An Implementation Framework for Online Assessments

University of Nairobi

School of Computing and Informatics

AN IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE ASSESSMENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES: A CASE OF MASENO UNIVERSITY

By:

ROBERT OMULAMI MANAKA P56/60222/2011

Supervised by:

PROF. ELIJAH I. OMWENGA

April 2013

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Master of Science degree in

Information Systems

DECLARATION

I declare that this work has not been previously submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the thesis itself.

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Date: ..………………………………............................................ Robert Omulami Manaka

P56/60222/2011

APPROVAL

This research project has been submitted as part of fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in Information Systems with my approval as the Supervisor.

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Prof. Elijah I. Omwenga

School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi

ABSTRACT

Public Universities in Kenya have embraced ICTs in the management of educational programs. In 2007, Maseno University set up an e-campus to facilitate online delivery of education programmes to students within the country, East Africa and beyond.

Assessments play an essential part in education as it assists one in finding the quality of learning and examining what the student knows. The increase in students' enrolments in public universities has put pressure on lecturers who cannot mark and give timely feedback to students. The growing need to carter for adult learners living in far off places, to improve the operational reliability of assessment processes, to...