Teachers’ Perceptions and Undergraduate Students’ Experience in E-Exam in Higher Institution in Nigeria

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore teachers’ perceptions, and students’ experiences in e-Examination in University of Maiduguri. Questionnaires were distributed to 30 teachers and 50 students, and the 80 collated instruments were valid for data analysis, representing a response rate of 100%. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by some experts in the field. Descriptive statistics was used to analyzed the data. The descriptive results indicated that teachers’ and students’ exposure and experiences to ICT was low. The findings further revealed that both the teachers and students agreed that e-Examination is important to them and more efforts should be gear toward improving its integrity. Furthermore, both the teachers and students agreed that e-Examination is not the true reflection of the students’ performance if used as the only way of measurement.From the findings of the study, it is recommended that courses such as computer supported learning, and  e-Examination process, should be introduced periodically for teachers and students’ exposure to the nature of e-Examination through practice and drill to improve teachers’ and students’ level of confidence and perceptions towards the use of e-Examination.

Keywords: Teachers, Students, ICT, e-examination, higher education, institution