CHAPTER 4
Assessing Online Engaged Learning
If the assessments are opportunities for students to learn, then we [instructors] are using every opportunity to refine their knowledge as well as evaluate and refine our course.
Smith, 2008, p. 34
Assessment in any type of course, online or classroom-based, is either written or performance-based. Written assessment is best to use when evaluating declarative knowledge (that which can be stated) and procedural knowledge (knowing how to do something). Problem-solving ability is best assessed with performance-based methods. Learners can work together to process and develop any of these types of knowledge.
When considering an online engaged environment, typically in Phases 1 and 2, learners are getting to ...
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