A new open‐source technological system for real‐time assessment in the classroom

Personalized feedback tools in learning is a powerful method that expert applies when helping students to optimize their learning. We propose a new educational framework to optimize the continuous evaluation process for large groups. In our system, a computer provides tests to the mobile devices of the students; they then return the answers to be corrected. The framework provides real‐time knowledge about the progress of the class to the teacher and real‐time feedback to the students, increasing the rate of student success. Our low‐cost implementation makes it unnecessary to incorporate additional resources or to modify the infrastructure. We have tested it in several courses and conferences. We conclude with an evaluation and a discussion from different stakeholders perspectives. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:412–421, 2015; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI 10.1002/cae.21611

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