Marc My Words: Own the Assessment, Not the Course by Marc J. Rosenberg. “We don’t diminish the value of training by elevating assessment, but if we don’t assess well, how will we know if the training was worthwhile in the first place?” Think in a different way about the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Which comes first, the assessment (the test) or the course? Do you have to have the course before you know what to assess or test?
Or must you first define what you hope to accomplish—and how to best assess that accomplishment—before you can build the course that gets you there? I favor the latter. We ought not to proceed in any learning development project until we know what defines success and how we will measure it (the assessment). Actually, the assessment may be more important than any training course or curriculum that supports it. Results trump activity Clients and customers look for results, not activity. Assessment clarity clarifies learning strategy Jane Bozarth talked about this in April. Certification is a big deal. How to Prevent Cheating in Online Courses. Cheating. Inevitably anyone who wants to cheat is going to find a way to do so, be it for an online course or in a normal classroom setting. While it cannot be completely controlled, you do have some strategies available to you that decreases the likelihood of cheating – or at least discourages it by making life a bit more difficult.
Cheating can take many forms, but the majority of people will look to cheat on a quiz, especially an online quiz. Many educators find this to be challenging, but there are some steps you can take to limit the amount of cheating that takes place. Ultimately it comes down to your quizzing mechanism. Many learning management systems have a built-in quiz feature, but it is rather stale, relying upon old quizzing principles that lack true effectiveness when it comes to managing the degree of cheating. Below are some strategies you can use to make life difficult for cheaters: 1. 2. 3. Project Tin Can - Phase 3 - Home » SCORM - Tin Can API Homepage - Programmable E-learning and Experience Tracking. Tin Can: What SCORM Isn’t. Tin Can API is a new and improved version of SCORM that has the potential to open up a world of experiences in the field of learning.
Tin Can makes tracking much more meaningful, and helps overcome several shortcomings of SCORM. For starters, it recognizes the fact that learning happens through interactions with learning material, people and several other avenues. And it is not restricted to a browser. Information that Tin Can tracks is relayed to learning record source (LRS), which can exist within an LMS or independently, by itself.
What makes Tin Can better? 1) Tin Can is in sync with e-learning industry dynamics. 2) Tin Can is device agnostic, platform agnostic, and delivers richer instructional experiences. 3) Tin Can helps you record formal or informal learning, as well as performance. 4) It records performance. 5) Tin Can makes data accessible. What benefits accrue from adopting Tin Can? 1) You are not tied to a platform. 3) Uninhibited use of the best technology possible.
A Tin-Can Caution: Technology Alone Is Not the Answer. Tin-Can API ( to be called “Experience API”) is infusing itself into the learning industry and seemingly spreading like wildfire. To date, there are 32 big name adopters, from assessment systems to authoring tools, incorporating Tin-Can into their offerings. The flag bearers, Rustici Software, have been on their soapbox since being commissioned by Advanced Distributed Learning to develop the next generation of eLearning protocol – and by the looks of it, their hard work has paid off as Tin-Can API appears set to successfully forge its way into the eLearning culture. I have been following this API for quite some time now, and I must say that it certainly provides some exciting possibilities for us in the eLearning field. What is most revolutionary about Tin-Can is that it recognizes learning can happen everywhere, not just within an LMS or browser window.
The ability to record learning outside of browser walls and windows is enables a new kind of freedom to the learning professional. Free Quiz Maker: Create A Quiz, Online testing, Make quizzes, test & exams. Mentimeter. Technologies and Solutions for Online Assessment.