Blended Learning and Assessment

eAssessment means:

• online quizzes
• assessing student contributions to collaborative learning eg blogs and wikis
• using computers in exams eg to wordprocess essays

eAssessment is assessment which is:

• diagnostic
• formative
• summative

eAssessments can be:

• created by academics or students
• based on existing open educational resources

Advantages

• objective, reliable, consistent
• provide immediate feedback to help learning
• results analysed to show strenghts and weaknesses
• any time, any where
• save time in marking

Disadvantages

• time to create or find
• hard to assess creativity or communication