E-learning technologies and evidence-based assessment approaches

Christine Spratt, Christine Spratt, Paul Lajbcygier1605664103, 9781605664101, 9781605664118, 1605664111

ducational researchers and academicians need the latest advances in educational technologies in order to enhance instruction and aid student assessment and learning.
E-Learning Technologies and Evidence-Based Assessment Approaches provides a variety of contemporary solutions to identified educational problems related to the assessment of student learning in e-learning environments. This book draws on research and evaluation expertise of academicians engaged in the day-to-day challenges of using e-learning technologies and presents key issues in peer assessment using advanced technologies.

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Table of contents :
Title……Page 2
Editorial Advisory Board……Page 6
Table of Contents……Page 7
Detailed Table of Contents……Page 10
Foreword……Page 18
Preface……Page 20
Acknowledgment……Page 30
Re-Assessing Validity and
Reliability in the
E-Learning Environment……Page 32
Assessing Teaching and
Students’ Meaningful
Learning Processes in an
E-Learning Course……Page 51
Collaborative E-Learning
Using Wikis:
A Case Report……Page 68
Learning and Assessment with
Virtual Worlds……Page 86
A Faculty Approach to
Implementing Advanced,
E-Learning Dependent,
Formative and Summative
Assessment Practices……Page 107
Ensuring Security and Integrity
of Data for Online Assessment……Page 128
Issues in Peer Assessment
and E-Learning……Page 148
The Validity of Group Marks as
a Proxy for Individual Learning
in E-Learning Settings……Page 167
Validation of E-Learning
Courses in Computer Science
and Humanities:
A Matter of Context……Page 182
Designing, Implementing and
Evaluating a Self-and-Peer
Assessment Tool for
E-Learning Environments……Page 201
Identifying Latent Classes and
Differential Item Functioning in
a Cohort of E-Learning
Students……Page 226
Is Learning as Effective When
Studying Using a Mobile Device
Compared to Other Methods?……Page 249
Evaluation Strategies for
Open and Distributed Learning
Environments……Page 265
Introducing Integrated
E-Portfolio Across Courses in a
Postgraduate Program in
Distance and Online Education……Page 274
Practical Strategies for
Assessing the Quality of
Collaborative Learner
Engagement……Page 285
Afterword:
Learning-Centred Focus to
Assessment Practices……Page 301
Compilation of References……Page 303
About the Contributors……Page 332
Index……Page 338