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Surprise tests on mobile phones, tablets to be new way of assessment at IIT Delhi

The idea is to start the change with first year students and see how it develops further. A meeting regarding this was held with all first year teachers and the Director of IIT Delhi on Friday.

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Adopting a flip classroom model, where students are assessed on the basis of a video they are shown and surprise tests on mobile phones and tablets are some of the ways Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is planning to assess students, instead of the traditional method.

The idea is to start the change with first year students and see how it develops further. A meeting regarding this was held with all first year teachers and the Director of IIT Delhi on Friday.

The institutions plans to give surprise tests to students over their mobile phones. If a student does not have a smartphone, he/she will be given a tablet on the spot to take the test. Another plan is to adopt a flip classroom model, which is a pedagogical model where the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed; short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while the in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions.

Confirming the development, a senior professor from the institute said, "We want to change the assessment system in the institution from the one where tests take place every three months to a more continuous assessment. This will improve the quality of learning among students."

We want to adopt the flip classroom model where students will see a video and discuss the same in classroom and be given credits on its basis. If someone does not attend it they will lose credits."

"We also want to conduct surprise tests but for that, giving a surprise test to a classroom of 400 students will be difficult, so we plan on giving it to them on tablets and mobile phones. Different sets of tests will be given to different students. Credits from all these tests will be added to their final credit score," he added.

Currently, under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) many universities have adopted for a continuous assessment, where they do not take examination in the traditional method but instead give them projects and assignments on a regular basis.

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