Can tertiary eAssessment change secondary school cultures?

Tertiary eAssessment has a crucial role to play in secondary schools. This paper reports on a pilot project which replaced written examination papers by CD-ROMs. Whilst the traditional supervised fixed-time assessment process was preserved, students were able to use modern digital technology to create text and graphical (drawing) responses, without collusion. The paper suggests that such innovations at the tertiary level of education may eliminate barriers to transformation of schooling through ICT at the secondary level.