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Online Quiz Results :: Kemahiran Asas ICT
Your Score : 17/30

Online Quiz Results Summary

Your #Attempts
: 1
Total Class #Attempts
: 417
Your Quiz Score
: 17/30
Your Highest Score Ever
: 17
Note: This may not be your final marks. Due to some of the subjective and semi-objective questions (short essay and fill in the blank).
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In 5.April 2007 in our tutorial class, we take the ujian ICT under Pusat Pembangunan Akademik.The question in the test was in Bahasa Melayu. The test is the asas level and we need to complete the test in 30 minutes. Before the test, the test looks easy because our respective tutor give us some guidelines to enter into the online test. Other than that, I think the test will be easy because the test was in Bahasa Melayu. But once I go through the question, the 3 first question was easy, and the rest of the question start made me confuse and most of my answer was unsure because all my ICT course was conducted in English and when the test conducted in Bahasa Melayu, it contribute confused about the definition. From 30 question I only got 17 correct and I am not happy with my mark for the test because some of the question I know the answer if the question was in English but because the question was in bahasa Melayu, I got wrong in that question. Even I am not happy with my score for the test, but I still feel that this online test was enjoyable because the test taker can see she or he result because of the online test immediate feedback ability. It helps us know our score in the same time when we take the test. Even though, the test taker know they results in the same time but the result not show the mistakes and give explanation about the mistakes that made by us. One problem that always happen in online test when student cheat, where they do not attend the class, give password to other friend, and let their friend take the test for them especially when the test were not involved any teacher or tutor around. Different with the test that we take in the tutorial class, where each student answer different question. This ensure that each student answer the question with their own without cheating.


For this course Language and ICT, I give 10 for the scale because I think this course was very informative and very useful course. My progress in ICT from nothing to something that I do not expect through this course. One main problem that always happened during this course was when it in tutorial session where the server so slow and sometimes hang or down. This kind of problem made our learning process cannot flow smoothly as in time. The facilities especially the computer was not enough for all student so not all the student can experiment some work with his or her own. All of these facilities must be enough to ensure that all students can experimental with a single computer. They do not have to share because not all the student in the same level in term of ICT knowledge sometimes they can corporate when their share computer but some student will feel uncomfortable when they share computer together. As a student who takes this ICT and Language course, I feel enjoy with this course, so I think I will keep my blog and continue blogging even after this course.

ONLINE TEST

As the need of ICT for lifelong learning development, many online assessments replaced

the traditional one such as answering in a piece of paper. Online assessment is an

• evaluation that done using computer or tools to answer some questions. Using online test, can gives many advantages to students because of several reason:
  
  
• It allows the portfolio owners to create and manage questions.
  
• Other than that, the results of the test taker are kept in a databases built in the system so only the test taker know about he or she results. Besides the test taker, also know the result on the spot in that time.
  
• Online assessment also makes the portfolio owner are able to select and make informed choices on whether to display certain quiz or test on certain time and date only because most of the student were busy.
  
• We can specify and controlled the duration of the quiz.
  Online test also offer different types of level so the student can choose the online test according to they level.
  
• If the student gets wrong, answer for the test nobody shouting at them because of the mistakes.
  
  
  
  Even there are so many advantages that student gets from online test but it still bring some disadvantages such as:
  
• The first disadvantages are the environment factors such as noisy that came from outside can disturb student attention and concentration during the online test.
  
• It also involved limitation of time where the student must be inform where and which place they will take the online test and it maybe clash with lecture and tutorial class.
  
• Another disadvantages was involved the instruction that given in the online test. Sometimes the instruction to short so the student could not understand overall about the question that will given.
  
• Because the online test give the same format and question, most of the student like to make cheat sheets with practice the question so many times and try to memorize all the answer. It can make the student get all correct answer without do any effort such as read any book.
  
• Most of the student also can cheat with use another person password in case some of the student cannot attend the test in time, they only give the password to other student, and they can get the marks for the test.
  
• Most of the question in online test was in multiple choice and its not develop writing skills among student and if this happened in all course, the entire student must have problem in writing skills.
  
• During the online test also, sometimes because of technical reason the student could not finish the test because the server down, slow or hang.
  
• Not everyone have excellent typing skills or knowledge about ICT especially student from the rural area who are not familiar with this kind of test get a lot of problem to take the test because they type slower than another student.
  
  Many actions must be taking to avoid all this disadvantages:
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• All of the online test pages must be up graded every 3 month so the format of the questions changes and up to date. With this upgraded student cannot memorize the answer.
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• The instruction also must be crystal clear so whoever doing the test have no problem to understand and answer the question that given.
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• To avoid the student cheat with use another person password, the online test must given more sophisticated technology such as voice recognition, retina recognition and thumbnail recognition.
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• The online test also must have an automated oral and written essay marking capabilities.