Description In team-based learning, students work in groups on outcome-based or problem-based assignments. Assessing the work produced by teams, however, presents a significant challenge, and this difficulty is especially prominent in online environments. Developing and implementing a transparent assessment process that both supports and recognizes individual and group learning can generate a powerful combination of …
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Assessment,
Collaborative Learning,
Evaluation
Description Research has shown that technology doesn’t really guarantee learning, but meaningful uses of technology can engage students but also improve learning (Kozma, 1994; Mayer, 2003). It is important to evaluate technology adoption practices for continuous improvement in teaching and learning. The technology acceptance model (TAM) is a survey instrument that has been widely-used to …
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Assessment,
Evaluation,
Flipboard,
Mobile,
Survey,
TAM
Description While faculty might hope that students can “just discuss” a topic online with little or no support, Beckett, Amaro‐Jiménez, and Beckett (2010) found that “even doctoral students may need explicit grading instructions, and therefore provide rubrics and sample responses while not stifling creativity” (p. 331). Rubrics provide clear expectations for students regarding how an …
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Assessment,
Discussions,
Peer-Reviewed Entry,
Rubric
Description University faculty often receive course evaluations from students, but it is rare that these evaluations are used to improve teaching methods or course design (Golding & Adam, 2016). This reluctance is often due to instructor perceptions of course evaluations as lacking validity and reliability, but according to a study done by Benton and Cashin …
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Assessment,
Evaluation,
Formative,
Social Presence,
Summative,
Survey
Description There are five common academic dishonesty practices. Online faculty members need to be aware of them and take them into consideration while designing their courses. Plagiarism – using another person’s words or ideas without appropriate citation conventions as presented in different Fabrication – making up data, results, information, or number, and recording, and reporting …
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Academic Integrity,
Assessment,
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