Assessment Methods in DE courses Flashcards
“A _______ provides [the learner] with opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills to enduring and emerging issues and problems
true test
4 basic attributes of good assessment
- Be a vehicle for educational improvement
- Be explicit in values, aims, criteria and standards
- Be relevant, authentic and holistic
- be reliable, valid and consistent whilst also being flexible enough to cater for diverse learning styles and needs
a theoretical framework for the integration of assessment with the whole course design process
Constructive Alignment (Biggs, 1999)
In distance education, assessment needs to be carefully planned right from the________
beginning
one of the first documents that students read because it contains the main details about assessment and assignments
Course Guide
5 ways feedback are presented to students
1 Model answers
2 Audio conferences or personal telephone calls
3 Computer conferences
4 Email and email lists
5 Exchanging assignments - critical comment and peer assessment
Assessment method which involves individually negotiated processes between the learner and the instructor
Learning Contracts
Assessment method which is a personal digital record containing information such as a personal profile and collection of achievements
E-portfolios
Assessment method which might involve the development of a product but what is evaluated is the process and the quality of reasoning
Projects
Assessment method which copies practices common in traditional, face-to-face teaching environments but enhances them through web delivery.
Online Assessment
Assessment method which offer much more scope for comprehensive testing of course objectives and student understanding than the old multiple-choice systems
Web based Assessment
Assessment method where teachers require students to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of their work
SELF ASSESSMENT
