Open AccessOnline Assessments: Their Importance in Higher Education
Author(s) -
G. D. D. T. Karunarathne,
L. Wijewardene
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.812.11448
Subject(s) - online assessment , order (exchange) , covid-19 , computer science , higher education , psychology , mathematics education , business , political science , formative assessment , medicine , disease , finance , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The main purpose of this review article is to deliberate on online assessments, the advantages and disadvantages of e-assessments, and their importance in the higher education sector, in the post-COVID era. Online assessments are the collection of tasks that are made by educational instructors in order to evaluate student performance, using Information and Communication Technologies. There are different types of techniques to conduct e-assessments, which result in different rewards and shortcomings. However, this article delivers the strategies that can be used to eliminate the downsides of online assessment.