Enhancing Trust in eAssessment - the TeSLA System Solution

Abstract: Trust in eAssessment is an important factor for improving the quality of online-education. A comprehensive model for trust based authentication for eAssessment is being developed and tested within the score of the EU H2020 project TeSLA. The use of biometric verification technologies to authenticate the identity and authorship claims of individual students in online-education scenarios is a significant component of TeSLA. Technical Univerity of Sofia (TUS) Bulgaria, a member of TeSLA consortium, participates in large-scale pilot tests of the TeSLA system. The results of questionnaires to students and teachers involved in the TUS pilot tests are analyzed and summarized in this work. We also describe the TeSLA authentication and fraud-detection instruments and their role for enhancing trust in eAssessment.