Category Archives: assessment

Opening Up Assessment: Open tools and item banks

Posted on November 7, 2013 by geoffcain

“One of the defining characteristics of Open Education has been the widespread sharing of course materials from OpenCourseWare to Open Textbooks to more generally open educational resources (OERs). Unfortunately many OERs are primarily content or course materials and do not … Continue reading →

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Open Ed 13: Building an Online Course with Open Badges: a practical guide

Posted on November 6, 2013 by geoffcain

My backpack (Photo credit: mathplourde) Wade Weichel presented on open badges. “You’re interested in incorporating badges into your course to engage and motivate students and to track achievement against learning milestones and outcomes. You?d also like to incorporate open badge … Continue reading →

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Promoting Academic Integrity Online

Posted on October 25, 2013 by geoffcain

It happens online and off! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The instructional designers in the College of eLearning & Extended Education can assist you in developing a wide variety of assessment methods that can minimize cheating, promote academic integrity, and increase the … Continue reading →

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Biology eAcademy: Using TurnItIn

Posted on October 23, 2013 by geoffcain

The CSU has a license for TurnItIn http://turnitin.com This has become so much more than just plagiarism software. It allows instructors to do extensive mark-up and commenting on papers. It has a powerful rubric tool, it allows instructors to insert … Continue reading →

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Rubrics for Discussion Posts

Posted on August 30, 2012 by geoffcain

Hierarchy of Instructional Design (Photo: jrhode) I gave a presentation today on discussion forums. I know that LMSs are old-fashioned now in the post web 2.0 social media world, but my goal as an instructional designer is to at least … Continue reading →

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Assessment and Accreditation of an OER Learner

Posted on October 26, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaSpeakers: Rory McGreal, Wayne MacintoshLearners accessing OER can acquire knowledge formally or informally. This project reports on assessment and accreditation policies worldwide. A major function of colleges and universities is to validate and credentialise learning by conferring qualifications … Continue reading →

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Openness and Learning Analytics

Posted on October 26, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by nep via FlickrSpeakers: John Rinderle Norman BierRevise/Remix can build a 1000 points of OER light. Can these lights converge to fire authentic learning analytics & share-alike data models? Conventional wisdom in the OER community maintains that one of … Continue reading →

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California Distance Education Report

Posted on July 16, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaThe Academic Affairs division of the California Community College’s Chancellor’s office came out with their latest Distance Education Report. They have been doing these every two years since 2002. It give the breakdown on how many students are … Continue reading →

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Sakai: The Student Perspective

Posted on June 17, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Mary McMahon – Pomona College ITSMary McMahon is the Director of Instructional Services at Pomona College. Susan Kullmann – Scripps College ITSusan Kullmann is an Instructional Technology Consultant at Scripps College Benjamin Royas – Claremont McKenna College … Continue reading →

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Advancing Online Assessment in Medical Education

Posted on June 17, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Stephen Marquard – University of Cape TownStephen Marquard is Learning Technologies Co-ordinator at the University of Cape Town, where he is responsible for the University’s popular Sakai deployment known as Vula. Stephen is a previous Sakai Fellow … Continue reading →

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