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Assessing Learners Online
Albert Oosterhof, Florida State University
Rita-Marie Conrad, Florida State University
Donald P. Ely, Syracuse University

ISBN-10: 0130911224
ISBN-13: 9780130911223

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 256 pp
Published: 03/23/2007

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Online assessment and, more broadly, the entire online learning environment provides expanded opportunities to actively and creatively engage the learner.  The approach the authors have taken in this book is to work from the established fundamentals of assessment, applying these principles to the online environment.  The authors emphasize basic issues of assessment such as establishing the evidence of validity for assessments, but the context of the discussion is always that of an online environment.  Written by leading technology experts, this clear and practical text serves as a training guide for assessing online or distance learners. Readers learn 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 learners, and how to efficiently use course management software. The authors believe educators involved with online training and education must have the same assessment expectations and standards as those in conventional, face-to-face environments. 

 

This book is appropriate for instructional designers and educators involved with online training and education as well as for college courses concerned with the design and delivery of distance or other forms of online instruction.  It also has utility as a personal reference for instructors of courses that assess students online.

 

  • Specific Techniques to Improve Time Management–Methods for minimizing the time instructors spend on tedious tasks such as receiving work from students are presented, leaving instructors with more time to evaluate what students have done and generate detailed feedback to guide subsequent learning. 
  • Apply What You Are Learning Exercises–Guide readers in the immediate application of chapter concepts in realistic situations. Answers can be found at the ends of the chapters.  (See pages 17 and 107 for examples.)
  • Enhance Your Understanding Exercises–Present activities and discussion starters that connect the issues and ideas addressed in the chapter to real-world needs and issues in online learning.  (See pages 28 and 200 for examples.)
  • Examples–Contain a wealth of specific examples on a wide variety of subject matter. Enables students to easily comprehend the significant assessment principles discussed.
  • Popular Web Templates–Reference web templates used in distance learning. Gives students ample opportunity to apply the principles and procedures covered in the book. (See page 129 for an example.)

PART I.    Establishing a Framework for Assessing Students

1.     Historical Perspective

2.     Measuring Knowledge

3.     Gathering Evidence of Validity

4.     Generalizing Observed Performance to Unobserved Performance

 

PART II.     Determining an Assessment Plan

5.     Determining What to Assess

6.     Determining How Assessments Will Be Interpreted and Used

 

PART III.     Producing and Administering Written Assessments

7.     Creating Constructed-Response Items

8.     Creating Fixed-Response Items

9.     Administering Written Tests on the Web

 

PART IV.    Producing and Administering Performance Assessments 

10.    Considerations When Using Performance Assessments

11.    Creating Online Performance Assessments

12.    Managing Online Performance Assessments

 

PART V.    Assessing Online Interaction and Collaboration

13.    Interaction and Collaboration Online

14.    Managing Assessment of Interaction and Collaboration

 

Glossary
References

Index

 

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