Abstract:
The objective of this presentation is to discuss the problems connected with the administration of on-line exams in general, and in law, in particular, and to suggest various innovative solutions to these problems, based on the experience of the author, as well as of other law professors in Israel. As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the Israeli academia, just like in most other countries, was forced to discontinue all teaching and examinations on-campus, and move to on-line solutions. While the transition to on-line teaching, using mainly applications such as Zoom and Moodle, went relatively smoothly, the attempts to administer on-line exams proved to be much more problematic. The main concern relates to the academic integrity of the exams, and to the difficulties in preventing use of unauthorized aids, communications between students and other types of cheating. Because of these concerns, some professors gave up completely, and decided to give “pass” grades to all students. Other concerns relate to technical difficulties with the administration of the exams and the writing and submission of them by the students. This presentation will present some innovative out-of-the box solutions to these problems, based on the author’s own experience and that of other Israeli law professors. The lecture will present findings of structured interviews with a group of about thirty law professors regarding their experience with on-line exams.
Speaker:
Prof. Arie Reich, Dean of Students and Professor of Law, Bar Ilan University
Professor Arie Reich, Professor and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Law. Presently Dean of Students, Bar Ilan University, and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law & Institutions. Specializes in International Economic Law and EU Law and has authored over 50 academic books and articles on topics ranging from International Trade Law, Public Procurement Law, European Union Law, Competition Law and Torts. Among them are his books: International Public Procurement Law: The Evolution of International Regimes on Public Purchasing (Kluwer, 1999); The World Trade Organization and Israel: Law, Economics and Politics (Bar Ilan University Press, 2006) and the book The Impact of the European Court of Justice on Neighboring Countries, forthcoming with Oxford University Press (together with Prof. Hans Micklitz). He is a Member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators and Arbitrators, has served as the President of the Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration, and he is a member of the Executive of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law and a National Correspondent for Israel to the UNCITRAL. He has served as the Chairman of Israel & Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Tribunal, and as a Member of five different World Trade Organization
dispute settlement panels in trade disputes between the US, EU, China and Russia. He has served as Visiting Professor in UCLA, Georgetown University, University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, University of Luxembourg, Monash University and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, and been a Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence.