Competence orientation and fairness in individualised e-exams

Individualised pathways in higher education studies require adaptive and customised exams, which meet the requirements of a genuine competence orientation and the comparability and fairness of exams. For this purpose, competence-oriented adaptive e-exams provide a promising concept, which is explained in this paper. In addition, the paper presents an trial implementation, from which recommendations for implementation in regular exam operations can be derived. Possible extensions and challenges of the concept are summarised in the discussion.