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one respondent, "Clinical knowledge survey), whether they are satisfied
can't be taught online. It requires a with the assessment conducted
hospital setting with hand-on practice." online, 50percent of the respondents
These drawbacks have not been responded affirmatively. For those who
included in Fig.-2 because hands-on portrayed dissatisfaction, common key
experience / practical aspects of the reasons are summarized in Table-2.
curriculum in online mode have been Major apprehension is towards the
discussed in a separate section. Only online exam's inability to differentiate
11 respondents out of 249 (~4 percent) between a righteously submitted
did not face any difficulty in online answer sheet over a dishonest one,
learning. If the quality of education causing disadvantage to students
is to remain uncompromised during using ethical means. Additionally, the
the ongoing pandemic, some tangible suitability of essay type questions for
solutions have to be worked out before subjects related to humanities or solving
the commencement of next semester. of mathematical problems through
Understanding the obstacles faced by online assessments has been raised.
online learners is vital in formulating Technical glitches such as poor internet
student-centric policies. connectivity, unexpected power cuts,
equipment failures and the crashing of
Assessment is an integral part of a
curriculum. On asking the participants assessment portals at the very end have
(as an open-ended question in the made the process tougher.
Table-2: Summary of responses to - If not satisfied with the methods of
assessment, kindly state the reason for the same
S. N. Reasons for not being satisfied with the online mode of assessment
1 Cheating is easier in an online mcq based test
2 Timely submission of timed online exams cannot be guaranteed due to
technical problems such as computer/mobile hardware issues at that
crucial time, power blackout,
3 Student presentations given in a classroom setup have a lot of value as
classmates ask questions and the presentation is a two way process but
in the virtual mode we prepare a video of the presentation and send it
to our respective teachers for their assessment. Also first preparing a
presentation followed by video recording and then finally uploading is
very time consuming (because of large sizes) and feels like a complete
waste of time for 5 or 10 marks.
4 Assignments that require writing are copied and pasted
5 I am more comfortable in writing regular exams than these online
exams because of
6 Maths mcq based online exam is either wrong or right but in the regular
mode of examination where you have to show the steps for answer,
even if concept or some steps are correct and answer is wrong due to
silly mistakes, teachers give marks during

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