Students’ Online Assessments in Higher Education Context: Indonesian Teacher Educators’ Voice

Abstract

The remote learning system creates challenges in many universities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its utilization has supported many lecturers in the teaching and learning process. However, making an appropriate learning assessment is still an issue. Methodology: The participants were 20 lecturers with education majors. Two types of data were collected in this study. The quantitative data were collected through an online survey distributed via g-form, while the qualitative data were obtained through interviews.Findings: This research revealed that video projects and group presentations were the two dominant techniques used to assess online students' performance. Moreover, Zoom was found to be the most used platform for learning among the participants. Last, three main challenges of assessing students online were uncovered,including lack of face-to-face interactions, supporting teaching and learning facilities, and students’ integrity and honesty.Conclusion: Various assessment techniques and platforms were used, such as assessing students through video projects or group presentations have done online. Some challenges were also found to show that online assessments positively and negatively contribute to students performance.Originality: Despite numerous research interests in online learning, there is meager literature concerning how to assess students’ performance in online class. This research is aimed to provide comprehensive information concerning students’assessment in online classes during the pandemic through mixed methods.