August Wrap Up: Give or Teach?

Assessment is a challenging subject, no matter the form it takes. Natalie pointed out that formal assessments, through the use of Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation, are effective up until a certain point.  One could argue that our end of course surveys hover in the 3rd or 4th level of evaluation but it seems that [...]

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Assessment Beyond Smile Sheets and Tests

Christy took some time to review the concept of “Authentic Assessment.” Now let’s think about traditional assessments used in a face to face classroom. What options do we have? Which ones can be used in online assessment and how?
Many of the traditional forms of assessment can be conducted online. The table below only reviews a [...]

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Authentic Assessment in Online Courses

Maybe it’s my background as a band and music teacher that makes me such a fan of authentic assessment. After all, in band it’s expected that people actually be able to play and perform, not just talk about playing and performing. In fact, music education often has the opposite problem of many other areas of [...]

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Online Assessments

Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day;
Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
- Chinese proverb
That particular proverb reminds me of how we assess student work:
Eat for a day: give information, test on it, and offer no feedback
OR
Fish for life: exchange of information, offer feedback, and apply [...]

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