Week+9

=Readings= Chapter 7 [|Online bookmarking Tools]

=Assessment Issues= How to assess student learning especially in online learning environments has always been a key issue. When we think about assessments, we should think our of the box of traditional methods of assessments, such as tests. Here are some readings on different forms of assessments:
 * Assessment Bacis
 * Assessment in Online Distance Education
 * Portfolios as an assessment method
 * Assessment in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Primer

In online learning context, due to the fact that instructors are not able to provide verbal, responsive, and immediate feedback that can guide learners' learning in an ongoing manner, we create rubrics that specifies a standard of performance and delineates consistent criteria for grading.

The Advantages of Rubrics Words to use in rubrics

Rurbics-making tools RubiStar A list of Rubrics-making tools Rubrics examples

=Rubrics Design= RubiStar is the one we will use for this week's assignment. See instructions HERE of the rubrics design assignment. Submit your work to BB.

=Twitter Live Chat (optional)= You will be participating in another synchronous Twitter chat by yourself. We were in #edchat before last Tue at 7pm. You can choose to participate in #edchat again, or **you can join # ****ntchat ****on Wed @8pm! ** If you're totally overwhelmed by the speed of conversation last week,
 * # ****ntchat ** might work a lot better for you because this chat was created especially for newbies- it is a chat for new teachers. This one is not a fast-paced and is a great one for pre-service teachers, new teachers, and educators who are new to Twitter.

Alternatively, you can find something that you're interested in from this master list. [|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc&usp=drive_web#gid=0]

Again, make sure you watch the video below and familiarize yourself with the steps of participating in live chats. media type="custom" key="24148566"

The class hashtag #edct2030 is not needed in the live chats. For the purpose of grading, please keep a excel spreadsheet or a word document to archive all your tweets that you send out during the live chat session. Just copy and paste all your tweets into a excel spreadsheet or a word document.
 * Note: **
 * Bonus points: 50**
 * You will need to submit the archive file to BB to gain bonus points. **

=Blog Entry #9= We will reflect on the issue of assessments in this week's blog. Try to address the following issues when you write: 1. What are the typical types of assessments? How are they different from one another? 2. How's your experience using Rubrics Star? 3. Which types of assessments you may consider in your own classroom and why?

=Checklist= 1. Rubrics 2. Blog 3. Twitter live chat (optional)