Online Assessment

Formative and Summative online Assessment: VCU Guide to Online Assessment - click the link on the left menu to see the submenus

Characteristics of an Exemplary Learning Assessment ( Huba and Freed, 1999)
- Authentic – reflects real life experiences
- Challenging – stimulates the learner to apply knowledge
- Coherent – serves as a guide for the student to achieve the learning goal
- Engaging – attracts the learner’s interest
- Respectful – sensitive to the individual learner’s beliefs and values
- Responsive – includes a feedback mechanism to assist the student in the learning process
- Rigorous – requires applied understanding of learning to achieve a successful outcome
- Valid – provides information that is useful to meet the intended learning outcomes

Task: for the objective you have written out, consider how you might assess student learning in your online course.

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