Jeanne Green

Technology is only as good as it can be when the type of selected activities in the course map back to the learning objectives and outcomes. It all must fit together with the overall process of assessment and evaluation in education

A good rubric needs to measure the intended outcomes with the end result being fair, reliable and valid with 'fitting' the assignment criteria. The educator needs to evaluate their own rubrics as to the purpose of it and specific type to use that best correlates to the assignment.

I prefer analyticsl rdubrics for didactic assessment activities and holistic rurbric for clinical assisgments. Depending on the learning outcomes and steps to achieve requried criteria, a series of holistic rubrics can help students with further development of the end product with meeting competency

Rubrics provide for inter-rater reliabiltiy with scoring consistenly among educators based on defined criteria that fits the assessment tasks. While it takes time to create a really good rubric, it will save time in the long run.  Advantages, I feel outweigh the disadvanrages, as rubrics provide a guideline for students with expectations for quality of work and with meeting the expected level of achievement. I use rubrics for almost all assignments in both theory and clinical courses.

Designing a course on line that incorporate more scaffolding of concepts and with building at a higher level of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills