What intrigues me about it is the last paragraph that provides some options on a different approach: designing assignments that cannot be plagiarized. they provide disincentives to plagiarism). Therefore, designing a component of your assessment scheme devoted to discussion will be wise choice. In some courses it is difficult to avoid having a term paper in the assessment scheme – so plagiarism can become attractive to students in this scenario. The pressure to score well on such a high stake assessment can be crushing for many students. Bonus! Discussion. MORE >>

Writing good assessments is hard. Extensions that are high value include problem generators and randomness in the order of options (challenging attempts to ‘game’ the assessment). greater variety of response options for novelty isn’t bad either, and automarking is desirable for at least a subset of assessment. While SMEs can write content and even examples (if they get pedagogical principles and are in touch with the underlying thinking, but writing good assessments is another area. Are we seeing the demise of for-profit institutions and publishers? MORE >>

So here are some articles and ideas about using games for assessment of the application of skills and measuring a level of learning. Here is an interesting article titled Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games. The article outlines some good ideas for integrating assessments into games and why simply sticking a multiple choice question into an otherwise “cool” game doesn’t make it an educational game or even fun. This makes MCQs the obvious first choice, and often the easiest choice, for assessment in serious games. How long did it take? MORE >>

like constructing assessments in form of scenarios and ProProfs does miss branching features sorely. I'm sure it'll help provide a well rounded perspective on the application. assessments elearningA few months back I received a complimentary educational license from ProProfs Quiz Maker Pro - an online quizzing engine. haven't had the time to look at it until now and I think it's high time I repay the favour by ensuring that I can at least give you a high-level review of the tool. Here's a quick blow by blow account of what I've found in the hour that I played with the tool. MORE >>

A Knowledge Platform Whitepaper – 2007 Overview Of the various online learning tools and strategies, online assessments and surveys have the greatest impact and provide the greatest and fastest return on investment. Online assessments and surveys may be developed quite … Continue reading → E-Learning assessment Certification Competency content courseware elearning Gap Analysis interactive knowledge platform Learning online courses online learning online training Post-assessments Pre-assessments Reinforcement singapore Surveys testing MORE >>