posted October 29, 2009 by Bill Hart-Davidson
A WIDE team has designed a unique online system for assessingMSU’s Tier I writing program. The system combines multiple means of datacollection and analysis with an online faculty community that will determinecriteria for student learning outcomes and apply them to assess learning. Thedesign fuses advances in technology with advances in learning theory andassessment practices.
One of the team members, Merilee Griffin, presented thetheoretical framework and some initial research on online assessment communitiesat the Assessment Institute, the nation’s largest and longest-runningconference on assessment, in late October. Many presentations and panels at theconference reflected a general trend toward assessments that engage faculty inassessing deep learning and utilize technology to facilitate the assessmentprocess.