1. E-assessment
Summer Teacher Training Forum,
Rabat, July 2008
Abdellatif Zoubair
zoubair2@hotmail.com
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2. I. Definition:
“In its broadest sense, e-
assessment is the use of information
technology for any assessment-related
activity.”
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3. E-assessment
II. Background:Testing and technology :
-1935
-1970
-...?
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4. III. Main uses
• CAA/CMA
• CBA
• WBT
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5. IV. Samples
A. Ready-made materials:
a. English media lab
http://www.englishmedialab.com/beginn
erquizzes.html
b. English learner
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/
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6. c. Teaching English
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/re
sources/quizzes
d. Using English
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/
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7. B. Online quiz makers
a. Hotpotatoes; can be downloaded from:
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.htm#downlo
ads
Tutorial available at:
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/tutorial.h
tm
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8. b. Using Easy testmaker
http://www.easytestmaker.com/user/Get
Started.aspx#create_test
c. Closure
http://clozure.trainingo2.net/
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9. V. Evaluation
Try out at least two of the samples above
(one from each category) and evaluate
them against the following checklist:
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10. Suggested checklist for evaluation
1. Is it free/shareware?
2. Is it easy to use/user-friendly?
3. Is is compatible with the Moroccan EFL
context?
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11. 4. What features does it offer?
5. Would it be suitable for any of the
alternative assessment types?
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12. VI. Additional resources
1. Creating quizzes through:
-MS Word:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword_toolbar_for
mat.htm
-Excel:
http://supportpcs.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&ta
sk=view&id=152&Itemid=30
2. The Compleat Lexical Tutor:
http://www.lextutor.ca/cloze/
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13. 3. Mobile study
http://www.mobilestudy.org
4. Teach-nology
http://www.teach-
nology.com/downloads/test/
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14. 5. Quiz tree:
http://www.quiz-
tree.com/English_smain.html
6. The Language Tester's Guide to
Cyberspace; available at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/education/testing/ltrfile
/cybertxt.html#tools
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15. 7. More tools can be downloaded at:
http://quiz-maker.vista-files.org/
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16. Thank you for your attention!
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