Hilary and Sue's Assessed Facilitation

Activity 13.1 Practical Issues of Conducting Online Assessment


In light of the ever increasing use of computers within education, the move to online assessment can be seen as a natural progression. The topics to be discussed this week look at the effectiveness of this mode of assessment compared to traditional methods and any management issues to be considered when delivering online and flexible assessments.
Online assessment strategies should be considered at the course design stage. Key considerations could be:-
How effective are online assessment tools in measuring learning or ability?
Should assessment be purely online or would a mix or traditional and online methods be fairer?
How often should assessment take place?
Can online assessment adequately measure competency?
How much time is required for designing and developing online testing methods?
What steps can be taken to prevent cheating or plagiarism?
This week we will investigate the suitability of various online assessment tools and their effectiveness in measuring learning outcomes.
Below are two links to websites which provide some useful guidelines to online assessment at design stage:-
http://www.learningdesigns.uow.edu.au/exemplars/index.html
This site provides exemplars of online course design incorporating assessment techniques.
http://www.tafe.swin.edu.au/indsci/assess/tools.htm
Contains references and scenarios for the selection of online assessment tools.
Hilary

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I found this subject to be very dry and I was not in the mood for a lot of heaving reading this week. It was a bit over the top in the amount Hilary asked us to do. However I did go in and look at the assessment tools and I must add this would be a very exciting course to be on. If this was a course I would learn a great deal about how to set up on line assessments. Cheating and ownership was a hot topic as I am also in the basket of not believing on line assessment is the correct way to assess. (Examination style paper) If it was task orientated then it may work
- Maryanne


Activity 13.2 - Face shapes to consider


Many of us use our hair to express our personality, but before you race to the hairdressers for that new 'do' you've seen in the magazines it is handy to understand your face shape. Will that new style enhance your facial features and look good on you?
Once you have read the material for Activity 1.1 in Course Topics, join the group in this forum to discuss the seven face shapes and the styling principles used to balance facial features.
Remember, you need to:
Post your face shape (or chosen face shape) before Tuesday
State what you think your face shape is - include 2 reasons WHY you think you have this shape
Briefly explain what you will be looking for in a style to BALANCE your face shape
Comment on the face shapes posted by at least 2 other participants - can you add to their descriptions?
Sue
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-Here Sue has us looking at our reflections very closely. I decided I have a round/pear shaped face. I needed height on top and less at the sides. Very good for using this as an assessment type as we all needed to post our photos in and comment to them.

Activity 13.3 - Hair styles that complement face shapes


Once you have read the material for Activity 1.2 in Course Topics, join the group in this forum to discuss hair styles that can be used to balance facial features.
For this activity you need to:
Go to the Virtual Hair Stylist at http://www.ukhairdressers.com/hair_move/virtual_hairstyle.asp
Upload your chosen face shape to the Virtual Salon (instructions for this are included in the material under Course Topics as well as on the salon site
Post your chosen hair style (or hair styles!) to this forum using the picture you have saved at your photobucket.com account OR by attaching an MS Word document containing your hair style.
Under your style:
State WHY you think the style balances your face shape - give 2 reasons
Briefly explain the styles you tried that did NOT balance your face shape - did the styles have anything in common? (Feel free to include any pictures of these styles if you are happy for the group to see them!)
Comment on the styles posted by at least 2 other participants - do you think the style balances their face? Include your reasoning.
Sue
(P.S. Which style do you think suits John best?)
This was hillarious. I had a lot of fun learning hair styles that compliment the face shape with the on-line stylist. This was a very good way of demonstrating a practical method of assessing a practical subject. It brings me to my point I made about Hilary's topic. Practical assessments are the way to assess for authorship and to prevent cheating a photo could be used as id. - Maryanne