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The 4 Educational Science International Conference
Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age

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The Preference of Assessment Techniques in Online Classes at Mulawarman University:
The Lecturers’ Perspectives and Practices

Desy Rusmawaty, Istanti Hermagustiana
Mulawarman University, Indonesia
desyrusmawaty@fkip.unmul.ac.id

Abstract

The online learning system has been implemented as a global response to the current situation
in many universities, especially Mulawarman University, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study was aimed to examine assessment techniques conducted in online classes. This
study employed a survey study design by distributing questionnaires to 29 lecturers from
various disciplines of Teaching and Learning Faculty of Mulawarman University. The data
taken from the questionnaire were tallied in percentage. The findings revealed that both using
Zoom as the platform to conduct group presentations and creating videos as the final projects
were two assessment techniques, with the highest percentage of 65.5%, used by lecturers.
This was followed by the lecturers’ instruction to write an essay as a technique to assess the
students with the percentage of 62.1%. However, the other techniques listed on the
questionnaire resulted in the percentages lower than 50%, such as answering questions on
Google Classroom with 44.8%, summarizing learning materials with 34.5%, and completing
worksheets with 13.8%. These statistical results show that working together as a group for
students to present the instructed materials on a virtual platform such as Zoom is still
considered as one of the best strategies to promote collaborative work among university
students. Likewise, the video creation is used to facilitate students in the current situations
where technological devices become the common thing nowadays.

Keywords: assessment technique, online classes, perspectives, practices

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