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Green examination: integration of technology for sustainability

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  • Roohul Abad Khan

    (King Khalid University)

  • Mohammed K. Al Mesfer

    (King Khalid University)

  • Amadur Rahman Khan

    (Aligarh Muslim University
    Integral University)

  • Saman Khan

    (Integral University)

  • Anne Zutphen

    (The Hague University)

Abstract

The recent development of infrastructure all around the world has resulted in an increasing trend of online examination in universities. The paper is an approach in theory and practical aimed at analyzing the feasibility of sustainable examination in four universities and its environmental impact reducing the paper use terming it as green examination. The paper studied the integration of sustainability through the use of computers and technology in the examination of the universities viz. King Khalid University (KKU), Saudi Arabia, Integral University (IU), India, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, and The Hague University (HU), The Netherlands. The study has analyzed the trend of paper requirement, paper utilized and paper wasted in all the four universities. The environmental impact resulting from reduced paper use has been also analyzed. The feasibility of e-examination, its implementation and the implications has been undertaken in the study. The study concludes that the e-examination can almost make the examinations paperless and feasible in the four universities.

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  • Roohul Abad Khan & Mohammed K. Al Mesfer & Amadur Rahman Khan & Saman Khan & Anne Zutphen, 2017. "Green examination: integration of technology for sustainability," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 339-346, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:19:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10668-015-9736-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9736-9
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    1. Olga Broto & Alba Puig-Denia & Rafael Lapiedra, 2021. "How to Enhance Sustainability through Technology Usage: An Analysis of Managerial Capabilities and Gender in the Tourism Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-13, December.

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