Assessment of computer based evaluation as used by vocational technical instructors

Abstract

This paper investigated the positive and negative characteristics that are associated with the development and the implementation of a computer based evaluation system (CBE) in post-secondary education. The goal of the CBE system is to enhance the learning capability of the instructors and their students by this incorporation of technology in the educational system. The CBE system allows instructors to become effective and efficient in their instructional skills by allowing instructors to process scores and data with increased efficiency, which allows them to develop and revise course material for maximum effectiveness. However, questions of computer anxiety, validity, and reliability of such tests have raised concerns directed at the CBE system, which may have a considerable impact of the implementation of a CBE system in the post-secondary schools