Assessment in ‘survival mode’: student and faculty perceptions of online assessment practices in HE during Covid-19 pandemic

International Journal for Educational Integrity

Aisha Alsobhi¹  Maram Meccawy¹  Zilal Meccawy² 

[1] Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. box 80200, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;English Language Institute, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;

关键词: Online assessment;    Covid-19 pandemic;    Higher education;    Cheating;    E-learning;    Blackboard®;    Academic integrity;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s40979-021-00083-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a cross-sectional study that demonstrates how King Abdulaziz University has responded to the lockdown imposed by the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of students and faculty towards assessment that had to take place online due to physical or social distancing rules and lockdowns. A descriptive mixed-method study was conducted with two different self-administered questionnaires that were developed for students and faculty, respectively. A total of 547 responses were received from undergraduate students and 213 from faculty. The main finding suggests the need for a multilevel approach to the problems of cheating and plagiarism, including raising student awareness and ethics, training teachers to detect cheating methods, and institutions activating their code of practice and applying severe sanctions on those who engage in such practices.

【 授权许可】

CC BY