Book Review: Online Assessment, Measurement And Evaluation: Emerging Practices
Author: Various
Editor: David D. Williams, Mary Hricko, Scott L. Howell
Year: 2006
Category: Online Assessment
Publisher: Information Science Publishing
ISBN: 1591407486
Rating: out of 5
As e-learning continues to grow in importance, the issue of reliable and valid online assessment becomes critical.
During an assessment, if we cannot physically see what is going on at the student’s end, how do we know the assessment is reliable?
What is the framework for online assessment?
This book does a reasonable job of addressing these concerns. It is a collection of papers written by online practitioners and researchers. The topics cover a broader domain than just the assessment of learning. Some of the topics that are addressed include:
- Online surveys
- The Demand-Driven Learning Model, an attempt to improve standards for e-learning delivery
- Online evaluation of traditional teaching
- Online evaluation of distance courses
- Cybercoaching (paperless individualised feedback to students)
- Online peer assessment
- Assessment of newly trained teachers using a constructivist, reflective approach
- Assessment via portfolios
- Adaptive testing
- Learning maps
- Authentic online assessment
This book is not a “how to” of online assessment. Rather, it provides a solid conceptual framework for thinking about assessment in an online context.
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June 14th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Since I am one of the editors of this book, I think that you need to reexamine the listing of Scott Howell as the author and David Williams as the editor. We are in fact, the editors of the text. There is no single author, but several contributors.
June 15th, 2006 at 1:06 am
I apologise for the oversight, Mary. It has been corrected.
July 11th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Thanks for the correction. I appreciate your help. If anyone needs to contact me regarding the text, please do so at mhricko@kent.edu. Have a great day.