Development of a desktop application for a complex heterogeneous evaluation system

Abstract

Like many others, our institution has had to adapt our traditional testing and assessment of students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the process applied to the development of a desktop application for a complex heterogeneous evaluation system for students of applied informatics. Qualitative research, case study together with experiments, and action research made it possible to examine the monitored phenomena more deeply in interconnected contexts. Prospective case studies with multiple cases were used to investigate the issue. According to the function, they are pedagogical evaluation case studies. In addition to verifying the effectiveness of the introduced materials, forms of education, and the flipped classroom approach, the study also focused on examining the relationship between their work on assigned tasks and the given issue, while heterogeneity in the evaluation was a key element. The main goal was to verify the effectiveness of the created materials in the implementation of various forms of education using the flipped classroom approach. Also, the possibilities of achieving the set educational goals during online teaching using instructional videos or scripts using a flipped classroom approach compared to a hybrid form of education and assessment were investigated. The contribution of the work and recommendations for pedagogical theory and practice are published in the paper.