Assessing the Online Learner E-Book

Rena M. Palloff

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Serie: Online Teaching and Learning Series (OTL)
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 202

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2008

Beschreibung

Written by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt, experts in the field of online teaching and learning, this hands-on resource helps higher education professionals understand the fundamentals of effective online assessment. It offers guidance for designing and implementing creative assessment practices tied directly to course activities to measure student learning. The book is filled with illustrative case studies, authentic assessments based in real-life application of concepts, and collaborative activities that assess the quality of student learning rather than relying on the traditional methods of measuring the amount of information retained.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title

Copyright

LIST OF EXHIBITS

PREFACE

ABOUT THIS BOOK

ORGANIZATION OF CONTENTS

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM READING THIS BOOK?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE AUTHORS

PART ONE: Assessment Basics

chapter ONE: How Do We Know They Know?

DEVELOPING STANDARDS OF ASSESSMENT

GETTING DOWN TO THE BASICS

LEARNER-FOCUSED TEACHING

APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED

chapter TWO: Assessment Online

PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE ONLINE ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT AND THE ONLINE LEARNER

USING THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT FOR ASSESSMENT ADVANTAGE

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING

APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED

chapter THREE: Course and Program Evaluation

COURSE EVALUATION

INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION

PROGRAM EVALUATION

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT AS COURSE AND PROGRAM EVALUATION

APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED

PART TWO: The Assessment and Evaluation Toolkit

INTRODUCTION TO THE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION TOOLKIT

RUBRICS AND RUBRIC DEVELOPMENT

USING STUDENT FEEDBACK FOR ASSESSMENT

HOW INTERACTIVE IS IT?

AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS

EFFECTIVE TEST AND QUIZ DEVELOPMENT

PORTFOLIOS

PORTFOLIOS AS ASSESSMENT

REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

COLLABORATIVE PEER ASSESSMENT

THE USE OF WIKIS AND BLOGS IN ASSESSMENT

EFFECTIVE ONLINE COURSE EVALUATION

EFFECTIVE FACULTY EVALUATION

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT

AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT

BLOGS AND WIKIS

RUBRICS AND RUBRIC DEVELOPMENT

PEER REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT

SELF-ASSESSMENT

TEST AND QUIZ DEVELOPMENT

PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT

COURSE EVALUATION

PROGRAM EVALUATION

GENERAL ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

REFERENCE

INDEX

End User License Agreement

Guide

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JOSSEY-BASS GUIDES TO ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Assessing the Online Learner

RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR FACULTY

Rena Palloff

Keith Pratt

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Palloff, Rena M., 1950-

Assessing the online learner : resources and strategies for faculty / Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt.—1st ed.

p. cm.—(The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series)Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-28386-8 (pbk.)

1. Distance education students—Rating of. 2. College students—Rating of. 3. Web-based instruction. 4. Internet in higher education. I. Pratt, Keith, 1947- II. Title.LC5803.C65P34 2009378.1′7344678—dc22

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FIRST EDITION

LIST OF EXHIBITS

ONE

Exhibit 1.1 Course Development Model

Exhibit 1.2 Sample Professional Competencies

Exhibit 1.3 Cycle of Course Design

Exhibit 1.4 Map of Competencies to Outcomes, Objectives, and Assessments

Exhibit 1.5 The Learning Pyramid

Exhibit 1.6 Bloom’s Taxonomy

TWO

Exhibit 2.1 Rubric for Participation in Discussions

Exhibit 2.2 Sample Feedback Form for Peer Review

THREE

Exhibit 3.1 Continuum of Interactivity

PREFACE

Tests and quizzes have traditionally been used for assessing student performance in both face-to-face and online courses. Online instructors are finding, however, that this form of assessment may not adequately represent what the student has learned. They are searching for new ways to assess learner performance online that align with the teaching methods used in online courses. In addition, the use of tests and quizzes raises concern about the increased potential for cheating, particularly in the online environment, which does not allow instructors to easily monitor students taking tests.