Pandemic Shift: Impact of COVID-19 on IS/Microsoft Office Specialist Excel Certification Exam Classes--Remote Testing and Lessons Learned

Autor/inn/en	Rebman, Carl M., Jr.; White, Gwendolyn; Wimmer, Hayden; Powell, Loreen Marie; Booker, Queen E.
Titel	Pandemic Shift: Impact of COVID-19 on IS/Microsoft Office Specialist Excel Certification Exam Classes--Remote Testing and Lessons Learned
Quelle	In: Information Systems Education Journal, 19 (2021) 6, S.4-12 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-679X
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Computer Software; Specialists; Certification; Computer Assisted Testing; Distance Education; Tests; Undergraduate Students; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The corona virus (COVID-19) caused serious havoc on society impacting all industries resulting in major changes in business practices, operations, and policy. In the case of academia, at a moment's notice, all universities that used face-to-face instruction were forced to move to an online format and make serious modification to successful courses. This paper documents a successful certification course structure and reports the experience and results of moving that course in Excel comprehension (certification) from traditional face to face to online. In addition, this paper provides a discussion into the strategies used for remote testing and teaching. Overall, the COVID-19 sections were not as successful as previous traditional sections. This paper concludes with lessons learned that can be helpful for future remote or online course deliveries. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01