Lesson 2: Assessment & Evaluation

Overview

This course is almost done! You've worked very hard to get here and you should be proud of yourselves. This unit, all about assessment and evaluation, has led you through the exploration of your own existing practices and started you thinking and working towards "authentic" eLearning activities and assessments. In this last lesson, you will complete your

 

Standards and Objectives

The SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching inform our selection of learning objectives. In this lesson, we are addressing the following standards:

• The teacher has experienced online learning from the perspective of a student.
• The teacher has the prerequisite technology skills to teach online.
• The teacher plans, designs and incorporates strategies to encourage active learning, interaction, participation and collaboration in the online environment.
• The teacher develops and delivers assessments, projects and assignments that meet standards-based learning goals and assesses learning progress by measuring student achievement of learning goals.
• The teacher demonstrates frequent and effective strategies that enable both teacher and students to complete self- and pre-assessments.

To help you meet those standards, we must define a set of specific learning objectives. So, for this lesson, you will:

• apply your understanding of online learning community, interaction, and assessment to collaboratively create and present activities and assessments for your online courses,
• reflect on your understanding of assessment and evaluation for online learning community, and
• assess and evaluate the Fostering Online Learning Communities course.

 

Assignments

1. Discussion assignment 1: Maintaining discussion threads. Approximately 30-60 minutes
   • Complete maintaining discussion threads assignment in WebCT Discussions, Topic: Learners' Choice Discussion
   • Your final response should provide your final expert summary, opinion, and/or best practice/s for your chosen topic
2. Collaborative activity continued: Approximately 2 hours
   • Complete the collaborative activity begun in Unit 3, Lesson 1
   • Refer to the directions listed in Unit 3, Lesson 1.
   • Have one person from your group send the complete PowerPoint presentation to juparra@nmsu.edu by November 17 for inclusion in the Centra event on November 19 from 5-7pm
3. Discussion Assignment 2: Reflection. Approximately 30 minutes

   Since this is the end of Unit 3, we want you to complete a final reflection and self-assessment for this course. In WebCT Discussions, Topic: Three Hats Reflection, you posted answers and created questions based on three different perspectives.

   • Revisit your post and the responses with the following in mind.
     • How has your understanding of online learning communities changed?
     • Which of your original questions remain unanswered?
     • What new questions do you have?
   • Create a Reply to your original post and answer the above questions.
   • How assignment will be graded (20 points)
   • Simply reflect on and answer all the questions in your discussion post. That's it.
4. Course evaluation assignment. Approximately 30 minutes
   • Complete the Course Evaluation [survey monkey?]

 

Optional Centra event

During the final Centra event, we will discuss assessment and evaluation and view your Collaborative Activity presentations. Also, we will celebrate the completion of the Fostering Online Learning Communities course, so wear your party hats :)

 

Next step

Continue to OTLO1 Instructional Design Course

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