Moving oral assessments online reduced required support staff hours from almost 8 days to 3 days¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Moving oral assessments for 742 students from on campus to an online format reduced required support staff hours from almost 8 days to 3 days by eliminating candidate check-in, workspace allocation, and invigilation. → Fenton 2025

Evidence¶

Fenton 2025¶

Fenton, A. (2025). Reconsidering the Use of Oral Exams and Assessments: An Old Way to Move Into a New Future. Educational Researcher, 54(7), 430-436. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X251333638

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports, citing Starr-Egger (2023), an operational analysis of online versus on-campus oral assessment logistics for 742 students. Support staff hours fell from almost 8 days to 3 days; the review attributes the finding to the cited study.

"previous research demonstrated moving oral assessments for 742 students from on campus to an online format reduced the required support staff hours from almost 8 days to 3 days by eliminating the need for candidate check-in, workspace allocation, and invigilation (Starr-Egger, 2023)."

Discussion¶

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