Assessment for Distance Edcuation

Assessment for Distance Edcuation

Assessments

Strategies

Online Quizzes and Test

Portfolios

Paper and Multimedia Products

Problem Based Activities

Games

Graphic Organizers

Keller's ARC Model

Reinforcing expectations for success, providing opportunities for success, and attributing success to effort and ability will enhance learner motivation.

Keller & Suzuki, 2004

Plagiarism and Cheating

Formative vr.Summative

Purpose of Assessment

Characteristics of Good Assessment

Academic misconduct is being reported at record level.

Students are more likely to cheat when assignments are irrelevent

Assessment is defined as the process of measuring, documenting, and interpreting behaviors that demonstrate learning. The purpose for assessment on an administrative level includes: program evaluation and improvement, facilitating student placement, justifying funding, and reporting trends to state, federal or corporate entities. However, the most important purpose is to provide feedback to learners and instructors.

Formative Assessment

Activities that lead to refinement of instruction.

Summative Assessment

Outcomes focused and emphasize the final results of a course.

Objective vs.

Subjective

Assessment

Objective

Do not require human intervention to determine if mastery is achieved. Ex. Multiple choice or True False assessment

Subjective

Subjective assessment are designed to produce results that are similar; however it demands individual scrutiny to determine the learning gains. Ex. Term paper or Project

Scoring Rubrics

A descriptive framework to guide the evaluation of complex assignment or those requiring individual judgement