Real-Time Summative Assessment - A Case Study of Computer Science Course in Engineering Education for Agronomy

ABSTRACT

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the academic community around the world finds itself compelled to follow the voice of distance learning. There is a variety of tools that have been used by the teaching staff to monitor distance learning activities. The expected goal of using these solutions is a web-based simulation of face-to-face learning, to ensure knowledge transfer. However, evaluation is an essential step in the learning process for student achievement. A web-based alternative to in-classroom, real-time assessments, is therefore a necessity in the current context. This article is a contribution which adds to the published research in the field of online-assessment related to higher education, in particular for the case of computer literacy for engineering students in agronomy. This is done at the example of a summative assessment carried out in a large enrollment lecture course taught at Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine in Rabat, Morocco. The level taught is the 2nd year of the preparatory cycle. In conclusion the author of this article shows, through a case study approach, how to maintain the integrity of the tertiary education system offered in the current context which is at 100% online. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.