Assessing Learners Online

by Oosterhof, Albert; Conrad, Rita-Marie; Ely, Donald P.

• ISBN13: 9780130911223
• ISBN10: 0130911224
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-23
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Written by leading technology experts, this book serves as a training guide for assessing online distance learners. The authors believe distance-learning educators must have the same assessment expectations and standards as those in conventional, face-to-face environments. Topics cover how to select what should be assessed, how to use written tests and projects to evaluate the skills learners have achieved, how to provide feedback to distance learners, and how to efficiently use course management software. For future online distance educators.

Table of Contents

Establishing a Framework for Assessing Students

Historical Perspective

Measuring Knowledge

Gathering Evidence of Validity

Generalizing Observed Performance to Unobserved Performance

Determining an Assessment Plan

Determining What to Assess

Determining How Assessments Will Be Interpreted and Used

Producing and Administering Written Assessments

Creating Constructed-Response Items

Creating Fixed-Response Items

Administering Written Tests on the Web

Producing and Administering Performance Assessments

Considerations When Using Performance Assessments

Creating Online Performance Assessments

Managing Online Performance Assessments

Assessing Online Interaction and Collaboration

Interaction and Collaboration

Managing Assessment of Interaction and Collaboration

Glossary

References

Index

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