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
