Assessment has provided educational institutions with information about student learning outcomes and the quality of education for many decades. But has it informed practice and been fully incorporated into the learning cycle? Conrad and Openo argue that the potential inherent in many of the new learning environments being explored by educators and students has not been fully realized. In this investigation of a variety of assessment methods and learning approaches, the authors aim to discover the tools that engage learners and authentically evaluate education. They insist that moving to new learning environments, specifically those online and at a distance, afford opportunities for educators to adopt only the best practices of traditional face-to-face assessment while exploring evaluation tools made available by a digital learning environment in the hopes of arriving at methods that capture the widest set of learner skills and attributes.

About the Author

Dianne Conrad spent thirty-three years teaching and researching at Athabasca University in the Centre ofr Distance Education. She is the co-editor of the International Review of Open and Distributed Education and is a member of several editorial boards of international journals. Her research interests include adult and distance education, online learning, and prior learning assessment and recognition. Jason Openo is the manager of the Centre for Integrated Teaching Experiences at Medicine Hat College in Alberta and is a sessional instructor of information services management at MacEwan University.

Book Information
ISBN 9781771992329
Author Dianne Conrad
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint AU Press
Publisher AU Press