Own Device E-Asssessment on 5G

The new mobile communications standard 5G is representative of innovative digitization projects in many different areas of society. In particular, the increased data rates and low latency make this network technology relevant for use at universities for a large number of simultaneous users. In order to be able to offer and carry out innovative teaching formats such as formative e-assessments, a suitable technical infrastructure is required with which learning status feedback and examinations can be implemented effectively and efficiently, even for large learning groups. In view of the increasing number of students and the associated decentralization of learning spaces, the equipment with previously used technologies such as W-LAN and provided end devices (e.g. stationary PCs) is becoming increasingly costly or is in some cases no longer feasible.

In the ODEA.5G project, the H-BRS University of Applied Sciences and the University of Cologne are setting up 5G campus networks at both universities to test and evaluate state-of-the-art e-assessment systems. The focus here is particularly on large groups of participants who, thanks to the new technologies, will be able to take electronic examinations that are equal in terms of opportunity, comprehensible, reliable and secure.