Online courses ‘authentic’ assessment

Main idea

After conducting a review of the literature, the authors provide a summary of the core characteristics of authentic assessment

Main objectives

• The activity or context of the activity is realistic or connected to the real world.
• The task is performance based, cognitively complex, and ill structured, allowing for multiple responses.
• The students collaborate with others to complete the task and justify or defend their solution or product.
• The criteria or indicators for mastery of learning or task completion are valid, reliable, and known to the students

How is it used? (environment, target groups, premises, facilities, etc)

Adults, individual and/or group assessment, on line and live (ex. in the classroom)

When, where and by whom was it created?

J. V. Lock and P. Redmond

References

  • Koç, S., Liu, X., & Wachira, P. (Eds.). (2015). Assessment in online and blended learning environments. IAP.
  • Moore, M. G. (Ed.) (2013). Handbook of Distance Education. Routledge: New York.
  • Ruhe, V, & Zumbo, B. D. (2009). Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning. The unfolding model.The Guilford Press: New York.