Hello all, One has to question the fairness of online tests if what is at stake is very significant - like if you are conducting it to select students for a course etc. It gives ample scope for malpractices, like searching the Internet or taking the help of an expert to answer. The recent quiz conducted by Informatics had four B.E. candidates out of the six who qualified for the finals. A significant number of questions in the quiz were related to LIS profession. So we have to question if online tests are really as wonderful as they seem to be. This is not to critize Informatics, because they did a great job. This is to highlight the shortcomings and take it into account for the next time. Online tests are great if it is just an evaluation of what has been studied and the student benifits by being able to take the test at his/her own time and place. This is a good tool. But we need to be careful while using it. with regards, Suvarsha Suvarsha Minj, Project Assistant, National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012 ************************************************************************ On Sun, 8 May 2005 15:40:54 +0100 (BST), shashi kumar wrote
Dear Sir/Madam,
Glad to inform u that recently Dept of LISc, University of Mysore, has conducted on line test to its students. really a good effort towards modernising LIS education. One of the student was able to attend the test via Internet sitting in his hometown.Such kind of an effort really helps to learn more about cutting-edge technologies and its implications in LISC. A good approach we all benefited lot from this. we hope that such kinds of efforts will continue and helps to compete in the global village. thanks to the chairperson and all the faculty of Dept of LIS.
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