Task 4_HMOA 5403 Online Instructional Assessment

Forum Participation     Participation in forums is very important it is a way to spark discussions, to evoke emotions of learner. Also discussion forums create an excellent platform for learning through interaction between learners and instructor and this is based on the idea of the learner centered learning environment and these will develop critical thinking skills. The interaction between the learners provide a wide learning spectrum in which, ideas will be brainstormed and shared. Discussions are a way of getting learners involved in activities and this gives learners a sense of   interaction with others more especially on online class. Looking at the discussion on the online that we tasked in the online class, they way the learner commented was a bit confusing sometimes. The thread of the comments was hard to follow, for example some learner did not respond or reply on to the right learner but as we just that this kind of discussions can be can be co...

Key principles of online assessment The are few key principles of online assessment that are suppose to be follow when assessing learners. This principles will help in guide the assessor. The Most important key is that the assessment should be fair. When doing an assessment it does not present barriers for a learner to achieve good results, by just having a fair assessment will be good enough, because the scope have been set. it should have the following: Questions; should be written or oral format. When Randomizing the question and answer order. If you choose to randomize answers, consider not using answers such as ‘all the above,’ ‘both a and b are true. Sometimes randomization of questions and answers may cause these answers to be invalid. When delivering a question at time can be good learner will not know what questions is coming. Assessment Guide; the should be a clear guide for the learner in the questions for one to answer correctly. Assessment method; lea...

Traditional Assessment Traditional assessment is what we are used to in the class setup, this is the use of teacher-made quizzes and tests and it can also involve Essay questions, homework and projects. This kind of assessment are made physical by the teacher. This method can be more authentic and standardized tests, depending on how they are used to get results. They are elements that are looked at   when come to Traditional assessment, such as the   Learning outcomes and Content, on this the assessment will be done looking at the content that was suppose to be covered in a certain subject, knowledge and skills will be the assessment points. Quality of Test Items and Reliability, Bangert (2004), Standardized assessments produced by commercial publishers typically contain test items that are of high technical quality. The rigorous review process that preliminary forms of standardized achievement tests undergo is primarily responsible for the superior level o...

e-Portfolio Project e-portfolio is new concept to me, previously I have read blogs and social media on internet but to create one was a bit of a challenge. When I given this project, I was rather confused but I was up for the new kind of concept to learn something totally new. Starting the task was a hard with the research I begin to understand how e-portfolio is created but still was not confident in creating one. E-Portfolios first appeared in universities and colleges in the 1990s and have now been accepted by at least half of all universities and colleges in The United States (Clark, 2009). When I started I decided to understand clearly what e-portfolio is all about and how it works, before creating mine. I had to have a clear understanding on the requirements given so that I follow the instruction given. To get started I had to   go on a quest of finding information from the internet. My search lead me to wikipedia.org, which explain e-portfolio as An electron...