LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:4 April 2020
ISSN 1930-2940

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Using E-Assessment to Attain the Desired Learning Outcome in Higher Education

Dr. S. Latha Venkateswari

Abstract

Higher education aims to equip the students with higher order thinking; the ability to apply the theoretical concepts to their daily life situations and contribute their knowledge to develop the society. Naturally, teachers have to find out the ways to meet the demands of higher education. Semester system does not give sufficient time for realizing the goals of education. Teachers are pressurized to complete the syllabus, administer tests periodically before the semester examinations, evaluate the test papers, prepare the students for taking up the semester examinations and produce better results. Given this situation, teachers hardly find quality time to assess the entry level behavior of the students and teach accordingly. However, the advent of technology and the subsequent E-Assessment has been a boon both to the teachers and the students. While the teachers easily identify the area where the students lag behind, the latter get immediate feedback to their responses, which create interest among the learners to do better every time that paves way for the teachers and the learners to achieve the goals of higher education. This paper analyses how E-Assessment can help teachers achieve the desired learning outcome and make the process of teaching and learning interesting and effective.

Keywords: E-Assessment, Higher Education Classes, Computer-Assisted Assessment, Computer-Based Assessment, Diagnostic, Formative, Summative Assessments, Online, Offline Assessment, Evaluation, Google Classroom, Kahoot.

Introduction

Assessment plays a vital role in education as it measures students’ learning. As a result, teachers and students struggle hard to make this process better. Yet, assessments in the forms of tests and exams subject students to mental trauma. But when teachers adopt E-Assessment as a tool for judging students’ mastery of subjects, learning takes place at a faster rate. Since, today’s younger generation spend their time more on technology, English language teachers can conduct assessments through mobile devices using online tools like Google Classroom or Kahoot. In turn, learners become enthusiastic about taking tests and break the myths about assessments.

This paper highlights the types of assessment, introduction to E-Assessment, challenges and need for E-Assessment, types of assessments, types of tests used in E-Assessment, merits and demerits of E-Assessment, and the classroom experience of the author in E-Assessment.

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Dr. S. Latha Venkateswari
M.A., M.Phil., M.Ed., PGDTS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Government College of Technology
(Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Coimbatore – 641013
drlathagct@gmail.com
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