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Online Assessments Sharing Resources (and Workload)

Online Assessments Sharing Resources (and Workload). Charles Hannon Instructional Technologist, Gettysburg College Reiko Itoh Assistant Professor Japanese Studies, Gettysburg College. Objections & Responses. Objection: multiple-choice quizzes are inadequate assessment tools Impersonal

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Online Assessments Sharing Resources (and Workload)

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  1. Online AssessmentsSharing Resources (and Workload) Charles Hannon Instructional Technologist, Gettysburg College Reiko Itoh Assistant Professor Japanese Studies, Gettysburg College Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  2. Objections & Responses • Objection: multiple-choice quizzes are inadequate assessment tools • Impersonal • Unimaginative • Response: true, but they are valuable learning tools • Repeatable, allow feedback, available when students are, etc. Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  3. Three Uses Of Online QuizzesAt Gettysburg • Ungraded • Languages—Spanish, German, Japanese • Sciences-- old tests for study material • Ungraded, then graded • IDS course on Reconstruction Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  4. Three Uses Of Online QuizzesAt Gettysburg • Graded, in place of paper exams • Physics • “Just in time” assessment • Wireless CEs and other handhelds • Biology • “Pre-lab” assessments Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  5. Particular Example—online Quizzes In Japanese Instruction • IT workshop • Technical issues with Japanese—IE, IME, etc. • Comprehension test using video clips (part of an exam) Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  6. Online Quizzes In Japanese • Overview of midterm project • Benefits of online language quizzes • Midterm practice quizzes • Job titles • Honorifics • Particles • Verb tenses and conjugation Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  7. Midterm Data: Survey Results • Prior to using practice quizzes (12 responses): • 67% had taken online quizzes before • 91% expected them to be “helpful” or “extremely helpful” • 67% said that if all their professors put practice tests online, they would use them most or all of the time; 33% said “occasionally” Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  8. Midterm Data: Survey Results • After the midterm (10 responses): • 90% said they returned to the online quizzes to practice • 90% said they believed that doing so improved their results on the exam • 80% said that if all their professors put practice tests online, they would use them most or al of the time; 20% said “occasionally” Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  9. Survey Conclusions • Students are already “online” and believe in the usefulness of online learning tools • Using the quizzes was a positive experience Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  10. Midterm Data: Usage Statistics • Two-week period following in-class session • 600 hits not counting instructor (153 in previous 2-week period) • Most occur day before and day Of exam Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  11. Hour Hits % 0 27 3.90 % 8 2 0.28 % 9 4 0.57 % 10 79 11.4 % 11 137 19.7 % 12 43 6.21 % 13 16 2.31 % 14 1 0.14 % 15 1 0.14 % 16 14 2.02 % 17 10 1.44 % 18 80 11.5 % 19 41 5.92 % 20 46 6.64 % 21 35 5.05 % 22 10 1.44 % 23 146 21.0 % Total 692 100 % Midterm Data: Usage Statistics • When did students use online practice quizzes? Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  12. Midterm Data: Effect on student learning • Weak students who did not use the practice exams did poorly (as usual) • Weak students who did use the practice exams performed much better than usual • Above-average students also improved; top students did well (as usual) Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  13. Lessons Learned • Students need hands-on (hand-holding) guidance • Earlier is better • Shape learning habits as new technology is introduced • Needs to be a close connection between practice tests and the real thing • Students will use these tools more than you think and at all hours Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  14. Shared Resources Site • Overview of current contents • http://cnav.www.gettysburg.edu:82/courses/SHARED • Username: faculty • Password: guest • Contact: channon@gettysburg.edu Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

  15. Online AssessmentsSharing Resources (and Workload) What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields. Henry David Thoreau, Walden . Online Assessments: Sharing Resources (and Workload)

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