Online Vs Normal Exams | Online Vs Normal Exams Ep 2 | Take Online Exams Seriously

The second and final episode of Ezyschooling's panel discussion around the entire online exams vs normal exams debate is finally out. We have esteemed personalities like Dr. Mathew Varghese, Ms. Jasjit Sood, Miss Nikita Arora, Miss Alka Mishra and Miss Sumati Anand as a part of this panel discussion, throwing light on the debate around online exam vs normal exam. 

Offline exam is back, but only after a year long of one ne classes and online exams. Now it's finally time for the year end final exams. But is conducting exams offline and among the midst of a pandemic, that too after a year of online classes, justified? This has created a rough debate between normal exam vs online exams. The normal exam vs online exams debate has seen many opinions since the past few days. Hence, the panel discussion is aimed at making the debate around online exams bs normal exams a little clearer for us.

In 2013, David Hanson of the Independent Association of Prep Schools explained that, within a decade, he expected schools to make the shift to online exams.

He was backed up by the president of Pearson UK, who said that the Edexcel board were already delivering ‘nearly 900,000 online-based tests in schools and colleges’.

There is no doubt that technology is already permeating the world of exams and will continue to do so in the years ahead. However, this raises the question of which type of exams are best for students.

While there are many pros to moving to online exams (reduced paper, time and money savings for schools), what are the benefits for students?

ONLINE VS. PAPER
As things stand, technology for bringing computer-based testing into schools comprehensively is still in the future, and the efficacy of them is still up for debate.

A 2016 American study on the different scores attained within online testing and paper testing concluded that the more effective method is the one that students are proficient with:

So, method of testing makes a difference in the following ways: if students are not adept at taking a test on a computer, they score higher on the same paper-and-pencil test. If they are adept with a computer, they score higher on the computer test.