E-learning technologies and evidence-based assessment approaches

✍ Scribed by Christine Spratt, Christine Spratt, Paul Lajbcygier

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Series: Advances in information and communication technology education
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

ducational researchers and academicians need the latest advances in educational technologies in order to enhance instruction and aid student assessment and learning.

E-Learning Technologies and Evidence-Based Assessment Approaches provides a variety of contemporary solutions to identified educational problems related to the assessment of student learning in e-learning environments. This book draws on research and evaluation expertise of academicians engaged in the day-to-day challenges of using e-learning technologies and presents key issues in peer assessment using advanced technologies.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
Acknowledgment......Page 30
Re-Assessing Validity and
Reliability in the
E-Learning Environment......Page 32
Assessing Teaching and
Students’ Meaningful
Learning Processes in an
E-Learning Course......Page 51
Collaborative E-Learning
Using Wikis:
A Case Report......Page 68
Learning and Assessment with
Virtual Worlds......Page 86
A Faculty Approach to
Implementing Advanced,
E-Learning Dependent,
Formative and Summative
Assessment Practices......Page 107
Ensuring Security and Integrity
of Data for Online Assessment......Page 128
Issues in Peer Assessment
and E-Learning......Page 148
The Validity of Group Marks as
a Proxy for Individual Learning
in E-Learning Settings......Page 167
Validation of E-Learning
Courses in Computer Science
and Humanities:
A Matter of Context......Page 182
Designing, Implementing and
Evaluating a Self-and-Peer
Assessment Tool for
E-Learning Environments......Page 201
Identifying Latent Classes and
Differential Item Functioning in
a Cohort of E-Learning
Students......Page 226
Is Learning as Effective When
Studying Using a Mobile Device
Compared to Other Methods?......Page 249
Evaluation Strategies for
Open and Distributed Learning
Environments......Page 265
Introducing Integrated
E-Portfolio Across Courses in a
Postgraduate Program in
Distance and Online Education......Page 274
Practical Strategies for
Assessing the Quality of
Collaborative Learner
Engagement......Page 285
Afterword:
Learning-Centred Focus to
Assessment Practices......Page 301
Compilation of References......Page 303
About the Contributors......Page 332
Index......Page 338