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Effective Methodology for Teaching and Assessment of Laboratory-Intensive Courses during Covid-19 School Restrictions

Marcus Lloyde George*

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

Periodicity:January - March'2023
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.19.4.19396

Abstract

All in-class teaching in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies was suspended on Friday, 13^th March 2020, because of the COVID-19 global health crisis. These restrictions remained for the commencement of the new academic year 2020-2021, which began in September 2020, thus jeopardizing the delivery of course content at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus using the traditional in-class methodology. This paper presents an effective methodology for teaching and assessing laboratory-intensive courses during COVID-19 school restrictions. A mandatory level-two laboratory course of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UWI was utilized as the basis of this study, which aimed at demonstrating that the methodology prevented student performance from degrading below what was experienced in the past five academic years. Feedback questionnaires were also administered to students, highlighting the key benefits they gained.

Keywords

COVID-19, Pandemic, Teaching During COVID-19, Undergraduate Education, Teaching Undergraduates, Online Education, Laboratory Intensive Courses.

How to Cite this Article?

George, M. L. (2023). Effective Methodology for Teaching and Assessment of Laboratory-Intensive Courses during Covid-19 School Restrictions. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 19(4), 37-58. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.19.4.19396

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