Assessment, Testing & Grading
Formative Assessment for Online Courses
Formative assessment is a classroom tool designed to provide students with feedback about their learning prior to conducting any graded evaluations. The purpose of formative assessment is to improve student learning and allow students to practice self-assessment and thus these types of activities are almost always ungraded. What methods might be used to integrate formative assessment activities into a virtual learning environment? This activity will offer several free resources for creating interactive, engaging formative assessment exercises for your online courses.
Karen Hornsby - North Carolina A&T State University
Peer-to-Peer Learning Through Linked Courses
Tracy Nichols describes a unique application of peer-to-peer learning across two similar courses, one taught at the undergraduate level and one taught at the graduate level. Benefits to graduate students included providing them with a leadership experience and reinforcing critical skills. Benefits to undergraduate students included receiving additional writing practice and feedback and being exposed to graduate education and graduate students. Since both courses covered introductory material to the field of public health education, both groups of students were given a chance to explore the field and discover career opportunities.
Tracy Nichols - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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