The e-Prüfungs-Symposium 2023 took place on November 30 and December 1 at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen.
Following its initiation in 2014, the e-Prüfungs-Symposium (ePS) took place for the tenth time this year. From 30.11. to 01.12.2023, RWTH Aachen University hosted this renowned conference to exchange ideas with colleagues on the topic of digital testing.
The symposium, which has now established itself as the most important exchange platform for e-learning experts, practitioners and university managers on all aspects of e-assessment, was dedicated to the motto "Innovative e-examination concepts - new ideas and individual solutions" and presented a varied program with specialist lectures, posters and other formats for exchanging experiences.
The e-examination symposium addressed the current challenges in the digitalization of university teaching and examinations and how to overcome them. The focus was on further developments in examination software, new approaches in the creation of online examination rooms, but also the innovative digital implementation of analog examination types and the implementation of semester-accompanying knowledge tests to support the learning process. The e-Examination Symposium 2023 presented a variety of valuable examples and concepts for the future of digital teaching and e-assessment.
Ronny Freudenreich, M.A.(Center for Knowledge Transfer and Education) and Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Herrmann(Faculty of Mechanical Engineering) from the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences presented the LernSMART concept, an e-assessment approach to promote self-directed learning processes in engineering with reference to the teaching of theoretical principles in the STEM field, with a poster. The digital fellowship project LernSMART (funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Art and Tourism as part of the funding of the joint project Digital Higher Education in Saxony) of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Dr.-Jens Meinert) and the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Dr.-Ing. Rhena Wulf) is meeting the challenge of transferring the theoretical knowledge taught to specific use cases by developing supplementary e-learning courses to identify the right solution approach. The aim is to make better use of existing formats (e.g. more complex self-assessment tasks) to promote self-directed learning processes, to promote the transfer to one's own cognitive performance and to promote learning and exchange within the entire seminar group on the basis of a uniform understanding.
LernSMART comprises the e-learning-supported enrichment of regular teaching for targeted preparation and follow-up of regular face-to-face courses, for exam preparation and for self-directed learning. The central pillars are problem analyses, which are not to be dealt with numerically, but are geared towards the relevant preliminary considerations. The focus is on electronic test tasks, which students can use to obtain feedback on their level of knowledge, including advice on further learning activities. Teachers use the results of the self-tests as an indicator for the target group-specific adaptation of teaching content. LernSMART has been in use at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and Freiberg University of Mining and Technology since the summer semester of 2022.
