Here is the link to my questions in Survey Monkey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JlT6RpPqf97b_2bzWaUFfK4Q_3d_3d
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Reflection Module 6
What was most useful to me in my learning process? What was least useful? What did I learn about my own learning process during this module?
I found adding another tool, survey monkey, to my toolbox the most useful this week. The least useful was having to apply Bloom's upper levels of taxonomy to a class that I would teach.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Bloom's was reinforced.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
I found adding another tool, survey monkey, to my toolbox the most useful this week. The least useful was having to apply Bloom's upper levels of taxonomy to a class that I would teach.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Bloom's was reinforced.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Reflection Module 5
What was most useful to me in my learning process? What was least useful? What did I learn about my own learning process during this module?
I loved doing the Bloom Taxonomy exercises. Because of my technical background, I love anything that can be classified and sequenced. I think this exercise brought out my strengths. I did not find many of the articles to be helpful. I strengthened what I already know about my learning process.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Yes, I deepened my knowledge about Blooms taxonomy and how it can apply and be helpful for designing a course.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed working with Bloom's Taxonomy.
I loved doing the Bloom Taxonomy exercises. Because of my technical background, I love anything that can be classified and sequenced. I think this exercise brought out my strengths. I did not find many of the articles to be helpful. I strengthened what I already know about my learning process.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Yes, I deepened my knowledge about Blooms taxonomy and how it can apply and be helpful for designing a course.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed working with Bloom's Taxonomy.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Midterm
Here is a copy of the midterm I collaborated on with my team mates, Jeanne, Amy, and Craig.
Introduction
The World Wide Web has provided an opportunity to explore a variety of tools that can be utilized in diverse settings, from business to education to personal applications. By building a ‘toolbox,’ it offers a valuable resource for a collection of assessment tools to use in the online forum for learning and communication.
It can be a challenge to determine which assessment tool would be the best fit for assessing and evaluating student performance or meeting the desired course competencies and objectives. To assist with this challenge, the following four sections address different assessment tools that have allowed students, parents, instructors and business leaders to effectively collaborate in a virtual setting. Zoomerang, blogs, wikis and Micrograde have advantages, disadvantages and multiple applications.
Quiz and Test Builders Assessment Tools
Introduction of Zoomerang
Zoomerang is a software program developed in 1999 allowing users to develop a self-service format for a comprehensive survey and quizzes. Today, it is the world’s #1 source for online surveys. In fact, over 70% of the Fortune 100 companies encompassing over 100 countries are using Zoomerang for collecting data through the use of surveys. Zoomerang is owned by Market Tools, Incorporated, a leading provider of market research services.
Uses and Benefits of the Zoomerang
As an assessment tool, Zoomerang has a variety of applications from personal to professional and educational forums. Examples of using this tool can be useful with event planning, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, new product surveys, market research, educational surveys and quizzes and recruitment and other events in business. Additional benefits are:
a 30-day free download to trial the software
the capability of selecting four different levels for using Zoomerang from basic to professional formatting
the availability of use with more than 40 different languages
the support network for frequently asked questions, links with explanation of the various tools including email link if questions, moderation of the site by the administrators, ability to personally design the survey, and a self-guided tour to use the tool, a tutorial demonstration
the capability to analyze data by downloading data for analysis into a PowerPoint presentation
supplemented with expert professional services, including survey programming, translation, deployment and analysis
the ability to retrieve data rapidly with anonymous responses if desired
Weaknesses and Challenges of the Zoomerang
With benefits of Zoomerang also come challenges and drawbacks that one needs to evaluate when deciding the efficacy of this tool. Some of those challenges are:
the costs associated with using the tool which is 599 for one year and $75 for one month
lack of ability to use as a collaborative tool; only allows for individual responses at one time
limitation with free software package allowing only 10 questions with a longer survey/quiz requires a fee
the need to include one of the question as a participant identification or results will be anonymous
lack of capability for ongoing or interactive feedback among users
Example of Application of Zoomerang in an Online Classroom
The application of Zoomerang can range from pre-assessment to post-assessment and a system for the feedback loop to be utilized. This tool has the capability to gather the perspectives of the participants on certain topics, events or activities with the ability to collectively group information for analysis once data is retrieved from Zoomerang. Application of this tool can be incorporated into the online classroom with the following examples.
Quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, Likert type feedback or essay type of responses
Can be personalized with open ended questions
End of the semester course evaluation
Feedback loop with student’s perspective of how certain activities were effective or not with achieving the learning objectives and course competencies
Student self-assessment of learning needs
Pre-assessment and post-assessment tool
Evaluation of the instructor for professional development
Learning Objective Connected to use of Zoomerang
The use of learning objectives provides a mechanism to evaluate the use of Zoomerang as a valid way to measure this tool for assessing student performance in the online classroom. Some potential objectives would be:
Complete a self assessment of one’s own learning needs
Analyze how Zoomerang can be used as a tool for assessment
Examine the effectiveness of using Zoomerang to assess student learning
Critique the strengths and weaknesses of using Zoomerang as a method of assessment
Evaluate how performance activities could utilize Zoomerang in classrooms
Examples of other tools for Building Exams, Quizzes and Surveys
The following are a few examples of different assessment tools that can be utilized to build exams, quizzes or surveys in the on line classroom.
Zoomerang – http://zoomerang.com
Survey monkey – http://surveymonkey.com
Exam builder – http://exambuilder.com/
Reflection Assessment Tools
Introduction of Blogger
“A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” Source: Wikipedia.com The Assessment class used blogging software, such as blogger.com, to create a student portfolio, which is a form of performance assessment.
Uses and Benefits of Blogger
Blogs were originally used as an electronic personal diary. It’s morphed into other uses such as an e-Portfolio and a marketing tool. Listed below are some additional uses of blogs:
Free use of software
Provides commentary on a subject
Used as an online diary
Uses multimedia file types, such as mp3’s, video, and graphics
Used in the business world to communicate to the public and also as a marketing tool
Writing personal diaries have been proven to have the following effects: improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and speeds healing after surgery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)
Weaknesses and Challenges of Blogger
The biggest weaknesses of blogs are privacy and safety. Listed below are some of those privacy and safety issues:
Lawsuits surrounding defamation and liability.
Privacy and employment issues. Some people have been fired for revealing too much information about the corporation or product or revealing too much information about the employee’s personal life.
Personal safety. What a person blogs may bring on a personal attack by other bloggers.
Reprisals by government. Some citizens have been punished by their governments for the words written in their personal blogs.
The flow of information in blogs appears to be more uni-directional. Therefore, the tool is not a strong collaboration tool, although, there are more and more collaborative blogs appearing every day.
Example of Application of Blogger in an Online Classroom
We are using blogs as an e-Portfolio in our class, however, there are many applications of blogging as listed below:
Can be used as a medium for students’ e-Portfolios.
Can be used as a medium for FAQs.
Student self-assessment of learning
A resource for sharing common web links, favorite articles and other resources
Learning Objective Connected to use of Blogger
Learning objectives ranges from business uses, such as informing the consumer about the benefits of a product, to educational uses, such as an e-Portfolio
Create a personal blog to be used as an e-portfolio
Analyze the use of blogs as an assessment tool in the online classroom
Evaluate the effectiveness of blogs as a collaborative learning opportunity
Inform consumers
Examples of other Assessment Tools for Building Blogs
Listed below are some examples of assessment tools for use in blogs:
Our Story
ePals
LiveJournal
Other Blogging Software
Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Tools
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a collection of pages on the Internet, designed to allow any user to add to and modify its content. Since its creation in 1995, Wiki has become extremely popular in both the world of business and education. Their ease of use and ability for much collaboration has made the wiki very popular application.
Benefits of a Wiki:
Due to its sheer simplicity for users, a wiki has multiple benefits in an online classroom or business setting. A wiki:
is extremely user friendly, a wiki is the simplest online database.
allows for instant collaboration among groups of people.
is accessible from any place that has an Internet connection.
has software maintains a history of each edit that has been made.
can be structured to meet the needs of the user.
does not require the user to download any software.
allows for an RSS feed, alerting users of the latest content changes.
Weaknesses and Challenges of Wikis as an Assessment Tool
The wiki’s advantages exceed its disadvantages, but it does present some challenges for users. These challenges are:
Accessible to anyone, allowing for content to be changed by an outside source.
Because multiple users edit its content, a wiki can become messy and disorganized.
Despite its ease, some user may have problems with navigation/use of a wiki.
The user must have access to a computer and the Internet.
Example of Application of Wikis in an Online Classroom
If used effectively, with clear parameters for all users, a wiki can become a very useful application in any classroom. These applications include:
Students can collaborate on a group project.
Instructors can create a wiki to communicate announcements, assignments, course expectations to both students and parents.
Allows students to develop communication skills, especially consensus-building and compromise
Students can participate in the creation of the wiki, giving them a sense of ownership.
A wiki is a great place to collect useful resources, student work, and link to useful websites
Students define vocabulary lists and provide examples of the words in use.
Learning Objective Connected to use of Wiki as an Assessment Tool
The use of learning objectives provides a mechanism to evaluate the use of Wikis as a valid way to measure the effectiveness for assessing student performance in the online classroom. Some potential objectives would be:
Analyzing the work of others through collaborative efforts
Develop critical thinking skills
Evaluate use of the Wiki as a collaborative assessment tool
Create a classroom Wiki to assess student’s performance
Collaborate with other students with peer editing and reviewing of written work
Examples of other assessment tools for Building Wikis
There are many wikis available on the web, however, some wiki providers are geared towards educators. These educational wikis provide benefits that others do not, including private space at no cost. Two great wiki providers for educators are:
http://www.wikispaces.com/ provides free upgrades for teachers (the private space normally costs $5 per month). This upgrade allows teachers to invite users, keeping the site access limited to select users.
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki is a large hosting site for teacher made wikis, allowing for private access.
Micrograde as a Course Tracking Tool
Introduction to Micrograde
Micrograde is a software course tracking tool, with numerous features. It is designed for educators to help automate the many tasks involved with the evaluation of student performance through the tracking of their grades. This software tool prides itself on being more than just a grading program.
Micrograde allows instructors to easily communicate the progress of students themselves and their parents. The capabilities of this tool assists with reducing the amount of time instructors need to complete grading using traditional methods of tracking grades and is estimated to save teachers as much as one hour a day.
Uses and Benefits of using Micrograde
The Micrograde tool has many beneficial uses when instructors take advantage of its many functions. The following uses and benefits are listed to assist with identifying the potential benefits using this course tracking tool.
Automates the tasks of scoring assignments and calculating grades
Ability to quickly evaluate student performance
Has email and Internet grade posting features
Convenient and quick feedback to both students and parents
Weaknesses and Challenges of Micrograde
When using the Micrograde tool, there are numerous items that need to be considered. The following list alludes to several challenges and limitations of this tool.
No correspondence between the attendance and grades issued to student
Assignments that are marked late must be manually lowered or adjusted
Assignments can not be cut and pasted from category to category
Initial set up period can be quite extensive if grading system is not compatible with current system or if the user does not currently use an electronic grading system
Training is recommended for all staff to maximize the potential of the system
Instructors must have sufficient access to a computer
Example of Application of Micrograde in an Online Classroom
For online instructors, the Micrograde tool offers several alternative tools as opposed to traditional evaluation tools currently on the market. Most of the following tools are critical when facilitating an online course.
Communicate with students directly via email
Post reports so students and instructor can track their grades throughout semester
Internet posting
Log student notes and comments
Create own grading scale: letters, numbers, or symbols
Monitor student’s performance by highlighting low scores with colors
Learning Objectives Connected to using Micrograde
How will the Micrograde tool help educators become better instructors? The following objectives will provide a mechanism to assess the effectiveness of this tool with tracking student’s performance in the online classroom.
Identify time savings and increased efficiency for instructors
Evaluate improved communication of grades between instructor and student
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of student’s performance
Analyze large quantities of assignments and activities with one tracking tool
Examples of other Course Tracking Tools
The use of technology in educational assessment continues to increase on a daily basis. It is critical to choose a tool that is best suited to accomplish the goals of the instructor and students. The following web sites give further information with other potential tools that may be beneficial for instructors with tracking student performance.
Micrograde - http://chariot.com/mircrograde/
Teacherase instructional management system – http://www.teacaherease.com/
Calendar software – http://www.rkssoftare.com/calendarbuilder/overview.html
Conclusion
To create a successful online course that stimulates student learning through a collaborative approach, it is essential for instructors to develop a solid foundation for assessing student performance. This toolbox provides an opportunity for instructors to explore a variety of assessment tools that will best ‘fit’ the needs of the instructor and student. By incorporating the tools that gives the most resourceful approach for learning and evaluating, it aids in building a quality course.
There are other assessment tools that have the potential to assist with evaluating student performance. As you explore additional tools, please add them to this toolbox as a resource with building your online course.
Introduction
The World Wide Web has provided an opportunity to explore a variety of tools that can be utilized in diverse settings, from business to education to personal applications. By building a ‘toolbox,’ it offers a valuable resource for a collection of assessment tools to use in the online forum for learning and communication.
It can be a challenge to determine which assessment tool would be the best fit for assessing and evaluating student performance or meeting the desired course competencies and objectives. To assist with this challenge, the following four sections address different assessment tools that have allowed students, parents, instructors and business leaders to effectively collaborate in a virtual setting. Zoomerang, blogs, wikis and Micrograde have advantages, disadvantages and multiple applications.
Quiz and Test Builders Assessment Tools
Introduction of Zoomerang
Zoomerang is a software program developed in 1999 allowing users to develop a self-service format for a comprehensive survey and quizzes. Today, it is the world’s #1 source for online surveys. In fact, over 70% of the Fortune 100 companies encompassing over 100 countries are using Zoomerang for collecting data through the use of surveys. Zoomerang is owned by Market Tools, Incorporated, a leading provider of market research services.
Uses and Benefits of the Zoomerang
As an assessment tool, Zoomerang has a variety of applications from personal to professional and educational forums. Examples of using this tool can be useful with event planning, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, new product surveys, market research, educational surveys and quizzes and recruitment and other events in business. Additional benefits are:
a 30-day free download to trial the software
the capability of selecting four different levels for using Zoomerang from basic to professional formatting
the availability of use with more than 40 different languages
the support network for frequently asked questions, links with explanation of the various tools including email link if questions, moderation of the site by the administrators, ability to personally design the survey, and a self-guided tour to use the tool, a tutorial demonstration
the capability to analyze data by downloading data for analysis into a PowerPoint presentation
supplemented with expert professional services, including survey programming, translation, deployment and analysis
the ability to retrieve data rapidly with anonymous responses if desired
Weaknesses and Challenges of the Zoomerang
With benefits of Zoomerang also come challenges and drawbacks that one needs to evaluate when deciding the efficacy of this tool. Some of those challenges are:
the costs associated with using the tool which is 599 for one year and $75 for one month
lack of ability to use as a collaborative tool; only allows for individual responses at one time
limitation with free software package allowing only 10 questions with a longer survey/quiz requires a fee
the need to include one of the question as a participant identification or results will be anonymous
lack of capability for ongoing or interactive feedback among users
Example of Application of Zoomerang in an Online Classroom
The application of Zoomerang can range from pre-assessment to post-assessment and a system for the feedback loop to be utilized. This tool has the capability to gather the perspectives of the participants on certain topics, events or activities with the ability to collectively group information for analysis once data is retrieved from Zoomerang. Application of this tool can be incorporated into the online classroom with the following examples.
Quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, Likert type feedback or essay type of responses
Can be personalized with open ended questions
End of the semester course evaluation
Feedback loop with student’s perspective of how certain activities were effective or not with achieving the learning objectives and course competencies
Student self-assessment of learning needs
Pre-assessment and post-assessment tool
Evaluation of the instructor for professional development
Learning Objective Connected to use of Zoomerang
The use of learning objectives provides a mechanism to evaluate the use of Zoomerang as a valid way to measure this tool for assessing student performance in the online classroom. Some potential objectives would be:
Complete a self assessment of one’s own learning needs
Analyze how Zoomerang can be used as a tool for assessment
Examine the effectiveness of using Zoomerang to assess student learning
Critique the strengths and weaknesses of using Zoomerang as a method of assessment
Evaluate how performance activities could utilize Zoomerang in classrooms
Examples of other tools for Building Exams, Quizzes and Surveys
The following are a few examples of different assessment tools that can be utilized to build exams, quizzes or surveys in the on line classroom.
Zoomerang – http://zoomerang.com
Survey monkey – http://surveymonkey.com
Exam builder – http://exambuilder.com/
Reflection Assessment Tools
Introduction of Blogger
“A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” Source: Wikipedia.com The Assessment class used blogging software, such as blogger.com, to create a student portfolio, which is a form of performance assessment.
Uses and Benefits of Blogger
Blogs were originally used as an electronic personal diary. It’s morphed into other uses such as an e-Portfolio and a marketing tool. Listed below are some additional uses of blogs:
Free use of software
Provides commentary on a subject
Used as an online diary
Uses multimedia file types, such as mp3’s, video, and graphics
Used in the business world to communicate to the public and also as a marketing tool
Writing personal diaries have been proven to have the following effects: improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and speeds healing after surgery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)
Weaknesses and Challenges of Blogger
The biggest weaknesses of blogs are privacy and safety. Listed below are some of those privacy and safety issues:
Lawsuits surrounding defamation and liability.
Privacy and employment issues. Some people have been fired for revealing too much information about the corporation or product or revealing too much information about the employee’s personal life.
Personal safety. What a person blogs may bring on a personal attack by other bloggers.
Reprisals by government. Some citizens have been punished by their governments for the words written in their personal blogs.
The flow of information in blogs appears to be more uni-directional. Therefore, the tool is not a strong collaboration tool, although, there are more and more collaborative blogs appearing every day.
Example of Application of Blogger in an Online Classroom
We are using blogs as an e-Portfolio in our class, however, there are many applications of blogging as listed below:
Can be used as a medium for students’ e-Portfolios.
Can be used as a medium for FAQs.
Student self-assessment of learning
A resource for sharing common web links, favorite articles and other resources
Learning Objective Connected to use of Blogger
Learning objectives ranges from business uses, such as informing the consumer about the benefits of a product, to educational uses, such as an e-Portfolio
Create a personal blog to be used as an e-portfolio
Analyze the use of blogs as an assessment tool in the online classroom
Evaluate the effectiveness of blogs as a collaborative learning opportunity
Inform consumers
Examples of other Assessment Tools for Building Blogs
Listed below are some examples of assessment tools for use in blogs:
Our Story
ePals
LiveJournal
Other Blogging Software
Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Tools
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a collection of pages on the Internet, designed to allow any user to add to and modify its content. Since its creation in 1995, Wiki has become extremely popular in both the world of business and education. Their ease of use and ability for much collaboration has made the wiki very popular application.
Benefits of a Wiki:
Due to its sheer simplicity for users, a wiki has multiple benefits in an online classroom or business setting. A wiki:
is extremely user friendly, a wiki is the simplest online database.
allows for instant collaboration among groups of people.
is accessible from any place that has an Internet connection.
has software maintains a history of each edit that has been made.
can be structured to meet the needs of the user.
does not require the user to download any software.
allows for an RSS feed, alerting users of the latest content changes.
Weaknesses and Challenges of Wikis as an Assessment Tool
The wiki’s advantages exceed its disadvantages, but it does present some challenges for users. These challenges are:
Accessible to anyone, allowing for content to be changed by an outside source.
Because multiple users edit its content, a wiki can become messy and disorganized.
Despite its ease, some user may have problems with navigation/use of a wiki.
The user must have access to a computer and the Internet.
Example of Application of Wikis in an Online Classroom
If used effectively, with clear parameters for all users, a wiki can become a very useful application in any classroom. These applications include:
Students can collaborate on a group project.
Instructors can create a wiki to communicate announcements, assignments, course expectations to both students and parents.
Allows students to develop communication skills, especially consensus-building and compromise
Students can participate in the creation of the wiki, giving them a sense of ownership.
A wiki is a great place to collect useful resources, student work, and link to useful websites
Students define vocabulary lists and provide examples of the words in use.
Learning Objective Connected to use of Wiki as an Assessment Tool
The use of learning objectives provides a mechanism to evaluate the use of Wikis as a valid way to measure the effectiveness for assessing student performance in the online classroom. Some potential objectives would be:
Analyzing the work of others through collaborative efforts
Develop critical thinking skills
Evaluate use of the Wiki as a collaborative assessment tool
Create a classroom Wiki to assess student’s performance
Collaborate with other students with peer editing and reviewing of written work
Examples of other assessment tools for Building Wikis
There are many wikis available on the web, however, some wiki providers are geared towards educators. These educational wikis provide benefits that others do not, including private space at no cost. Two great wiki providers for educators are:
http://www.wikispaces.com/ provides free upgrades for teachers (the private space normally costs $5 per month). This upgrade allows teachers to invite users, keeping the site access limited to select users.
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki is a large hosting site for teacher made wikis, allowing for private access.
Micrograde as a Course Tracking Tool
Introduction to Micrograde
Micrograde is a software course tracking tool, with numerous features. It is designed for educators to help automate the many tasks involved with the evaluation of student performance through the tracking of their grades. This software tool prides itself on being more than just a grading program.
Micrograde allows instructors to easily communicate the progress of students themselves and their parents. The capabilities of this tool assists with reducing the amount of time instructors need to complete grading using traditional methods of tracking grades and is estimated to save teachers as much as one hour a day.
Uses and Benefits of using Micrograde
The Micrograde tool has many beneficial uses when instructors take advantage of its many functions. The following uses and benefits are listed to assist with identifying the potential benefits using this course tracking tool.
Automates the tasks of scoring assignments and calculating grades
Ability to quickly evaluate student performance
Has email and Internet grade posting features
Convenient and quick feedback to both students and parents
Weaknesses and Challenges of Micrograde
When using the Micrograde tool, there are numerous items that need to be considered. The following list alludes to several challenges and limitations of this tool.
No correspondence between the attendance and grades issued to student
Assignments that are marked late must be manually lowered or adjusted
Assignments can not be cut and pasted from category to category
Initial set up period can be quite extensive if grading system is not compatible with current system or if the user does not currently use an electronic grading system
Training is recommended for all staff to maximize the potential of the system
Instructors must have sufficient access to a computer
Example of Application of Micrograde in an Online Classroom
For online instructors, the Micrograde tool offers several alternative tools as opposed to traditional evaluation tools currently on the market. Most of the following tools are critical when facilitating an online course.
Communicate with students directly via email
Post reports so students and instructor can track their grades throughout semester
Internet posting
Log student notes and comments
Create own grading scale: letters, numbers, or symbols
Monitor student’s performance by highlighting low scores with colors
Learning Objectives Connected to using Micrograde
How will the Micrograde tool help educators become better instructors? The following objectives will provide a mechanism to assess the effectiveness of this tool with tracking student’s performance in the online classroom.
Identify time savings and increased efficiency for instructors
Evaluate improved communication of grades between instructor and student
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of student’s performance
Analyze large quantities of assignments and activities with one tracking tool
Examples of other Course Tracking Tools
The use of technology in educational assessment continues to increase on a daily basis. It is critical to choose a tool that is best suited to accomplish the goals of the instructor and students. The following web sites give further information with other potential tools that may be beneficial for instructors with tracking student performance.
Micrograde - http://chariot.com/mircrograde/
Teacherase instructional management system – http://www.teacaherease.com/
Calendar software – http://www.rkssoftare.com/calendarbuilder/overview.html
Conclusion
To create a successful online course that stimulates student learning through a collaborative approach, it is essential for instructors to develop a solid foundation for assessing student performance. This toolbox provides an opportunity for instructors to explore a variety of assessment tools that will best ‘fit’ the needs of the instructor and student. By incorporating the tools that gives the most resourceful approach for learning and evaluating, it aids in building a quality course.
There are other assessment tools that have the potential to assist with evaluating student performance. As you explore additional tools, please add them to this toolbox as a resource with building your online course.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Reflection Module 4
What was most useful to me in my learning process? What was least useful? What did I learn about my own learning process during this module?
I enjoyed the collaboration of my team and loved the jigsaw project idea! How creative and a wonderful hands on way to learn while trying to include everyone.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Yes, I learned about more electronic tools from my team members.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed collaborating with my team members on the project.
I enjoyed the collaboration of my team and loved the jigsaw project idea! How creative and a wonderful hands on way to learn while trying to include everyone.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
Yes, I learned about more electronic tools from my team members.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
My thinking about assessment has not changed this week.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed collaborating with my team members on the project.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Reflection Module 3
What was most useful to me in my learning process? What was least useful? What did I learn about my own learning process during this module?
I really found Bonk's article from 2004 still relevant n 2008. His article was thought provoking and could be easily applied to both education and business. After reading his article, I wanted to add a 5th storm, Time. In the business world, we are asked to create curriculum yesterday. And I'm finding that creating E-Learning modules can be very time consuming, especially when you're working with an SME and you have to constantly go back and forth.
I found the Concept Mapping article to be the least useful. The article did not make concept mapping any clearer for me. Actually, it seemed to be more of an article on ROI.
I know that I am a multifaceted learner, with an emphasis on seeing and doing. I thought it was helpful to create a concept map. Please see next post for my concept map.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
My goal is to formalize my teaching skills with educational theory. Yes, I achieved more formalization by using concept mapping. In the past, I have just created an outline, but the picture of the map is more powerful. Also, it looks professional.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
I didn't realized the many ways that assessment can be accomplished.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed reading Bonk's article: Perfect E-Storm: emerging technology, enormous learner demand, enhanced pedagogy, and erased budgets. I could relate to his article and validate it through my own professional experience.
I really found Bonk's article from 2004 still relevant n 2008. His article was thought provoking and could be easily applied to both education and business. After reading his article, I wanted to add a 5th storm, Time. In the business world, we are asked to create curriculum yesterday. And I'm finding that creating E-Learning modules can be very time consuming, especially when you're working with an SME and you have to constantly go back and forth.
I found the Concept Mapping article to be the least useful. The article did not make concept mapping any clearer for me. Actually, it seemed to be more of an article on ROI.
I know that I am a multifaceted learner, with an emphasis on seeing and doing. I thought it was helpful to create a concept map. Please see next post for my concept map.
Did I achieve my learning objectives in this week? If yes, what did I achieve? If not, what got in the way of achieving those objectives?
My goal is to formalize my teaching skills with educational theory. Yes, I achieved more formalization by using concept mapping. In the past, I have just created an outline, but the picture of the map is more powerful. Also, it looks professional.
How did my thinking about assessment change this week?
I didn't realized the many ways that assessment can be accomplished.
What activities were especially meaningful to my learning and why?
I enjoyed reading Bonk's article: Perfect E-Storm: emerging technology, enormous learner demand, enhanced pedagogy, and erased budgets. I could relate to his article and validate it through my own professional experience.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)