Automated skills assessment in mobile environment

This document contains a short summary of results, achieved using the alternative skills assessment system developed for Mobile Education Center. The system was designed as client-server application and can be used for automated examination of practical skills and knowledge in the area of digital systems design and modelling using VHDL. The communication in Mobile Education Center is based on wireless technology (Wi-Fi) but the system is equally well-functioning in wired LAN environment. One of our main goals was to implement protection against plagiarism during the process of student’s knowledge testing, therefore the secured wireless communication between client and server parts of the application is supported by specially designed communication protocol.