9 Formative Assessment Techniques for
Online Courses

Last updated September 24, 2015

9 Formative Assessment Techniques for Online Courses

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Overview

Gain nine formative online assessment strategies to improve student learning outcomes. This example-packed training provides a guide for each assessment technique, allowing you to practically apply these techniques in your online courses to improve student feedback and more effectively address student challenges.

Who should attend?

Faculty developers, instructional designers, and online program directors will leave this webcast with a toolkit for assisting online faculty in formative course assessment and meaningful student engagement. Faculty in attendance will be able to directly apply strategies demonstrated to better evaluate the learning and student outcomes in their courses.

Agenda

Implementing effective formative assessment
- Selecting and modifying assessment tools for the online environment
  - Background knowledge probe
  - Misconception/Preconception check
  - Minute paper
  - Muddiest point
  - One-Sentence summary
  - Directed paraphrasing
  - Student-Generated test questions
  - Classroom opinion polls
  - KWL charts
- Clarifying for students and gaining buy-in
- Closing the loop to incorporate feedback
Addressing common challenges for the instructor and student
- Timing and feedback
- Increased instructor workload
- Quality of the student response
Evaluating and reporting the effectiveness

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