Assessment of Online Learners

Assessment of Online Learners offers essential foundations, insights, and real-world examples for preservice teachers preparing to assess students in today's digitized classrooms. When aligned with intended curricula and best practices, assessment not only informs but enhances both instruction and student achievement, though the recent large-scale adaptation of face-to-face learning to online platforms has yielded new challenges and responsibilities for teachers. This book explores shifts in the research and practice of assessment in online environments, the reconceptualization of course content and assessment frameworks in teacher education, the collection of fair and accurate assessment evidence reflecting students' virtual learning, and more. Drawing from experienced Canadian instructors who overcame the inherent technological obstacles, these chapters showcase how unprecedented changes in schooling can lead to pedagogical renewal, program reevaluation, and a broader understanding of instruction and assessment practices.

Paolina Seitz is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at St. Mary's University, Canada. S. Laurie Hill is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at St. Mary's University, Canada.

Introduction Part I: Assessment Shifts in Teacher Education 1. Exploring Assessment in a Digital Age: Preservice and In-Service Teachers' Professional Learning Experiences 2. Supporting Student Teacher Assessment Identity Development on Online Practica: A Narrative Inquiry 3. Assessment as Partnership: The "Co" in Co-Constructing . . . "Not Quite" 4. Addressing Challenges of Online Learning Through Quality Assessment Principles 5. Assessing the Content Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies of Teacher Candidates in an Online Learning Environment: A Case Study Part II: Reconceptualizing Assessment Frameworks for Preservice Teachers 6. Decolonizing Assessment Practices in Teacher Education 7. Meaningful Feedback in the Online Learning Environment 8. Analyzing Presence in Online Learning Environments Through Student Narratives: An Autoethnographic Study 9. The Unintended Influence of COVID-19: Optimizing Student Learning by Advancing Assessment Practices Through Technology Part III: Teacher Educators and Assessment in K-12 Contexts10. Pedagogically Hacking the System: Developing a Competency-Based Digital Portfolio 11. Malfunction: Regressive and Reductive Online Assessment Practices 12. Leveraging the Relationship Between Assessment, Learning, and Educational Technology 13. Isolation/Adaptation/Education: Moving Hands-On Secondary Visual Art Classes to a Virtual Platform 14. Using the SAMR Model to Design Online K-12 Assessments 15. Adapting Classroom Assessment Practices for Online Learning: Lessons Learned From Secondary School Teachers in the Early Days of COVID-19 16. Equity in Action: Virtual Learning Environment Considerations 17. Ubuntu at a Distance: Online Assessment for Care, Justice, and Community