Assessment Strategies, Online Assessment tools and Online Assessment Software for Online Pedagogy, Advantages and Disadvantages of online Assessments

1. Assessment Strategies of
Online Pedagogy
M.Vijayalakshmi
M.Sc., M.Phil. (Life Sciences), M.Ed., M.Phil. (Education),
NET (Education), PGDBI
M.Sc., Applied Psychology (Student),
School of Distance Education,
Bharathiar University - 641 046,
Tamil Nadu, India.

2. Pedagogy
o Pedagogy is expressed as the act of teaching.
o Imparts knowledge and skills in the
educational field.
o Allows interaction between teachers and
students.
o Includes teaching theory and practice,
teaching styles, learning, feedback and
assessment.

3. Assessment
It is vital to the teaching–learning process
It facilitates student learning and improves
instruction also.
Based on the objectives framed and that can be
measured.
Provide teachers to know about learners’
achievement of learning objectives
When it is supported by technology it is called as
online pedagogy, online learning and online
assessment.

4. Objectives of online assessment
Describes the meaning of assessment
Classifies different types of assessment used
in online assessment
Categorizes various assessment strategies of
online pedagogy
List downs the online assessment tools and
software
Portrays the advantages and disadvantages of
online assessments

5. Meaning of assessment
• Refers to the wide variety of methods or
tools that educators use to evaluate,
measure and document the academic
readiness, learning progress, skill
acquisition, or educational needs of
learners
- The Glossary of Education Reform

6. Different types of online assessment
Online Assessment
Based on usage
of Internet
Online Assessment
Offline Assessment
Based on usage
of Gadgets
Computer Assisted Assessment
Computer Based Assessment
Based on pattern
followed
Diagnostic Assessment
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Norm Referenced Assessment
Criterion Referenced Assessment

7. Various Assessment Strategies
of Online Pedagogy
• Multiple-choice
questions,
• Either/or questions,
• Short answers,
• Essay type questions,
• File response
questions,
• Quiz bowl questions,
• Ordering questions,
• Fill in the blanks,
• Hot spot questions,
• Jumbled sentence,
• Drop-down,
• Matching,
• Drag and drop,
• Drag and drop markers
question,
• Listening
comprehension, and
• Proficiency testing

8. Online Assessment Tools
• Google Forms
• Plickers
• Socrative.com
• Nearpod
• Padlet
• Seesaw
• Recap
• Hot Potatoes
• Kahoot
• Quizlet.
• Quizalize

9. Online assessment software
• Hot Potatoes (matching, crossword puzzles,
quizzes) http://www.respondus.com/products/st
udymate/index.shtml
• StudyMate Author (fact cards, flash cards, pick-a-
letter, matching, crossword puzzles, quizzes,
glossary) http://www.respondus.com/products/s
tudymate/index.shtml
• TechSmith Camtasia Studio (quizzes, flash
video/audio)
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

10. • Adobe Captivate (quizzes, flash video/audio)
http://thankyou.adobe.com/en/na/products/CP/v3/11
06_captivate.html?sdid=EICJN&skwcid=TC|1026688|d
ownload%20%2Bcaptivate||S|b|14834841262
• Discussion board http://www.quicktopic.com/
• Capstone (simulations)
http://www.capsim.com/business-simulations/
homepage.cfm? CFID=501722&CFTOKEN=45731252
• Collection of Online Testing and Quizzes Software
• http://www.assessmentfocus.com/online-testing.php
• Quia (quizzes, games, surveys, grading)
http://www.quia.com/

11. Advantages of online assessments
• Highly interactive, customizable, trustworthy,
secure, and can be accessed in multiple devices.
• Evaluation and grading are very easy. It saves
time and money.
• Multiple candidates can attend the online
assessment at the same time.
• Learners can take the assessment at anytime,
anywhere.
• Get their results, answers and feedback
immediately about their chosen topic.
• Cheating and frauds are eliminated in online
assessment.

12. Disadvantages of online assessments
• Learners need to be computer literate in order
to take an assessment.
• There might be problems in Internet and its
connectivity.
• Online assessment software is too expensive.

13. Conclusion
• In the digital era, online learning assessment
tools and techniques can foster and nurture
students learning.
• Teachers, learners, programs, university and
the society should get benefit from the use of
well-designed learning assessments.

14. Webliography
• Pedagogy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy
• Definition of Pedagogy - https://www.tes.com/news/what-is-pedagogy-
definition
• Meaning of Assessment in glossary -
https://www.edglossary.org/assessment/
• Types of student Assessment – https://www.proprofs.com/c/lms/types-of-
student-assessment/
• Formative digital Assessment tools –
• https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/assessment/17-formative-digital-
assessment-tools
• Assessment types -
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mewa/html/assessment/types.html
• Computer based assessment -
https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/472553-why-use-
computer-based-assessment-in-education-a-literature-review.pdf
• Student learning Assessment – https://www.proprofs.com/c/lms/student-
learning-assessment/

15. • Online Assessment - https://sites.psu.edu/onlineassessment/gather-
evidence/
• Assessment tools in a 21st Century classroom -
• http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/Assessment_tools_in_a_21st_Century_cla
ssroom
• Assessment Strategies - https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-
simple-assessment-strategies-can-use-every-day/
• Question Types –
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Tests_Pools_Surveys/Quest
ion_Types
• Drag and Drop - https://www.wikihow.com/Drag-and-Drop
• Fill in the blanks – https://cla.auburn.edu/clait/blog/fill-in-the-blank-
questions-in-canvas-quizzes/
• Question types in Teaching in English –
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/test-question-types
• Advantages of online Assessment tools -
https://www.creatrixcampus.com/blog/5-advantages-using-online-
assessment-tools-evaluate-students
• Advantages and disadvantages of online Assessment tools –
• https://www.onlineassessmenttool.com/knowledge-center/assessment-
knowledge-center/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-online-
assessments/item12518