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Assessment in Online Courses
EDUC 762
Assessment in E-Learning
Online Course 3 semester hours graduate credit
Tuition and Registration
Choose one section:
EDUC 762 931 March 5 - May 4, 2012 Instructor: Jim Erbe
EDUC 762 960 June 11 - August 3, 2012 Instructor: Datta Kaur Khalsa
EDUC 762 961 June 18 - August 10, 2012 Instructor: Jim Erbe
Description
Performance-based assessment, summative and formative feedback methods to assess student learning in the online classroom.
Explore how to use voice and video technology options to assist with time saving grading procedures while increasing the amount of feedback, prevention of plagiarism in the digital environment, strategies for assessing online discussion postings and replies, using blogs and wikis as evidence of learning, evaluating group assignments in an online setting, polling and opinion gathering via laptop, iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and smartphones, and evaluating eportfolios.
Become familiar with assessment strategies that could make or break your online course.
This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program and is one of the required courses for individuals pursuing the Graduate Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching.
NOTE: You may enroll in this individual course to meet your goals for professional development, license renewal, or to complete graduate credits and transfer to another university.
Textbook
All readings will be provided online. There is no required textbook.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate development and use of academic standards across the curriculum and application of standards and objectives in online classroom assessment and evaluation.
- Analyze the assessment process including types of evaluations, the relationship of assessment to learning, institutional and curriculum objectives, online testing, high stakes testing, corporate assessment framework (CAF) and standardized testing.
- Apply mapping to align assessment to learning outcomes, develop rubric criteria and select appropriate online assessment.
- Apply current research and technology tools to create authentic assessment, discourse analysis, self and peer evaluation, rubrics, online surveys, tests and quizzes for self-paced tutorials.
- Value fairness and adapt e-learning assessments appropriately for diverse populations of students, including students with exceptionalities.
- Evaluate and utilize appropriate technology tools including electronic gradebooks, calendars, spreadsheets and e-portfolios.
- Demonstrate research-based practices for choosing assessment models and apply plagiarism detection tools and support ethics, community building and team trust that help prevent cheating.
Alignment with Teaching Standards
Course objectives are aligned with the following teaching standards:
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 3, 8
International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) 2d, 5a, 5c
Content Outline
Module 1: Why is Assessment Important?
Module 2: Emerging Practices of Online Assessment
Module 3: Perfect E-Storm
Module 4: Variety of Assessment Tools
Module 5: Taxonomy of Assessment
Module 6: Cybercoaching - an Emerging Model
Module 7: Summative Assessment
Module 8: Discourse Analysis
No travel to campus is required. Because this class is online and open to you 24/7, you may participate from your home or work computer during hours that are flexible and convenient for your work and family schedule and responsibilities.
The class is highly interactive with a significant discussion component. All discussion postings, projects and assignments will be submitted via the course discussion board and dropbox. Activities are conducted according to a schedule with specific due dates each week; there are no required "live" chat sessions.
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Our Students Say. . .
"This class has 'pushed' me out of my comfort zone and forced me to try new web 2.0 tools, and I’ve really learn a lot about how assessment works in the online environment. The combining and sharing of all the individual talents, which everyone brought to the screen in this class…was a great learning experience for me and an example of what a great online course can be like."
~ Adina Ness, Dental Hygienist
"Thanks to Datta Kaur for bringing so many new tools within reach and facilitating the proper applications/assessments in online learning. This is likely the most important piece that I will take away and will apply to my future courses. It is imperative, for authentic learning to take place, for the tool to provide a means for accurate assessment of the objective. All of my colleagues in this class so diligently contributed their expertise to the discussions, so that I might increase my expertise."
~ Traci Skog, Library Assistant
"This course has taught me some great assessment tools that can be used in my future online courses.T I have learned advantages and disadvantages of many of these tools."
~ Dora Szemborski, College Accounting Instructor
"My toolbox runneth over. I now have a whole arsenal of tools and a clearer vision of how to use them."
~ Susan Inak, 30 years in education; Middle School Science Teacher and Media Specialist.
