**4. Using wearable devices in assessment: mobile assessment**

Computer-assisted learning environments made use of branching based on learner interactions that were the same for all learners in that same situation [46], and mobile phone-assisted learning environments take learning a step forward. Mobile phones are being used in a variety of assessing purposes. Self-assessment and peer assessment can be meaningful forms of formative feedback [47]. It is critical to a teacher's ability to adapt lessons and check for student understanding [48]. Using suitable technology for a successful implementation is important for assessing students' performance about the key concepts related to the unit [49, 50], and in a current research, a new method of assessment via smartphones is used. Smartphone exams are being used in some universities for assessments. **Figure 2** is a screenshot of two pages in an exam (the first page and the last page).

**103**

students' progress.

*An exam with smartphones [41].*

**Figure 2.**

**5. A recent research with smartphones**

*Using Wearable Devices in Educational Assessment: Smartphone Exams*

In the exam, students and teachers were getting their results as soon as they finish the exam. This method claims to be the fastest method of assessing and evaluating

Three groups of students have attained to the smartphone exams at Cyprus Science University. The first group of students are the students who were liking coming to classroom and listening to teachers in the classroom. The second group of students were preferring to come to some of the courses and to follow the other courses from mobile technologies. The third group of students were mostly working and were not able to come to class; therefore, they were following the courses from their smartphones. This research is based on a qualitative research design that meanings, perceptions, and awareness of the prospective teachers have a potential

Seventy-five volunteer students who enrolled English I course in Guidance and Psychological Counseling program became part of this research. Volunteer participation provided a ground for confidentiality and trustworthiness within the process. In this research, trustworthy mobile phones and mobile exam programs were used as instrument tools. The mobile exam questions were distributed to students on the exam time. Students who took the exam and teachers who were the invigilators during smartphone exams had been given special training about how to

impact to retrieve the qualitative findings within an inductive process.

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84324*

*Using Wearable Devices in Educational Assessment: Smartphone Exams DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84324*


#### **Figure 2.**

*Wearable Devices - The Big Wave of Innovation*

There are some obstacles in using mobile phones in education. Some of these are students not having smartphone, slow Internet access, and insufficient smartphone usage awareness. Also, administrators', teachers', and students' negative attitude toward smartphone usage in education may present an obstacle in this new technology's usage. Some research studies show that there was no significant difference between the traditional, blended, and mobile groups of students' paper and mobile exam results [41]. Also, studies show that there is not a significant difference between male and female students' exam results [41]. The only difference was between the students who were familiar with the mobile technology exams and

Students' perspectives are vital guides for upcoming directions in teaching and learning [22]; therefore, research studies aimed first by finding students' attitudes to smartphone usage; delivered education to three different groups of students to measure if there is any significant difference between students having mobile courses or other courses; and then the research is directed to students' perspectives of mobile education. The increasingly widespread use of new communication methods via smartphones occupies an important place in the lives of young people and influences their leisure activities [39, 42]. A high percentage of students at universities have the latest technology smartphones and are professionals using its facilities like taking pictures, creating albums, and using Gmail, Viber, WhatsApp, and Facebook perfectly with their phones. Due to the reasonable price of mobile Internet connection plans, this usage increases day by day. Smartphones are today's handheld computers for configuring the daily schedules, saving large documents, watching videos, listening music, using Internet, using World Wide Web, video

There are also some researchers which state that using smartphones in a classroom is supported by data suggesting that the use of such technology (e.g., text messaging during class) is negatively related to sustained attention, and sustained attention itself is positively related to academic performance. On the other hand, the use of mobile technologies in the classroom also stimulates students while they learn new material [43]. Due to strong mobile technology infrastructure in communication and Internet connections, students can benefit from both formal and informal learning methods [44]. Sometimes, social media tools may not fit into the configurations of all mobile devices. Some of the functions may be disabled, and

Computer-assisted learning environments made use of branching based on learner interactions that were the same for all learners in that same situation [46], and mobile phone-assisted learning environments take learning a step forward. Mobile phones are being used in a variety of assessing purposes. Self-assessment and peer assessment can be meaningful forms of formative feedback [47]. It is critical to a teacher's ability to adapt lessons and check for student understanding [48]. Using suitable technology for a successful implementation is important for assessing students' performance about the key concepts related to the unit [49, 50], and in a current research, a new method of assessment via smartphones is used. Smartphone exams are being used in some universities for assessments. **Figure 2** is a screenshot of two pages in an exam (the first page and the last page).

conferencing, and much more than a human mind can imagine.

**4. Using wearable devices in assessment: mobile assessment**

frequent update of software is required [45].

**3. Some problems on the way**

between those who were novice.

**102**

*An exam with smartphones [41].*

In the exam, students and teachers were getting their results as soon as they finish the exam. This method claims to be the fastest method of assessing and evaluating students' progress.
