Deborah Kabler

Course Description

Performance-based assessment, summative and formative feedback methods to assess student learning in the online classroom.

Explore how to use voice and video technology options to assist with time saving grading procedures while increasing the amount of feedback, prevention of plagiarism in the digital environment, strategies for assessing online discussion postings and replies, using blogs and wikis as evidence of learning, evaluating group assignments in an online setting, polling and opinion gathering via laptop, iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and smartphones, and evaluating eportfolios.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate development and use of academic standards across the curriculum and application of standards and objectives in online classroom assessment and evaluation.
2. Analyze the assessment process including types of evaluations, the relationship of assessment to learning, institutional and curriculum objectives, online testing, high stakes testing, corporate assessment framework (CAF) and standardized testing.
3. Apply mapping to align assessment to learning outcomes, develop rubric criteria and select appropriate online assessment.
4. Apply current research and technology tools to create authentic assessment, discourse analysis, self and peer evaluation, rubrics, online surveys, tests and quizzes for self-paced tutorials.
5. Value fairness and adapt e-learning assessments appropriately for diverse populations of students, including students with exceptionalities.
6. Evaluate and utilize appropriate technology tools including electronic gradebooks, calendars, spreadsheets and e-portfolios.
7. Demonstrate research-based practices for choosing assessment models and apply plagiarism detection tools and support ethics, community building and team trust that help prevent cheating.

Alignment with Teaching Standards

Course objectives are aligned with the following:

Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 3, 8

International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) 2d, 5a, 5c

(EDUC 762)