The introduction of the electronic form of control measures as a means of corruption prevention in higher education

Abstract

Purpose. To prove the necessity of introduction of the electronic testing and examination system as an effective means of the corruption prevention in higher educational institutions; description of the methods of computer-aided system of summative assessment of knowledge for students receiving higher education in different disciplines, which allows comprehensive estimating of the degree of knowledge of academic material and ability to solve creative problems. Methodology. Theoretical methods: psychological-pedagogical and theoretical-methodological analysis. Empirical methods: modeling, research and generalization of educational experience, experiment, survey. Findings. The method of electronic examinations and tests has been developed. The computer-aided system of students’ academic progress summative assessment developed by the authors has been introduced in the learning process of the university. The system is cost-effective, user friendly, has low system requirements for hardware, allows documenting examination results and saving the documents to archives. The system allows avoiding the influence of a teacher’s attitude on students’ marks through anonymous assessment of creative tasks of different kind. It provides the comprehensive and objective control and estimation of students’ knowledge, encourages the self-discipline of both students and professors, motivates the students to work harder, and prevents corruption during the examinations. Originality. The computer-aided system of students’ knowledge control in different disciplines, which provides the ability to perform creative tasks with optional degree of complexity has been designed. Practical value. The introduction of the results into educational activities of higher educational institutions may improve students’ educational progress.