based education, to support teaching and learning. There have been numerous initiatives, which have been endorsed by national and international bodies worldwide. The main aim of all ICT-based initiatives was to enhance the quality of education and prepare learners for the emerging digital world. Numerous studies across the world have provided impressive outcomes for the use of ICTs in schools, and more evidence is also emerging regarding the sustainability of ICT transformation in schools. There has also been abundant literature, which emphasized the need for teachers to change their beliefs about and perceptions of ICTs in order to realize the full potential.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects in India

2015 ◽  
pp. 228-254
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Systems ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

The recent, rapid global proliferation of the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has sparked an explosive increase in an already steadily-growing stream of scholarly and practitioner literature on the applicative potential of e-government initiatives for development. Attracted by the potential intrinsic to these innovative digital technologies, platforms, and applications, political actors across the world have adopted computer-based network-systems for strategic use in government; as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration, and in public service provision. This research chapter, through the delineation of an electronic property tax collection system, deployed in Bangalore, India, analyses and unravels the strategic actor interactions shaping similar e-government initiatives, globally; predominantly, through a detailed scholarly examination of prevailing actor behaviours, motivations, and interactions. The research presented herein considers, thus, not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project, but also the disjunctions apparent within these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects for Democracy and Social Change in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-468
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

Attracted by the new Information and Communication Technologies, actors across the world have adopted computer-based systems for use in government as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration and public service provision. This book chapter, through the study of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India, seeks to unravel the social dynamics shaping similar e-government initiatives. The research upon which this chapter is based analyses prevailing actor behaviour, motivations, and interactions; examining not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project's implementation and transformation, but also the disjunctions in these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

scholarly journals COMPUTER-BASED MANAGEMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' INDEPENDENT WORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Vakulenko ◽  
Myroslav Zhaldak
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Computer Based Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work

The paper is devoted to the issue of managing independent work of students of pedagogical universities under the conditions of educational informatization. The conducted analysis of the literature identifies such key aspects of students’ independent work as independence (self-regulation) of students and its orientation by the teacher. This requires finding effective ways to manage educational and cognitive activities of students based on widespread use of information and communication technologies, especially under the current conditions of blended and distance learning, i.e., the transition to computer-based management of students’ independent work. There is a review of the main approaches to the defining of “independent work of students” and “management of students’ learning activities”. The functional model of management of students’ independent work is presented. Following the defined model, it is noted about the importance of achieving an effective combination of management of students’ cognitive activity by the teacher as well as their own self-management. The authors emphasize the importance of increasing the independence level at the end of learning disciplines and studying at the university. It is focused on need to use a specially designed learning environment of the university for the effective implementation of computer-based management of students’ independent work. Besides, there is a focus on necessity in preparing both academic staff and students for managing students’ independent work and using information and communication technologies. The main components of the computer-based learning environment for managing students' independent work of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University are reviewed. The authors have analyzed the findings of the survey on the use of computer-based tools for managing students’ independent work by the academic staff. The main advantages of their use have been also clearly determined.Keywords: pre-service teachers; independent work of students; management of students' independent work; computer-based management; computer-based learning environment.

scholarly journals Strategies for capacity building of agricultural extension personnel in using information and communication technologies for transfer of technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-335
Author(s):  
S. Helen ◽  
N. Mridula
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
Proper Training ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Extension Personnel

A study was conducted among 150 agricultural extension personnel from five districts of Kerala to identify the constraints faced by the agricultural extension personnel in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in transfer of technology and suggested strategies for their capacity building. Lack of proper training facility was recorded as the most experienced constraint with a mean score value of 9.48, followed by inadequate computer facility (8.82) available to them. The other major constraints experienced by the extension personnel were poor technical know how and conducting trainings at inappropriate times with a mean score of 8.32 each and lack of financial resources formain taining the ICT tools with the mean score of 8.03. It is suggested to categorise the extension personnel into two groups viz., those extension personnel who need the basics of ICTs and those extension personnel who require the knowledge on advanced ICTs. Target specific training modules, hands on experience, well established infrastructure, adequate funds and personnel for repair and maintenance, computer based trainings and advanced circulation of annual training calendars among extension personnel by the training organizations are the suggested strategies for the capacity building of extension personnel of Kerala in using ICTs.

scholarly journals Editorial

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (61) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Carlos Hernán González-Campo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Formal And Informal Institutions ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

Issue 61 of the Journal Cuadernos de Administración publishes 7 papers on the different topics of editorial interest, which national and international authors have considered disseminating in our publication, and which have been selected after a rigorous assessment process. The first paper, entitled “The use of social media to improve the commitment of stakeholders in the fashion and clothing sector: the Inditex case”, is the result of a research wherein, by means of a descriptive analysis, the different levels of participation in Facebook and the main characteristics that stimulate such participation in Inditex are studied.“Strategy and generation of value in Colombian service companies”, is the title of our second paper, the result of research aimed at identifying the relationship between strategy and value generation in service companies that have won the Colombian Management Quality Award by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism in the period 2013-2014. Innovation in Companies operating in the Foodstuffs Sector of Colombia. An analysis from the perspective of open innovation”, is the third paper and the result of a qualitative study that investigates the characteristics of the actors and their relationships in four areas of the foodstuffs sector in Colombia (the meat, dairy, milling and confectionery sectors).“Environmental entrepreneurship and public policy. Case: Entrepreneurship for Life Program”, is the title of the fourth paper in this issue, in which the authors, using the methodology of the Synergy System, applied by the Colombian Government to evaluate public policies, evaluate the “Entrepreneurship for Life” program.The fifth paper “Formal and informal institutions in relation to the entrepreneurial phenomenon in the Americas”, presents the results of a study that analyses the impact of formal and informal institutions on the change of the entrepreneurial activity rate (TEA) in 9 countries in the Americas, using data from GEM studies between 2005 and 2015.“Global communication models and their importance to public administrations - the case of the Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies in Cundinamarca” is the title of the sixth paper published herein, and is the result of a study on the state of communications in the process of collecting requirements between the Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies, the Government of Cundinamarca and the municipalities of the department through surveys and interviews with stakeholders and comparative analysis based on the current technical quality standards and variables of the global communication model. At the end of this issue, a review article entitled “Do social media create long-term brand experiences?” is published, in which the authors present a series of questions on the problem of the relationship between social networks and brand experience within marketing strategies. The article defines several lines wherefrom to outline future research.From the editorial team, we thank all the authors of this issue of the Journal Cuadernos de Administración for their contributions and our readers. We hope that all the changes that are being made as a journal will enable greater diffusion of published knowledge, where its content is the exclusive responsibility of each author and does not compromise the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the Universidad del Valle, as the publishing entity.

scholarly journals ФОРМУВАННЯ ПРОФЕСІЙНИХ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЕЙ МАЙБУТНІХ ФІЛОЛОГІВ ЗАСОБАМИ КОМП’ЮТЕРНО ОРІЄНТОВАНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentyna I. Bobrytska ◽  
Svitlana M. Protska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

The article analyzes the problems of formation of professional competence of future philologists by means of computer oriented technologies in terms of introduction of computer-based education in higher education institutions (HEI). Author determined a model of future philologists professional competence formation by means of computer-oriented information and communication technologies (ICT); singled structural components of the model of professional competence of future philologists formed by means of computer oriented ICT (target, content, technical, productive) and revealed their relationship to the specific future linguists’ careers; proved the thesis that the studied problem is of particular importance because of the necessity of informatization of higher education and usage the computer-oriented ICT in the educational process of the university.

Decision support systems for horticulture.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mir Shabir ◽  
T. Padma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Abstract Decision Support Systems (DSSs) are interactive computer-based information systems or subsystems intended to help decision makers use information and communication technologies, data, knowledge and/or models to solve complex and ill-structured management problems and to choose the best alternative solution in terms of economics, social impact and environmental issues (Manos et al., 2010). These systems are specifically being designed to address complex tasks involving multiple disciplines, enabling mimicking of the necessary requirements of fruit crops with respect to biotic and abiotic characteristics so that the optimum objectives specified by the user are obtained. They alter production systems, enhance management skills and reduce cost of production by applying modelling, simulations, specialized algorithms, calculation models, optimization and artificial intelligence techniques.

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