The Importance of Online Assessments in Higher Education

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about wide-spread disruption in almost all educational programs, globally; and this has brought about challenges in the planning and implementation of assessments through the online format, which needs to be addressed by academic administrations [1], as feedback from instructors can play a pivotal role in the learning process of students and transform their assessment performance into future learning opportunities [2]. This review article aims at deliberating on the importance of online assessments, the advantages and disadvantages of e-assessments, and their importance in the higher education sector, in the post-COVID era. Online assessments are a collection of tasks created by educational instructors to evaluate student performance through the use of Information and Communication Technologies. There are various techniques for conducting e-assessments, each with its own set of benefits and drawbacks. However, this article provides strategies for overcoming the disadvantages of online assessment.