The issue of academic misconduct is present at every educational institution and is often a tough nut to crack. This blog looks into the complexity of the problem.

In response to the effect of the escalating Coronavirus situation, educational institutions are working hard to identify alternative approaches to traditional assessments. Find information, guidance and advice on moving assessment online in this blog post.

We are delighted and proud to announce the appointment of our new Head of Sales and Marketing Mark Bush and our new Non-executive Director Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen.

What does the future of digital exams look like? At WISEcon 2019, Professor Mariann Rand-Weaver made a three-fold suggestion.

What constitutes a good exam? Hanne Leth Andersen, Vice-Chancellor at Roskilde University, has a clear opinion: The recipe for a good exam consists of alignment between the teaching methods, the learning objectives, and the types of assessment.

Every year at the end of April or early May, one headline is guaranteed to figure in several Danish media outlets: “Can you get into the Danish School of Media and Journalism?”

Educational institutions in the UK using WISEflow to digitise their exam and assessment processes are soon to experience a more local touch, as UNIwise open a new office with a team dedicated to UK operations. The office is set to open in Manchester in August 2019.

UNIwise is approved and accredited by the G-Cloud framework. This means that educational institutions in the UK can purchase WISEflow and begin digitising their exam and assessment process very quickly.

Authentic assessment allows educational institutions to measure that their students not only have the knowledge necessary to solve actual critical issues in the world, they are also able to put that knowledge to practical use.

We work with many educational institutes and they vary greatly in size. This requires major flexibility in our system and great scalability to accommodate all needs.

After four years of WISEflow, Professor Mariann Rand-Weaver, Vice-Provost at Brunel University London, reflects on digital assessment and its future.

WISEflow is an easy-to-use assessment platform with advanced capabilities. The focus of WISEflow is not just to manage and distribute content, but to successfully manage and support the entire process of online assessment for every stakeholder involved.

It’s 2019, the start of an entirely new year, and many exciting events await for UNIwise, WISEflow and its users.

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) wanted to be able to provide feedback digitally, and they had a wish to digitise the assessment process to be able to conduct assessments on screens rather than paper.

For educational institutions and the implementation of electronic assessment, the largest barrier seems to be spatial and/or economical, according to a 2018 survey from HeLF.

Enough with the Handwritten Exams, Universities Say. But Commenters Say Otherwise.

One of the fears we typically encounter is that online exams will increase the academic dishonesty among students, citing the conclusion that using computers provides the students with more opportunities to cheat. But this is not necessarily the case.

One of the most noticeable results of digitising your exam and assessment process is that the process becomes paperless, which essentially means that all information processes such as letters and printouts are replaced with a digital alternative. Nearly all businesses and government institutions are currently becoming paperless – and with good reason.

Digital functions should support – Not inconvenience. In maths, the majority of students still do their calculations on paper, so it makes sense to match this process in the exam situation.

One sentiment we often run into is the idea that EMA (Electronic Management of Assessment) is largely similar to a Student Administration System (SAS). And we get the connotation. As soon as someone says ‘management’ in an educational setting, the first thing that comes to mind is a SAS, a place to record, document and manage educational information.