There is a debate about advantages and disadvantages of online assessment/ exams. You are speaking for online exams and Rosalia is speaking against it.
Rosalia says that technology is not reliable as sometimes a power cut may happen or internet connectivity will be low.
What would be your statement to counter rosalia's statement.
(Don't forget you are speaking for/ supporting online exams..)
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Answer:
Advantages of online assessments :
The use of online assessments saves companies a lot of time and money. Often the assessments can be completed in less time, multiple candidates can complete the online assessment at the same time and there is no need for specialized (and expensive) personnel. Also, the test takers are able to take the assessment during class, or at home, using their own devices. You get to see their results and answers and get instant feedback about your chosen topic. That helps you, as a researcher, recruiter, teacher or trainer, to learn more about your users and adapt to their needs, strengths and weaknesses.
Disadvantages of online assessments :
Not much can be said about the disadvantages of online assessments, since the advantages outweigh them by far. But there might be some, for example, you need to be computer literate (or able to use a computer well) in order to create and take an assessment. Technology is not always reliable, there might be connection or internet problems, energy breaks and other things like that. Also, there’s a cost involved in online assessment software.
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An online examination system has plenty of advantages:
It saves paper.
You never have to print an exam for your students and hand them out. Saves paper. Saves trees. Everybody happy.
It saves time.
You can setup an exam in such a way that it will auto-grade itself. If you only use multiple choice questions you never have to check an exam again. The online exam system will take care of that hassle. Completly automated.
It saves more time.
The distribution of the exam doens't take you any time. Just upload the email addressess of your students and send them an invite. And after the exam they get their result instantly.
It saves you money.
You don't need to buy any paper. Sending an email is free. On top of that you save on the logistics: your students don't have to assemble in classroom to take the exam. They can do it within a given time frame from their own device. You don't have to rent a classroom. You don't have to hire someone to check the students taking the exam.
It saves the student money.
Students don't have to travel to a specific location to conduct the exam. So even for students from remote area's it's possible to take the exam.
It's more secure.
You can make a big question bank with a lot of questions. Every student gets a random selection from that question bank. So it's of little use to share the questions among the exam takers to give them a head start. Try that on paper ;)
What are the disadvantages of an online examination?
And now for the disadvantages:
You have to keep in mind that your students will take the exam on their own device in their own time with nobody to check up on them, so you have to alter your questions to provide for this situation. You have to ask questions which are not easily to be retrieved from books or the internet. Or you can add a timer to each question so their is no time to search for the answer.
Open text questions are possible, but they don't auto-grade, so you have to check them yourself.
An online exam system is a little bit more susceptible for fraud. So you have to keep that in mind if you setup your exam. Do you want to share the results immediatly after the result? In that case you can setup a question bank to solve the issue of fraud. Handing out all questions & Answers of a question bank to students is ok. Because they have to learn all the questions & answers by heart. And when they're done they master the material. Read more about proctored exams.
Now you know what the advantages and disadvantages are of an online examination, you may want to read more about the difference between a test and an examination.
Why use an online examination system?
There are lots of reasons you want to use an online exam system, but the main reason is the overwhelming advantages you get form using such an online exam system instead of the good old fashioned paper exam.
I rather give both the sides