Imperial College London
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Dr Umang Shah

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Principal Teaching Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6604u.shah09 Website

 
 
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Location

 

ACEX 210ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bhute:2020:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00617,
author = {Bhute, V and Campbell, J and Kogelbauer, A and Shah, U and Brechtelsbauer, C},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00617},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Education},
pages = {2760--2767},
title = {Moving to timed remote assessments: the impact of COVID-19 on year end exams in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00617},
volume = {97},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Summative year end assessments area major component of student assessment at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.More than 600 studentsparticipate in over40 different exams during the summer term. At the end of the spring term, the college moved to fully remote operation due to COVID-19, leaving the academic community with the challenge of delivering examinationsremotely. At the time pandemic hit the UK, teaching for allmodules in the department had been completed, the exam timetable had already been published and all exam paperspassed the mandatory external quality review. To implement time-limited remote examsas stipulated by the university, the department decided to proceed with anexisting VLE platformfor submission of answer-sheets.This study highlights stakeholder reflections from the academic and student communityduring the implementation of this approachculminating in a mock examination to gauge readiness of the infrastructure as well as the student population.Our survey found that the majority of students (>80%) managed to follow the written instructionsand readily engaged with scanning technologies and the uploading process.In the main, students did not have to adapt their learning or writing style. All stakeholdersprovided constructive suggestions at the end of the mock exam resulting in a relatively smooth transition to this new mode of examination. This study highlights challenges and reflections on making the summer year end examsremote in a very short timeframein a large and diverse Chemical Engineering department at very short notice.
AU  - Bhute,V
AU  - Campbell,J
AU  - Kogelbauer,A
AU  - Shah,U
AU  - Brechtelsbauer,C
DO  - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00617
EP  - 2767
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0021-9584
SP  - 2760
TI  - Moving to timed remote assessments: the impact of COVID-19 on year end exams in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London
T2  - Journal of Chemical Education
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00617
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80896
VL  - 97
ER  -
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