ONLINE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ATTAINMENT OF BENEFITS

Pedro Imiefoh

Department of Computer Science

University of Benin, Benin City

Email: pimiefoh@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Online assessment of student learning is a common feature in many distances – learning programs. But the prevention of plagiarism has been of great concern without much attention given to the associated problems of online assessment of student learning. Though the objectives of distance–learning program attempt to focus on enhanced sustainable implementation of Education, it would appear that this focus has lost its potency as a means to bring about the needed Educational change in Nigeria. This paper highlights some issues of online assessment of student learning as well as the attendant problems. It also examines the significance of these issues for a sustainable online assessment in contemporary Nigeria.