EVALUATION OF STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS E-EXAMS AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THEOLOGY DISTANCE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The purpose of this study was to introduce the multimedia applications in Theology Distance Undergraduate Education Program (TDUEP) and to determine the users' attitudes towards exams executed to assess the outcomes. For this purpose. PowerPoint documents, videos. SCORMcompatible e-learning materials and Adobe Connect live lesson applications were developed to guide users in theology education as well as to make the teaching and learning process more entertaining. The study was carried out with 1500 students registered to TDUEP at a state university. The questionnaire form developed was applied to the students during the end-of-term exam week. The questionnaire forms which were not filled out completely or appropriately were excluded, and the remaining total number of questionnaire forms decreased to 1286. The results of the analysis of the questionnaire forms filled out by the participants revealed that there was no significant difference in the students' attitudes towards the web-based assessment system with respect to their gender and class grades. On the other hand, the results of the Chi-Square independence test conducted to examine whether the variable of gender had any relationship with the exam duration, place-independence of the exams and use of the exam system demonstrated that there were significant differences between the groups.