Evaluation of the Need & Benefits of E-Assessment: A Technology Based Solution for Executive Education in the Indian Higher Educational Scenario

Life and society in the 21st century are changing rapidly and strongly influenced by facts caused from the global world. Fast development and change of information or technology that enhances nearly everything in our modern lifestyle are just some of these facts. The educational system is no exception and has changed as well over recent years. Nowadays, the growing amount of universities leads to a need of certification of the quality of these institutions for helping students in choosing a certain university. Therefore, so-called quality assurance agencies prove and certify the quality of educational institutions. One of the most important points to assure the quality is how a university treats the fields of teaching, learning and assessment.

The purview of distance learning is increasing in India. The success of Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in India has contributed to increased credibility and acceptance of distance learning systems as an effective mode of teaching and learning. Across the rest of the academic portfolio there is a mixture of e-assessment and paper submission. A generic aim was to provide students with a convenient distance learning package and to speed up the return of assignments with timely, contextualized feedback. Students on these awards typically submit assignments during placement periods and so they wanted to avoid travel into the University from placement and reduce our carbon footprint. The newly validated curricula are committed to using mainly e-submission for assessments and so this experience was important as a proof-of-concept for other module teams in managing our large student groups.