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Evaluation

Evaluation typically refers to the means by which the effectiveness or utility of a course or of components within a course are analyzed. We often …

Creating a Design Blueprint

Horizon’s Designing for Online Learning (DOL) Moodle course makes use of the ADDIE model of course design in the development of two course design documents …

Summative Assessment

Summative assessments seek to measure student achievement of course-level learning objectives or competencies. Comprehensive summative assessments seek evaluate student achievement of as many course objectives as …

Formative Assessment

Formative assessments are typically non-graded assessments that help a teacher gauge student learning or competency related to the learning objectives. Data from formative assessments are …

Diagnostic Assessment

Diagnostic assessments are typically non-graded assessments that help a teacher gauge students’ prior knowledge of a subject matter. Some examples of diagnostic assessment include: Pre-test …

Writing Affective Objectives

The affective learning taxonomy is one that is often overlooked in our traditional educational models, and yet is absolutely essential to accomplishing our long-range goals …

Writing Behavioral Objectives

Second, O’Donnell’s subtle admonition that researchers explore how the medium of online education might be “artfully [exploited] in its own right,” [2] has led to some significant new …

Writing Cognitive Objectives

In 1956 an educational psychologist, Benjamin Bloom, articulated a hierarchy (taxonomy) for understanding differing levels of cognition, starting with the most basic function of recalling …