Formative Assessment MOOCs

In case the quotes didn't clue you in, this post doesn't argue against massive open online courses (MOOCs) such as the ones offered by Udacity, Coursera, and edX. I think they are very worthy ventures and will serve to progress our system of higher education.

Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois Springfield

"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." -- About Google Google is the most powerful nonhuman teacher ever known to actual humans.

Interesting overview, though does not say how to incorporate some of the more desired assessments

Lisa Lane's blog post from August 15th

uses AI to branch to more difficult problems

Educause, 45(4), (pp. 30-39).

4th article in journal- 2009

discusses educational theories, from behaviorist to constructivist to connectivist and connects with enabling technologies

This article tackles the concerns assessment is facing in online learning and considers the limitations of the classic assessment models should be overcome by a new paradigm for assessment design in online learning. Considerations and recommendations on designing alternatives approaches are given, pointing out the eportolio as one of the most feasible ones. From: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning