The first of two articles that scrolled across my electronic desk over the past few days.

Online Teaching and Online Assessment: A Critical Study

• • April 2022
  • ECS Transactions 107(1):4099-4106

• DOI: 10.1149/10701.4099ecst

• Lab: Latha Anandan

• Kodhandaraman Chinnathambi
• Latha Anandan
• Chokri Ayari

Abstract – The COVID-19 outbreak forced educational institutions to close, and it had a wide range of consequences. As a stopgap measure, online education is being used around the world. Although it has its own drawbacks and advantages, this change has provided a way for students to continue their education despite the pandemic. Policies were made to accommodate the alternative pedagogical and assessment methods. At this stage, it is essential to study to what extent these alternative teaching and assessment methods are effective. Hence this study investigates teachers’ opinions of online teaching and online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic adopting quantitative research methodology. Teachers’ responses were gathered via a structured questionnaire (N=55) and the respondents were the teachers of English, University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibra, Oman. The study results have implications for policy redirections. It’s clear from the study’s results that online instruction and assessment worked well during the COVID-19 outbreak.