Informal Assessments
How well does this learner know the material? You can get an estimate of a learner’s knowledge base by their discussion of an image or short video.
You can get an idea of their interest by the questions they pose.
Mixing with Face-to-Face Learning
- Follows naturally every time these resources are integrated with face-to-face teaching
- Informal, qualitative
- Instructor should provide verbal feedback immediately
Outcome:
- Ubiquitous, natural
- Not quantitative, not documented
Formal Assessments
Quizzes.
- If we’ve got over 450 multiple choice questions, making a quiz should be possible
Mixing with Face-to-Face Learning
- Present a lecture
- Ask the learner to go take the quiz
Outcome:
- Requires multiple computers close at hand
- Easier to hand out a paper quiz for a small group
Self-Assessment Quizzes
- Collections of questions the learner can go through alone to determine his/her mastery of the material
- Example: See questions below on this page
Outcome:
- No results are measured (self-assesment).
Self-Contained Qiuzzes / Continuing Education Quizzes
- AAET = American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists
- Beta testing CE
- Learner takes a quiz at his/her leisure
- Can go back and change his/her answers until results submitted
- Once submitted, scored instantly, results emailed to proctor, and feedback given to learner
Outcome:
- Concept well-received
- Many have taken the sample quiz
- Development still in process
