DR MARY SLADE PROFESSOR FACET FELLOW MS AUDREY
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DR. MARY SLADE, PROFESSOR & FACET FELLOW MS. AUDREY CUTLER, SENIOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER DR. PATRICIA WESTERMAN, ASSISTANT PROVOST FACET@TOWSON. EDU 405 COOK LIBRARY
STRATEGIES FOR MEASURING LEARNING Creating Online Teaching & Learning with Academic Excellence in Mind
ONLINE MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT OUTCOMES Traditional Quiz and Testing Options
How do I measure student outcomes? Knowledge Acquisition Skill Acquisition & Application Making Connections Use quizzes and tests to measure knowledge acquisition. Multiple-Choice, Matching, T/F, Short Answer, & Essay Use quiz tool to measure skill acquisition and application of knowledge. Ask students to make connections to course content (self-text, text-world). Short Answer & Essay
RESPONDUS BROWSER LOCKDOWN Availability and Analysis
Respondus Lockdown Browser Access & Other Online Measurement Precautions Availability Precautions for Online Assessments 1. Use one item at a time feature of quizzes and tests. 2. Use randomization of items on quizzes and tests. 3. Use randomization of item stems. 4. Create a shared item pool.
TEACHING & LEARNING MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES Accountability, Integrity, & Excellence
How do I measure student outcomes online? 1. Use the assignment tool to measure critical and guided readings. 2. Use reading reflection assignments to measure accountability and quality of required reading completion. 3. Use the discussion tool to measure students’ perspective -taking or ability to defend a resolution in a debate.
1. Require students’ inclusion of citations to readings, videos, slideshows, etc. in their assignments. 2. Have students analyze a case study, scenario or other real-world example of content. 3. Require students’ substantive reactions to discussion board posts. Measurin g Excellenc e in Learning 1. Depth 4. Apply course content to real-world problems and scenarios. 2. Complexity 5. Have student role play real-world applications of course content. 4. Rigor 3. Sophistication
Rubrics Guide & Measure Learning ◦Discussion Boards ◦Application Assignments ◦Reading Reflections ◦Online Presentations
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