Online assessment

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Online assessment

• By Alissa Henriet
• ED 4766
• November 15, 2007

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What is online assessment?

• Using internet-based tools for
• The creation, storage, and delivery of
  assessments
• To capture marking, storage, and analysis of
  responses
• The collection, return, and analysis of results

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Pros cons of online assessment

• PROS
• Gives immediate data
• Can see strengths and weaknesses among students
• Immediate scoring and results quickly
• Large numbers can be marked quickly and
  accurately
• Assessment can be stored and reused
• Randomization of questions if selected from a
  test bank

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Pros and cons of online assessment

• CONS
• Technological malfunctions
• Impersonal
• Teacher is not always there to ask questions
• Potential for cheating

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Online assessment examples to use in the
classroom
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blogging

• An online journal
• Great vehicle for expression
• Good for all to see and share
• Good discussion starter
• Great for the reluctant or shy speaker
• Teacher can make comments right on the blog
• Automatically keeps date and time of responses

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Online testing and Webct

• Students can simply complete a test or quiz
  online and submit for grading
• Teacher uses program to create quiz
• PROS
• immediate feedback
• Quick and easy to mark
• No problems with legibility or bad handwriting
• With WebCT students can complete the test in a
  window and when they feel ready

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Online testing and webct

• Cons
• Can seem impersonal
• Potential for technological errors (eg. Not
  saving)
• Risk of cheating
• Limits in the types of questions being asked
• Some feel it doesnt test higher learning

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Computer adaptive assessment (CAA)

• Students complete assignment online
• If they are correct, they get a harder question
• If wrong, they get to repeat the question.
• Gives feedback
• Shows the strengths and weaknesses
• Immediate scoring and results quickly

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eportfolios

• A collection of electronic evidence assembled and
  managed by a user
• A portfolio based on electronic media and
  services
• Greater flexibility and ways to display content
• Students reflect on their own learning
• See progress and development over time
• Models professionalism
• Can be used to apply for colleges etc.

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Discussion boards email

• Electronically submitted assignments
• Easy to keep track of
• Can be referred to easily and replied to
• Great way to check for understanding
• Downfall Can overload a teachers email if a
  large class is replying.

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conclusion

• Have to know your class and students and decide
  if online assessment will work
• Great way to introduce students to technological
  world
• Can make less work for teachers when it comes to
  marking or checking for understanding
• Quicker feedback
• Know the potential drawbacks or hesitations

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references

• AUTC. (2002). Online Assessment. Retrieved
  November 10th, 2007 from http//www.cshe.unimelb.e
  du.au/assessinglearning/03/online.html
• Bauer, E. (2003). What is Blogging? Retrieved
  November 3, 2007 from http//www.elise.com/web/a/w
  hat_is_blogging.php
• Beaudin, L. (2007) Online Assessment, Education
  4766 Webpage. Retrieved October 25, 2007 from
  http//classes.uleth.ca/200703/educ4766ol//module6
  .htm
• Scottish Qualifications Authority. (2003). SQA
  Guidelines for Online Assessment for Further
  Education. Retrieved November 10, 2007 from
  http//www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/GuidelinesForOnlin
  eAssessment(Web).pdf
• Wikipedia. (2007). Electronic Portfolios.
  Retrieved November 2, 2007 from
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPortfolio