During the second wave of COVID-19, the methodologies of teaching and assessment adopted during the first wave were put under deeper scrutiny to avoid the mistakes done earlier. How did it impact the discourse in in Education and more particularly wrt Assessment?
Many students are vocal about inefficiency of online teaching. Some even feel like their studies have come to a halt as if online teaching hardly added to their real life experiences. Also, dispersion of skills is hardly addressed during teaching and much of teaching is retrogressing to the old fashioned banking system of education. Teaching goals and learning needs are diverging. Assessment is not as comprehensive as it used to be in a face-to-face classroom.
In Italy, there has been much talk of the 'digital divide' whereby families who cannot afford a computer or an internet subscription have been left behind. But also some teachers have failed to fill their computer gaps and have used it as little as possible, giving pupils a certain feeling of abandonment. Teachers, parents and pupils expressed great frustration. This is why around February one of the government's priorities was to get children back into school, by vaccinating teachers.
@Ameer, your projections are not far from the truth, though I have reservation. For example, sociocultural instances on why the effect of online class interactions may vary from region to region as well as socioeconomic background of average students. In Africa (specifically, Nigeria) data subscriptions are expensive, power supply is rarely constant and not all facilitators can handle online classes without hitch. Many graduates are not employed and the younger generation has seen education as a scam.