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Joseph, You are right, ti does provide students with practical information to begin their online journey. It also provides them with a focus to make them successful in the environment. We as instructors have to facilitate their growth using the self analysis data. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Student Self-Analysis

Melissa, You are correct. It does allow us as instructors to provide individualized instruction to help students improve in their learning. With technology, we can provide students the resources without really increasing our workload. It is a win-win. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Self-Analysis Inventories

Ron, What a great point. Why do we think once we take a self-analysis we don't have to again. we do change, evolve. We have to continually assess ourselves regarding skills. It is a way we practice lifelong learning. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Lindsay, I agree with you. They do have to take a research topic and make it relevant to them. They become the expert in the topic. As you said, that makes it authentic. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Matthew, Thank you for sharing with us your process. That is assessment! You continually work to improve the assessment tool and the parts around it including the way it is evaluated. we always strive to improve. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Matthew, Thank you for sharing your use of authentic assessment. You really can use it in both f2f and online courses. It allows you to showcase skill in context. It does help with accreditation. You stated your purpose for using authentic assessment so succinctly. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Stacy, I understand you situation. Why do you thin alternative and Authentic assessments would be interesting to use? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Amanda, You are right about making sure criteria is set for expectations for the student regarding subjective assessment. You want to make sure you uphold the expectations by setting criteria for students to follow. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Using Objective and/or Subjective Evaluations

Lindsay, That is true about the different ways we change our assessment. It will be interesting to see how it continues to evolve as there is now software that "evaluates" grammar and punctuation and can issue grades based on certain perimeters. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Using Objective and/or Subjective Evaluations

Matthew, What a great post! You are right, subjective based assessment can be tricky in grading. I think you are so smart to develop the rubric so you have defined criteria for both you and the student. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson