If you didn’t know what generative AI was 12 months ago, you almost certainly do now with the emergence of tools such as ChatGPT. But how do our students feel about recent developments in AI, and their impact on higher education?

An increasing number of higher education institutions are using data analytics to support students and guarantee retention. Find out what they are doing, why they are doing it and how it’s possible in our newest blog post.

Advance HE and HEPI recently published the annual Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES). Many of the positive messages from the report were ‘overshadowed by the cost-of-living crisis’ and its effects on students. We reflect on these findings, and offer some suggestions on how to alleviate the financial burden for students.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, students were sent to work from their homes as lockdowns came into effect worldwide. For many, however, this was not a feasible reality - huge numbers of students were unable to access the technology they needed to continue their studies. This issue is known as ‘digital poverty.’

There can be no doubt that AI will have a major impact on education, both for students and educators - ChatGPT is just the beginning. This is our company position on ChatGPT, our advice for educational institutions including a focus on ethical principles and best practices, and a discussion of how digital assessment can help.

In August of 2022 UNIwise celebrated its 10-year anniversary at our head office in Aarhus, Denmark. Some of our colleagues have been here since the very beginning, so we sat down with some of them and asked them about their experiences at the company over the last decade!

On 8 June UNIwise had the pleasure of attending a workshop, at the JISC offices in central London, that speculated on future scenarios of assessment.

In 2021, more exams were conducted on WISEflow than ever before, with an increase of 54% compared to 2020. From high levels of growth across Germany to the continued rise of proctored examinations, we reflect on a challenging year that was a testament to the ongoing importance of digital assessment in the European higher education sector.

With 2020 finally behind us, we reflect on the year that was and look ahead to 2021, a year that will bring with it many exciting opportunities and challenges for UNIwise, WISEflow and its users. We promise not to the use the word unprecedented.

With the 2020/2021 academic year now firmly upon us, and as a second wave of coronavirus infections sends many countries back into some form of lockdown, we take a look at how the pandemic affected digital assessment over the past six months.

The use of facial recognition technology combined with the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widespread debate within the education community as to what extent surveillance and privacy invasion is reasonable in order for universities to carry out their obligation to ensure fair and credible assessment of students.

The issue of academic misconduct is present at every educational institution and is often a tough nut to crack. This blog looks into the complexity of the problem.

In response to the effect of the escalating Coronavirus situation, educational institutions are working hard to identify alternative approaches to traditional assessments. Find information, guidance and advice on moving assessment online in this blog post.

Authentic assessment allows educational institutions to measure that their students not only have the knowledge necessary to solve actual critical issues in the world, they are also able to put that knowledge to practical use.

We work with many educational institutes and they vary greatly in size. This requires major flexibility in our system and great scalability to accommodate all needs.

WISEflow is an easy-to-use assessment platform with advanced capabilities. The focus of WISEflow is not just to manage and distribute content, but to successfully manage and support the entire process of online assessment for every stakeholder involved.

For educational institutions and the implementation of electronic assessment, the largest barrier seems to be spatial and/or economical, according to a 2018 survey from HeLF.

Enough with the Handwritten Exams, Universities Say. But Commenters Say Otherwise.

One of the fears we typically encounter is that online exams will increase the academic dishonesty among students, citing the conclusion that using computers provides the students with more opportunities to cheat. But this is not necessarily the case.

One of the most noticeable results of digitising your exam and assessment process is that the process becomes paperless, which essentially means that all information processes such as letters and printouts are replaced with a digital alternative. Nearly all businesses and government institutions are currently becoming paperless – and with good reason.