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Considerations and strategies for effective online assessment with a focus on the biomedical sciences
Karen Mate1, Judith Weidenhofer1
1School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused many universities to rapidly transition into online learning and assessment. For many this created a marked shift in design of assessments in an attempt to counteract the lack of invigilation of examinations conducted online. While disruptive for both staff and students, this sudden change provided a much needed reconsideration of the purpose of assessment. This review considers the implications of transitioning to online assessment providing practical strategies for achieving authentic assessment of students online, while ensuring standards and accountability against professional accrediting body requirements. The case study presented demonstrates that an online multiple choice assessment provides similar rigor in assessment to invigilated examination of the same concepts in human physiology. Online assessment has the added benefit of enabling rapid and specific feedback to large cohorts of students on their personal performance, allowing students to target their weaker areas for remediation. This has implications for improving both pedagogy and efficiency in assessment of large cohorts where the default is often to assess basic recall knowledge in a multiple choice assessment. This review examines the key elements for implementation of online assessments including consideration of the role of assessment in teaching and learning, the rationale for online delivery, accessibility of the assessment from both a technical and equity perspective, academic integrity as well as the authenticity and structure of the assessment.
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