assessment tools for online courses
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Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
President, Online Learning VISIONS.com
Consultant, BayArea BlendEd Consortium
(San Francisco, CA) February 2016Website: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com
Starting PointStarting Point Website: Website:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com – Google FormGoogle Form– Today’s MeetToday’s Meet– SocrativeSocrative– KahootKahoot– PadletPadlet
My Belief: Tipping My Belief: Tipping PointPoint
K-12 K-12 Online Learning Online Learning already there already there (close)(close)
Every school will become a Every school will become a blended blended learning schoollearning school to better to better personalize learning for all studentspersonalize learning for all students
Ultimate goalUltimate goal: Personalized learning : Personalized learning experience for ever student to best experience for ever student to best inform their future college and inform their future college and career choices. career choices.
The Ultimate SchoolThe Ultimate School Provides learning for Provides learning for
students in the way they students in the way they need it, when they need it:need it, when they need it:– Face-to-faceFace-to-face– Technology EnhancedTechnology Enhanced– BlendedBlended– OnlineOnline
This is a journey, not a destination.It takes time to
transform thinking and teaching.
How do you Assess student How do you Assess student learning in f2f?learning in f2f?
How do you Assess student How do you Assess student learning in f2f?learning in f2f?
Quizzes (written / oral) Quizzes (written / oral) Tests (written / oral) Tests (written / oral) DiscussionDiscussion ““Look in their eyes”Look in their eyes” One on oneOne on one
Assessments in online Assessments in online courses: Which are easier / courses: Which are easier /
which are more challenging?which are more challenging? Quizzes (written / oral) Quizzes (written / oral) Tests (written / oral) Tests (written / oral) DiscussionDiscussion ““Look in their eyes”Look in their eyes” One on oneOne on one
Formative AssessmentFormative AssessmentLearning by DoingLearning by Doing
DuFour, DuFour, and Eaker, 2006DuFour, DuFour, and Eaker, 2006
““Frequent monitoring of each studentFrequent monitoring of each student’’s s learning is an essential element of learning is an essential element of effective teaching; no teacher should effective teaching; no teacher should be absolved from that task or allowed be absolved from that task or allowed to assign responsibility for it to state to assign responsibility for it to state test makers, central office test makers, central office coordinators, or textbook publishers.coordinators, or textbook publishers.””
“ When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative assessment;
when the customer tastes the soup, that’s summative assessment .”
- Paul Black
Formative - SummativeFormative - Summative
Online Tools for Online Tools for AssessmentAssessment
Discussion BoardsDiscussion Boards TwitterTwitter BlogsBlogs And tons of other toolsAnd tons of other tools Think how you could use a Think how you could use a
phone or Instagram or Twitter…phone or Instagram or Twitter…
Online Assessment Online Assessment IdeasIdeas
Online presentations via Google Hangouts Podcasts group projects / collaborative writing Class blogs (students record and reflect on their
activities, questions, and outcomes online. e-portfolios (assess students online deliverables) case studies online threaded discussions (students answer
assigned questions and comment on others' posts) self-assessment (via instant feedback quizzes and
tests) presentations (student production of
PowerPoint presentations or Web pages) video projects student peer review
For Further ReadingFor Further Reading 50 Online Assessment Tools: 50 Online Assessment Tools:
https://www.nwea.org/blog/2015/ghttps://www.nwea.org/blog/2015/growing-list-50-digital-education-rowing-list-50-digital-education-tools-apps-formative-assessment-tools-apps-formative-assessment-success/ success/
Top Tech Tools: Top Tech Tools: https://www.graphite.org/top-https://www.graphite.org/top-picks/top-tech-tools-for-formative-picks/top-tech-tools-for-formative-assessment assessment
Questions?Questions?Comments? Comments?
Whip AroundWhip Around
ContactContact Rob DarrowRob Darrow
[email protected] [email protected] http://robdarrow.wikispaces.comhttp://robdarrow.wikispaces.com
Bay Area BlendEd ConsortiumBay Area BlendEd Consortiumhttp://www.blendedconsortium.org/ http://www.blendedconsortium.org/