Assessment Approaches for Online Assessment Approaches for Online Learning Environments: Learning Environments:
Lesson learned from blended and Lesson learned from blended and online coursesonline courses
Praweenya SuwannatthachoteChulalongkorn University, Thailand
Anirut SatimanSilpakorn University, Thailand
Three key components of assessments are
1.Measurement of the learning objectives2.Self-assessments for students to measure their own achievement3.Interaction and feedback between and among the instructor and students
Steinbronn, P. E. & Merideth, E. M. (2008). Perceived Utility of Methods and Instructional Strategies Used in Online and Face-to-face Teaching
Environments. Innovative in Higher Education. 32: 265-278.
Instructional strategies and methods in the online teaching environment: Very useful and/or useful
Objectives
• To analyze and compare assessment techniques used in fully online courses and large-class blended learning courses and
• To propose the assessment approaches for online learning environments.
The cases
• Three selected online courses from e-Professional certificate program under the Thailand Cyber University project (TCU) during September 2010 - March 2011.
• Two large-class blended learning courses in higher education institutes during June-September 2011 (about 100 students per class).
Online Learning Environments
• Online office hour of teacher
• Virtual classroom
• Virtual community
• Interaction and feedback– Teacher to students– Students to Teacher– Students to Students
Selected courses from e-Learning Professional
certificate program
e-Learning Teacher
e-Learning Courseware Designer
e-Learning Project Manager
• Monitoring e-Classroom
• Designing Effective Website for e-Learning
• e-Learning Project Management
Similarity of assessment approachSimilarity of assessment approach• Learning assessment
– What can assessment for learning look like in OLEs?
• Question and answer• Group discussion • Students’ self-reflection log• Collaborative work with Wiki
• Learning evaluation– Summative evaluation
Survey
Open-ended questions
Strategies to build up virtual community: lessons from 3 courses
• Share students’ own profile
• Share ideas and works
• Discuss and find the similarity of students’ background
• Give comments to others
>>> Peer Assessment Peer Assessment
• The fully online courses that based on social constructivism learning approach developed the virtual learning community and gained more learner-learner and instructor-learner interaction.
The large class
Purposive samples:– 2726207 ED TECH INFO
: at Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University: 2 sections (200 students)
– 468102 Computer for Education : at Faculty of Education, Silpakorn University
Teaching large-class with blended learning• Class discussion
board• Group discussion
board• Online quiz• Student’s blog
Peer assessment became one of significant assessment technique to improve learners’ understanding for both blended and online courses.
Suggestions
• Self-assessment should be a major component of online courses.
• Online instructor should design the learning activity that provide students to assess themselves.
Assessment approaches for online courses
Suggestions
• The large-class should add more online tests or quizzes as an effective self-test for students.
• The large-class blended learning course should focus more on portfolio assessment.
Assessment approaches for the large class OLEs