1. Distance Ed Assessment Options
Introductions
Bethany Bovard
&
Julia Parra

2. Agenda What is assessment? Why do it? What do we assess?
Challenges & opportunities
What is the process for developing assessments?
Types of alternative assessments
The role of rubrics
Handout index cards - one minute paper
“What is assessment & why do it?”
Pickup, read
Skip or cover appropriate slides as necessary

3. Why do it? To audit learning To inform / improve learner performance
To inform / improve teaching

4. Assess what? Cognitive domain - easiest to do online
knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
Psychomotor domain - hard to do online
Appropriate use of lab equip, musical instrument technique, proper CPR technique, etc.
Affective domain - can’t measure directly, usually do via observation - hard to do online
Attitudes (ie: improving girls’ attitudes toward science and their ability to do science)
Interpersonal skills (ie: treating patients w/ respect)
Tie in assessment strategies with learning goals. IE: If you want the student to know how to apply some knowledge, you do not assess them on how well they know the terminology.

5. Process Identify desired results Determine acceptable evidence
what should learner know / be able to do?
Determine acceptable evidence
performance tasks, criteria
Plan instruction & learning activity

6. Alternative assessment
Minute papers
Concept maps
Case studies
Portfolios
Journals
Discussions
More...
Discuss types of assessment used in their classes.
See examples.
Examples

7. What are rubrics? set of criteria used to assess student work
set of criteria used to establish knowledge/performance standards
Handout example rubrics

8. Work on class assessments
Specific help translating f2f assessments to WebCT environment
Time to work on own assessments