When we talk about exams and tests, we often talk about stress and anxiety in the same breath. And in the world of higher education, this means quite often.

To ensure quality in teaching and help students with their future employment prospects, a digital approach is key. This is especially true for the assessment procedure in HEIs, as this educational key practice is notoriously underrepresented in digitisation initiatives within education, even though HEIs risk a misalignment in their teaching efforts – and thereby effectively lowering the effect of teaching – because of it.

As new technologies emerge, new possibilities follow in their wake. To some, this perpetual motion is the future. To others, it is a threat to their set ways. This dichotomy is the essence of disruption, as modern alternatives, utilising this new technology, put pressure on traditional industries and force them to rethink their ways of doing business.

Exams are a diverse field with many different formats and configurations. Most universities span from the natural sciences to the arts, where they specialise in music, media, art and performance, which means their assessment of these disciplines often requires options far beyond marking ticked boxes and circles around true or false statements.

Disruption is paving the way for change and progress in nearly all industries, but what are the emerging digital trends in education? To try and answer this question, we offer you our top 5 of disruptive tendencies in education in 2018.

To prevent cheating in exams is a crucial factor when we talk about exams. It has become especially important these recent years, as it has become common to use computers for written as well as oral exams.