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April 24, 2003 |
Evaluating Writing in Online Environments | |
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According to the presenter, Devan Cook,
English, "Quizzes, gradebooks, and other tools for evaluation
available in course-management software such as Blackboard are only
marginally relevant to evaluating written work, yet those of us who teach
writing as well as those who teach in writing-intensive disciplines such
as history must evaluate the writing our students submit online. At best,
writing evaluation is a learning tool that helps students assess their own
written work, during the class and in the future; thus, evaluation is part
of pedagogy rather than an instructor exercise."
This presentation focused on learning-centered strategies for writing evaluation and assessment, including a class assignment for determining grading criteria, assignments for reflective and self-evaluative writing from the student, and a technique allowing frequent progress dialogues between students and teacher. The PowerPoint slides used during the seminar are reproduced here. Also reproduced here is a handout listing additional resources for developing strategies to promote online collaboration. The handout is available as a Word document (.DOC).
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