Blended Assessment Concepts for Formal and Informal Engineering Education

Multiple assessment options have been adopted in engineering education in the last years due to different reasons. Most of them are related to increasing the efficiency of the evaluation process applied in each activity performed by students/trainees and decreasing stress among them. The assessment methodology implemented in the formal and informal education programs mentioned in the article includes the automated evaluation approach consisting of assessment of conceptual/theoretical knowledge, as well as competences achieved within individual and/or team projects, hands-on laboratory, or simulation work. An analysis of the assessment scores reveals that end-of-programs assessments looks better if continuous evaluation methods are applied during the whole study act while students and trainees develop their own modes of learning and working based on the assessment results.