Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
university of kashan; Faculty of Humanities and Law; Department of Educational Sciences
Abstract
With the spread of the Corona virus, the world unexpectedly underwent various changes in all areas. The field of higher education was not excluded from these developments and the spread of this disease changed the usual and common face-to-face education to virtual education; Following this inevitable transformation, the evaluation was also changed from the face-to-face method to the virtual method. According to the mentioned basic development in education and evaluation, the aim of this research was to compare the average scores of undergraduate courses before and during the corona pandemic in Kashan University. The findings of the research showed that the average grades of the courses during the corona outbreak are higher than the average grades of the courses before the corona outbreak.These results showed that the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease has had a great impact on various aspects of higher education and conducting virtual evaluations has provided the basis for all kinds of academic dishonesty. Therefore, in view of this issue and the increase in students' course grades during the outbreak of the Corona disease, it is suggested that more attention be paid to the infrastructure of information and communication technology in order to provide the possibility of implementing more detailed supervision during virtual exams, and also regarding the process of virtual education and evaluation. Necessary training should be given to professors and students so that there is no problem due to lack of familiarity and lack of preparation to work in this space.Also, the use of continuous evaluations during the academic year is another suggestion that can prevent the negative consequences of cumulative virtual evaluations.
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