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Web-based teaching and learning
I have been carrying out research and development in the use of the
World-Wide Web to support teaching, learning and assessment for
about five years. The QUASI system that I developed at
University College London was, I believe, the first fully Web-based
on-line assessment system in which exercises could be authored
by non-specialists using only a Web browser. QUASI is still in use at a
number of institutions, and (in my humble opinion) continues
to outperform the commericial products which are just starting to
appear.
As well as using the Web for computer-based assessment, I also have
an interest in developing tools that assist with traditional forms
of assessment. For example, in my own teaching
practice I expect students to submit coursework using the World-Wide
Web; I have developed and am currently evaluating software to
automate this process. The use of a Web browser for this purpose has
a number of important advantages over submission by, for
example, e-mail. The software I have developed
(described in this technical report)
imposes deadlines, checks word limits,
issues receipt codes and supports multiple submissions for multiple
courses. A longer-term goal is to incorporate cross-referencing
technqiues to aid in the detection of plagiarism.
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