This document discusses options for conducting online exams and proposes a framework for matching different student types to appropriate exam formats. It identifies four student types - Bees, Eagles, Pandas, and Ants - based on their knowledge level and exam discipline. Bees and Eagles have high knowledge but differ in discipline, while Pandas and Ants have low knowledge but differ in discipline. The document recommends open book exams for Bees, blended online exams and interviews for Eagles, different question papers for Pandas to contain cheating, and offline exams for Ants. It emphasizes the faculty's role in setting challenging, application-level questions for Bees and conceptual questions for others without strict time limits.

1. Online Exams
What Works
What doesn’t Work
Proposal
to
Faculty
The Ways and Means to Improve Online Exam Quality
Dr.Ravi Saripalle
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering
Visakhapatnam
Illustrations: Peter C. Espina/GT

2. ONLINE EXAMS
METHODS
2
Free Forms Exam Platforms
Online Interview
Platforms
3 Ways to replace Physical Exam
But Reliability? Foolproof? Affordability? Acceptability?
Lets Discuss

3. ONLINE EXAMS
LUXURY OF PHYSICAL EXAM : ONLINE CANNOT, BUT MOVE ON…
3
Powerful Human Brain
Invigilates,
Tech / Coding Logic Impossible
Net Access is still a Luxury
Not in Rural, but in Urban Too
No Deviations,
No Home Distractions
Physical Exam brings Focus
80% Use Mobile for Exams!
Can Pen replace Click?
3 hours of Screen Time
Eye Strain & Headache
How to check
Creative Writing, Pictures,
Long Descriptions?
Some malpractice possible in
Physical Exam, What about Online
Exam? How Much?
Physical Exam brings Fear as well
as Motivation!
Can Online Exam bring?

4. ONLINEL EXAMS
TYPES OF STUDENTS: KNOWLEDGE LEVEL vs EXAM DICIPLINE
4
Bees Eagles
Pandas Ants
Low HighKnowledge Level
ExamDiscipline
High
Knowledgeable
but Help Others
Knowledgeable &
Highly Focused
Lazy &
Less Disciplined
Hardworking
but Less
Knowledgeable

5. ONLINEL EXAMS
TYPES OF STUDENTS: TYPES OF ONLINE EXAM / EVALUATION
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Bees Eagles
Pandas Ants
Low HighKnowledge Level
ExamDiscipline
High
Best Fit for Open Book Exams
Challenge and Unleash Best Potential
Don’t Minimize their Capability
Best Fit for Online Exam. However,
Might Spoil the Exam Rigor
Tend to Help Pandas!
Containment Strategy needed
Best Fit for Blended Exams
(Online Exam and Online Interview)
Sincere, Don’t Challenge, Help them.
Given Little Push, Perform Best
Best Fit for Offline Exams. Both Knowledge
Levels and Exam Discipline are Low
Beware: Ants might help
Keep Different Exam Paper

6. ONLINEL EXAMS
FACULTY ROLE: TYPES OF PAPER SETTING
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Bees Eagles
Pandas Ants
Low HighKnowledge Level
ExamDiscipline
High
Online Open Book Exam
Challenging Questions
Curiosity Filling Questions
Application Level Questions
No Time bound
Multiple Online Closed Book Exams
Simple Questions but Repeat
Time bound Exam Pattern
Different Question Paper from Ants & Bees
Online Exam Supported By Online Meeting
Conceptual Understanding Questions
No Time bound Exam
Online Discuss & Finalize Evaluation
Online Closed Book Exam
Conceptual Understanding Questions
Subject Deep dive Questions
Time bound Exam Pattern
Jumbling Pattern

7. Thank You
Goal is not to Punish
Goal is to Promote