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This post identifies five types of summative assessment applicable to online learning environments, and offers four tips for making summative assessments.

"Even in traditional classes students may do little or no work but get the same grade as their more industrious colleagues, and serious conflicts may arise between teammates with varying levels of ability and senses of responsibility. The problems may be even worse when groups are virtual and don't have the self-regulating capability provided by face-to-face meetings. It is therefore particularly important in distance classes to adhere to the defining principles of cooperative learning, especially positive interdependence (if anyone fails to do his or her part everyone loses in some way), individual accountability (all team members are held accountable for all the material in the assignment), and regular self-assessment of team functioning."

"Effects of an Online Grading System on Parent Involvement"

Automated tool for creating your own cloze tests: Thanks to EnglishCentral for pointing it out in Teacher Tips for Making a Transcript.

Here, kid--play this game. Ok, thanks--that's good. Next.

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Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios

Have you ever tried this idea?

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