Student interviews as a tool for assessment and learning in a systems analysis and design course

This paper examines the use of student interviews as a means of assessment for systems analysis and design assignments and as a means of providing feedback to students on their performance in the assignment. It uses student feedback from 510 student surveys gathered from Semester 1 2001 to Semester 2 2003 to assess the opinion of students on the use of interviews and describes the lessons learnt about this form of assessment.