Development and evaluation of online quizzes to enhance learning performance: A survey of student assessment through MOODLE in Indonesian National University

Abstract

Nowadays, the advancement in educational technology accelerated by the dissemination of Internet has a potential opportunity to improve the quality of education by encouraging participation and collaboration between lecturers and students. In education, quizzing and testing have typically been used as evaluative tools to assess student performance. This orientation may change, however, with the increasing use of online quiz and its facilities through tools available at universities. This study presents the development and evaluation of online quizzes and investigates whether they could be useful tools to assist students' learning in university. Moreover this research examines students' achievement in e-learning courses at Faculty of Engineering, Sam Ratulangi University (UNSRAT), Manado, Indonesia, especially through online quizzes, which are available in learning management system. In addition, when developing quizzes, there are necessary features in order to maximize it potential as a powerful learning tool, which will be discussed in this paper.