ODL, e-assessment and challenges: investigating academic dishonesty among Pre-university students during COVID-19 pandemic / G. Nagamany Govindan … [et al.]

The objective of this study is to investigate the awareness of academic dishonesty among pre-university students in Malaysia and to suggest ways in which institutions can prevent violation of academic honesty in online distance learning (ODL) assessments implemented during the covid19 pandemic. This study is deemed valuable since academic dishonesty is observed to be on the rise since the implementation of ODL. To investigate this phenomenon, the method adopted is a cross-sectional descriptive study with a survey questionnaire to elicit pre-university students’ views on the topic of academic dishonesty. The findings of the study indicates that the students are aware of what entails academic dishonesty and the types of dishonest acts performed during ODL assessments. The conclusion of this study based on the findings, points to the responsibility of preventing academic dishonesty falls on both the institutions and the students. The recommendations offered based on the findings of this study include suggestions to address the shortcomings of the existing assessment regulations to encompass online distance learning assessments in view of the new methods of dishonest acts and to design types of assessment tasks that would significantly reduce or eliminate the opportunities for students to commit academic dishonesty.