Assessing the online learner : resources and strategies for faculty / Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147) and index.

Assessment basics -- 1: How do we know they know? -- Developing standards of assessment -- Getting down to the basics -- Learner-focused teaching -- Applying what we have learned -- 2: Assessment online -- Principles of effective online assessment -- Assessment and the online learner -- Using the online environment for assessment advantage -- Plagiarism and cheating -- Applying what we have learned -- 3: Course and program evaluation -- Course evaluation -- Instructor evaluation -- Program evaluation -- Competency assessment as course and program evaluation -- Applying what we have learned -- II: The assessment and evaluation toolkit -- Introduction to the assessment and evaluation toolkit -- Rubrics and rubric development -- Using student feedback for assessment -- How interactive is it? -- Authentic assessments -- Performance assessments -- Effective test and quiz development -- Portfolios -- Portfolios as assessment -- Reflective assessment and self-assessment -- Collaborative use of wikis and blogs in assessment -- Effective online course evaluation -- Effective faculty evaluation.