Authentic Assessment

Meaningful evaluation of student competence in online learning. Introduction During 2020, focus has shifted to learning and teaching in the digital environment, which up until a few months ago, was regarded as inferior education.  Then necessity became the mother of invention as those who had clung to the familiar contact modes of delivery, were forced into the online environment.  Academics were forced to apply newly acquired didactic skills to accommodate learning and teaching in the digital space. Inevitably, with online education, came the need for online assessment. Institutions of higher learning, took traditional summative assessments online with little consideration…