In this work, we describe the first step towards electronic exams at the University of Stuttgart. The motivation, both driven by students and lecturers, is to offer assessments that are closer to real-life programming by allowing interactive programming and debugging not possible with pen and paper exams. This is in so far important as skills in computer algebra systems as for example MATLAB or programming languages like Java are an elementary ingredient of any engineering study nowadays. In this paper, we describe the technological basis tor computer based exams based on a system already successfully deployed for homework assignments, and describe its transition to an electronic assessment system. We discuss not only the technological requirements on software, its architecture and our choices for hardware, but also provide a brief introduction into the organizational and legal challenges that we are going to overcome.
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%1 Richter2014b
%A Richter, T.
%A Boehringer, D.
%B Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE
%C Istanbul
%D 2014
%I IEEE
%K Defense;Virtual Department Laboratory; Laboratory;eExam;eLearning Management Stuttgart;computer System System; Virtual administrative aided algebra approximations;Servers;Tiles;US assessment assignments;interactive based challenges;numerical challenges;real-life computing;University data eExam;computer eLearning education;further education;mathematics engineering;Browsers;Computers;Employment;Least exams;debugging;eExams;electronic exams;homework instruction;educational mathematics;organizational of processing;engineering programming;legal programming;software requirements;undergraduate squares system;electronic systems;computer technological
%P 196-201
%R 10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826090
%T Towards electronic exams in undergraduate engineering
%U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6826090
%X In this work, we describe the first step towards electronic exams at the University of Stuttgart. The motivation, both driven by students and lecturers, is to offer assessments that are closer to real-life programming by allowing interactive programming and debugging not possible with pen and paper exams. This is in so far important as skills in computer algebra systems as for example MATLAB or programming languages like Java are an elementary ingredient of any engineering study nowadays. In this paper, we describe the technological basis tor computer based exams based on a system already successfully deployed for homework assignments, and describe its transition to an electronic assessment system. We discuss not only the technological requirements on software, its architecture and our choices for hardware, but also provide a brief introduction into the organizational and legal challenges that we are going to overcome.
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abstract = {In this work, we describe the first step towards electronic exams at the University of Stuttgart. The motivation, both driven by students and lecturers, is to offer assessments that are closer to real-life programming by allowing interactive programming and debugging not possible with pen and paper exams. This is in so far important as skills in computer algebra systems as for example MATLAB or programming languages like Java are an elementary ingredient of any engineering study nowadays. In this paper, we describe the technological basis tor computer based exams based on a system already successfully deployed for homework assignments, and describe its transition to an electronic assessment system. We discuss not only the technological requirements on software, its architecture and our choices for hardware, but also provide a brief introduction into the organizational and legal challenges that we are going to overcome.},
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author = {Richter, T. and Boehringer, D.},
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keywords = {Defense;Virtual Department Laboratory; Laboratory;eExam;eLearning Management Stuttgart;computer System System; Virtual administrative aided algebra approximations;Servers;Tiles;US assessment assignments;interactive based challenges;numerical challenges;real-life computing;University data eExam;computer eLearning education;further education;mathematics engineering;Browsers;Computers;Employment;Least exams;debugging;eExams;electronic exams;homework instruction;educational mathematics;organizational of processing;engineering programming;legal programming;software requirements;undergraduate squares system;electronic systems;computer technological},
month = apr,
organization = {IEEE},
pages = {196-201},
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timestamp = {2016-03-04T09:57:29.000+0100},
title = {{T}owards electronic exams in undergraduate engineering},
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