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What does good assessment look like online? Insight on designing and delivering authentic and fair assessment which works in the digital learning space
It is arguably the biggest challenge of online teaching: How to accurately and fairly assess students working remotely, for whom the temptation and ability to cheat is greater than ever. But this challenge brings an opportunity to reconsider the very nature of assessment, its purpose and its impact. The forced rethink has resulted in innovative ways to test and showcase students' knowledge aligned to learning outcomes and real-world skills. This collection offers insight on effective approaches to digital assessment design and delivery.
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Online teaching has forced a major rethink of exams , so how can academics ensure they make the new - style assessments accessible and relevant to all students ? Kimberly Wilder - Davis explains
Planning assessment to promote academic integrity online
Instructors can minimise the opportunity for academic misconduct through careful online assessment design . Sarah Eaton shares …
Rethinking assessment in line with the changing world of work
Sarah Montano offers insight on redesigning assessment in the digital space to test the skills students will need in their future careers
Translating creative assessment styles online : Blackboard learning journals
Traditional exams can inhibit students , while more creative assessments provide a forum where their talent and knowledge can …
Course learning outcomes : how to create them and align them to assessment
Paul Moss explains how to structure online courses to build students ’ knowledge methodically towards set learning outcomes and skills that should themselves be used to shape assessment
Negotiated assessment in online teaching – the same learning outcomes measured in different ways
Authentic assessment is one of the biggest challenges associated with online teaching and learning . Here Katherine Baverstock explains why negotiated assessment engages remote students and lowers the risk of cheating
Fair assessment : tackling the rise in online cheating
The move to online learning has seen a big increase in academic misconduct such as plagiarism . Camilla Roberts explains how …
Design online assessment to prevent academic misconduct
Traditional proctored exams rarely work when teaching online so instructors must rely on careful assessment design to minimise the …
Deter contract cheating in online assessment with a multi - pronged …
The essay mills industry is booming in response to student demand . Irene Glendinning explains how universities must respond with a …
How to re - energise your online classroom and inspire creativity
Sparking creativity among students learning remotely through a screen can be challenging . Here , Constanza Pacher offers advice for shaking up ideas via online media
Using digital scholarship to enhance public engagement
Having been pushed to the sidelines of academia for too long , public engagement projects can take a central role in digital courses , furthering students ’ learning and reaching wider audiences , explains Warren Stanislaus
Give students confidence to ' be wrong , loudly ’ in online classes
For students to learn effectively online , they must be willing to get things wrong and be corrected . But speaking up in an online class …
Guide learning by activating students ’ inner feedback
David Nicol explains how students can be guided to make comparisons and feedback on their own work , rather than relying on instructor …
Lessons in motivating students to learn online
Teaching interdisciplinary modules online can be an uphill battle but it offers important lessons in the art of motivating …
Forum - based online teaching to improve student engagement and motivation
A key challenge with online learning is maintaining student engagement and motivation . A forum - based teaching system , in which all students could see and compare their work within a shared online space , helped mitigate this challenge , researchers found
Instant messaging for improving instructor feedback in distance learning
One of the biggest challenges to online learning is lack of immediate instructor feedback , Justin Fendos ’ research revealed . So his team trialled instant messaging to enable prompt responses
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