Researchers have found three consistent effects of using
– and especially, emphasizing the importance of – letter or number grades:
1. Grades tend to reduce students’ interest in the
learning itself.
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Clark Aldrich's Style Guide for Serious Games and Simulations: Techniques for grading student performance in a simulation
When using simulations for learning, how do you assess what people have learned? Clark Aldrich shares some suggestions.
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The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed
Interview with Stewart Mader on how wikis can be used in higher ed for teaching, research, and administration. He discusses issues of "ownership" of content and how using a wiki can make assessment easier.
more fromwww.campustechnology.com
JOLT - Defining Tools for a New Learning Space: Writing and Reading Class Blogs
Examines blogs as learning tools for creating a "community of discourse." This article focuses more on the role of the facilitator in shaping the learning community than on the instructional design of assignments using blogs. There's some interesting ideas about evaluating success and determining whether students are reading blog posts beyond just how much commenting happens.
more fromjolt.merlot.org
Evaluating Online Learning
80-page PDF from the US Department of Education on evaluating K-12 online learning. I haven't read it all yet, but some of this would probably apply to higher ed settings, and maybe corporate settings. Includes examples & case studies of successful online K-12 programs.
more fromwww.ed.gov
educational-origami » Rubrics - Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
Sample rubrics for blogging, bookmarking, search, discussion, wikis, collaboration, digital publishing, and more. CC-By-SA
in list: 21st Century Literacy
more fromedorigami.wikispaces.com
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) by coherence, awareness of audience, and diction. Writing for asynchronous discussion isn't the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades.
more fromwww.campustechnology.com
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From Degrading to De-Grading
Alfie Kohn on reasons to abolish the current grading system in favor of authentic assessment to focus on learning, rather than grading. Includes a number of citations that would be worth exploring.
more fromwww.alfiekohn.org
Getting Results
Free online professional development course for community college instructors from WGBH & the League of Innovation. You can follow a linear path or skip around to the parts you want. Content includes diversity, active learning, technology, and assessment.
more fromwww.league.org
eLearn: Case Studies - Telling an Old Story in a New Way: Raid on Deerfield
Case study of a website using primary sources to tell the story of the raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704. Also asks how you determine the success of a site like this, which isn't formal e-learning.
more fromelearnmag.org
Innovate: Online Teaching and Classroom Change: The Trans-Classroom Teacher in the Age of the Internet
Research on teachers doing both face-to-face and online teaching. 75% of the teachers said that teaching online improved their face-to-face teaching. Course design and communication changes were most common, but some teachers also added multimedia.
more frominnovateonline.info
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Sending Your Courses into the Blogosphere: An Introduction for “Old People”
An instructor explains how blogs improved the student ownership and depth of discussions over what they experienced with asynchronous discussion boards. Also includes how blog posts were managed and assessed for the course.
more fromchnm.gmu.edu
Learning Technology: A Framework for Assessing Learning Outcomes in Online Business Simulations
Extensive paper evaluating the success of three business simulations based on both learning demonstrated within the simulation and learning transfered to real world skills
more fromsaulnier.typepad.com
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Common mistakes when writing multiple-choice questions » Making Change
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Scored Discussion Rubric
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