Traditional Assessments

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Traditional Assessments

Modifying for Distance Learning

Proctored Exams

Ensures that the student did not cheat

Must gain approval of proctor before taking exams

Open Book

Some instructors assume that students will use the book during tests. Therfore, they may make the test more difficult than in a face-to-face class.

Tests are accessed online rather than in a face to face classroom

Second Life

WebCT

Blackboard

Disadvantages

Records knowledge or performance of the student on that particular day.

Minimal applicaiton to real life situations

Difficult to guage what the students know versus what they just guessed on.

Generally does not inform instructional practice

Students do not recieve descriptive feedback

Uses lower level cognitive skills

Integrating in Distance Learning

Essay tests available all term but the finished product must be turned in by specific due date and time.

Use email via attachments

Use Learning Managment System

Digital Drop Box

Give date and time of exam when all students must take the test

May include a testing window

Use Respondus LockDown Browser

Use Test function in Learning Management System

Examples

True/False

Short Answer

Essay

Multiple Choice Tests

Advantages

Allows for quick feedback of results to students

Works well for information that requires memorization or recalling of facts

Efficient

These assessments work well when an instructor needs to score them in a realitvely short amount of time. Example: when grading final exams and reporting term grades.

Can be scored by machines

Online Grading Systems via course management systems

Scantron

Very reliable