About EARAT

The purpose of this tool is to guide educators into a successful implementation of e-assessments during a university semester. This includes going through a complete risk assessment and identifying possible mitigations. In this sense, EARAT proposes itself as a helping guide, offering a base for a successful start in the planning of e-assessments.

EARAT has emerged from an observed absence of such an application on the market, despite the existence of academic research papers bringing the necessary knowldege for the implemantation of such a tool. The questions, meant to guide and inspire new thoughts during each step of the lifecycle, as much as the proposed lifecycles are based on the papers listed on this page. The Catherine Wheel Principle is the main source on which the risk assessment and the computations have been established.

For a better use of this tool, it is recommanded as a preliminary step to consult and consider the lifecycle and questions, before moving to the computation of the risks, while considering the possible mitigations.

Literature

[Ruedel2007]
Ruedel, Cornelia; Schiefner, Mandy; Noetzli, Caspar; Seiler Schiedt, Eva: Risikomanagement für eAssessment - In: Merkt, Marianne [Hrsg.]; Mayrberger, Kerstin [Hrsg.]; Schulmeister, Rolf [Hrsg.]; Sommer, Angela [Hrsg.]; Berk, Ivo van den [Hrsg.]: Studieren neu erfinden – Hochschule neu denken. Münster u.a.: Waxmann 2007, S. 180-190

[Ricketts2005]
Chris Ricketts, Stan Zakrzewski (2005) A risk-analysis approach to implementing web-based assessment; Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 6, 30, 603-620

[Zakrzewski2000]
Stan Zakrzewski, Christine Steven (2000) A model for computer-based assessment: The catherine wheel principle, 2, 25, 201-215