Evaluation of students learning during COVID -19 lockdown period by e – assessment: A perceptional study

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Assessment is a rating method to evaluate students learning. E–assessments are novel assessment methods with some advantages such as decreasing the work burden of teacher, provision of immediate feedback and monitoring students remote learning. Aim of the present study is to look in to perception of students and faculty regarding the E - assessment based evaluation of remote learning during COVID 19 lock down period and compare its effectiveness with traditional assessment methodology.It was a perceptional study in which hundred IM.B.B.S students of ESIC medical college, Hyderabad participated voluntarily. E- Assessment was in the form of Online viva sessions and Google meet was the mode of interaction. Students and faculty perception was obtained by separate feedback questionnaire links and responses were analyzed. E- assessment marks and 1Internal assessment marks comparison was done to evaluate the effectiveness of this methodology. Student’s perceived that online evaluation simulated a direct face to face interaction (61%) and strengthened their learning process (66%). Faculty opined that provision of immediate feedback (71.5%) and monitoring student’s remote learning were the advantages. Problems in connectivity, lack of student’s initiative were the disadvantages felt. Comparison of marks showed a positive correlation.E-assessment has many advantages both from students and teacher’s perspective and was of major utility in monitoring student’s remote learning especially during COVID -19 lockdown period. Properly planned E-assessment with prior sensitization is equally as good as traditional assessment methods in proper evaluation of students learning.