Authentic assessment in online learning: Moving to multimodal assessment for learners’ achievement

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to disseminate the guidelines for online learning and authentic assessment in nursing educations. Authentic assessments and online teaching and learning methods are the forms of teaching and learning which facilitate and support students. It allows teachers to manage learning activities and deliver the content by using information technology. The multimethod offers learners to succeed in the curriculum and allows stakeholders to participate in discussing and creating learning activities. Multimedia and multimethod, for instance, e-mail, chat, and social network can enhance learning. Evaluations for online classroom requires appropriate managements based on evaluation concepts in order to increase learners’ competencies as required by nursing curriculum. Therefore, learning assessments should apply various evaluation methods and data collections in order to reflect expected behaviors of learners. An authentic assessment tool, rubrics, for instance, is useful because it can truly validate students' performances, and can be used as a guideline to improve students’ abilities. Rubrics help students to aware of learning objectives or learning outcomes criteria which would enhance students’ achievements. Online learning and authentic assessments allow students more opportunities to use their knowledge, experiences, and interests to create their works, and to learn by setting and following their goals.