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An Evaluation of Remote Assessments Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic in one of the UAE Government Colleges: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors
Shayma Ebrahim Mohammed Alawadhi1, 2, *
1PhD in Education candidate, The British University in Dubai, P. O. Box 345015, Dubai, UAE
2Faculty of Higher Colleges of Technology, Ras Al-Khaimah Men’s College, P. O. Box 4793, Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE
*Corresponding author. Email: Salawadhi@hct.ac.ae
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Shayma Ebrahim Mohammed Alawadhi
Available Online 23 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_5How to use a DOI?
Keywords
remote; assessments; COVID-19; remote assessments; constructivism; online; blooms’ taxonomy; Vygotsky; learning
Abstract

This cross-sectional research paper aims to evaluate the main challenges of remote assessments during COVID-19 in one of the UAE government colleges. The remote assessment challenges I am targeting in the papers are (1) academic honesty (2) technical issues and (3) measuring students’ performance. I have conducted a questionnaire survey on 60 undergraduate students from different majors, we have also conducted a similar survey on 10 teachers by using simple random sampling. The results of the surveys are similar between teachers and students. Both groups agreed that remote assessments do not prove students’ academic honesty, whereas face-to-face exams are better methods to test students’ authentic knowledge. Additionally, participants believe that they had many technical difficulties during remote exams. Those technical issues included Wi-Fi issues, slow internet and apps crash. The majority of the sample group confirmed that they received help from their college’s online IT help desk, received spare laptops and granted makeup exams. Finally, teachers believe that remote assessments do not show students’ real performance and they encouraged in-campus exams. Students felt mostly neutral to have exams in-campus to show their authentic work and knowledge which may indicate slight biases toward remote exams.

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Proceedings of the HCT International General Education Conference (HCT-IGEC 2023)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
23 November 2023
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978-94-6463-286-6
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2667-128X
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