Week+5

This week, post a link to an article, resource, or video related to Week 5's topic:

 * Assessment & Time Management**

Include your name and a summary of your resource to explain its significance.

Lisa Tracy: Managing Your Time While Teaching Online This article suggests a number of strategies for managing time in online courses. I was surprised that one strategy was to //limit// the number of posts/responses in discussions. The article doesn't get to the strategies until page 5, but the first part of the article discusses myths and realities of online instruction. Teaching and Learning Online: Communication, Community and Assessment I also found this link, which I am going to bookmark. It's a manual developed by U. Mass. for online course development and management. The last section covers assessment of both student learning and whether the course is working. It includes a rubric for assessing student participation in group discussions.

From Joel Harris: [] This list of resources from the University of Wisconsin - Stout provides information on a wide variety of online assessment techniques. Topics include - authentic assessment: actually assessing students on the expected outcomes of the educational activity (using the knowledge vs. knowing the content) and an extensive section on preparing rubrics for your assessments.

Beth White: [] This is an online assessment site developed by Texas A & M and the only drawback is that you have to register to use it. Seems very helpful though.

Jessica Dailey: [] Time management tips for online teachers include interacting via asynchronous communication, getting past the CMS learning curve, and using message boards effectively

Dennis Spragg: [|www.sloan-c.org/conference/proceedings/2001/ppt/01_vonholsen.ppt] A PPt offering some practical tips and examples relating to online course assessment.

Lynn Franck: [] This powerpoint presentation offers alternatives to the quizzing and exams associated with assessment. The instructor is the student's mentor and teaching tools need to reflect this relationship. Assessment should be viewed as a teaching tool, not simply as an evaluation tool. Preassessments and post assessments can provide the instructor with some very valuable data.

Angie Heaton: [] 10 best practice tips for teaching on-line. Very practical and Michael eluded to alot of these concepts already.

Gina Garrett: [] I've seen this site quite a few times during the past few weeks. I liked that this article reminds us that there are limits to what we can do.