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Assessing the online learner : resources and strategies for faculty

Author: Rena M Palloff; Keith Pratt
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2009.
Series: Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
It offers guidance for designing and implementing creative assessment practices tied directly to course activities to measure student learning. The book is filled with illustrative case studies, authentic assessments based in real-life application of concepts, and collaborative activities that assess the quality of student learning rather than relying on the traditional methods of measuring the amount of information  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Palloff, Rena M., 1950-
Assessing the online learner.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009
(OCoLC)657161264
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Rena M Palloff; Keith Pratt
ISBN: 9780470283868 0470283866
OCLC Number: 230181462
Description: xviii, 153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Assessment basics --
1: How do we know they know? --
Developing standards of assessment --
Getting down to the basics --
Learner-focused teaching --
Applying what we have learned --
2: Assessment online --
Principles of effective online assessment --
Assessment and the online learner --
Using the online environment for assessment advantage --
Plagiarism and cheating --
Applying what we have learned --
3: Course and program evaluation --
Course evaluation --
Instructor evaluation --
Program evaluation --
Competency assessment as course and program evaluation --
Applying what we have learned --
II: The assessment and evaluation toolkit --
Introduction to the assessment and evaluation toolkit --
Rubrics and rubric development --
Using student feedback for assessment --
How interactive is it? --
Authentic assessments --
Performance assessments --
Effective test and quiz development --
Portfolios --
Portfolios as assessment --
Reflective assessment and self-assessment --
Collaborative use of wikis and blogs in assessment --
Effective online course evaluation --
Effective faculty evaluation.
Series Title: Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning.
Responsibility: Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt.

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This book is designed to help higher education professionals understand the basics of assessment online and apply those principles through creative assessment practices, such as the use of case  Read more...
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