Week one: Why is assessment important?

As listed under the Introduction module of our course website, these were the objectives for the week:

1. Define, compare and contrast standardized and alternative assessment techniques
2. Illustrate the role of formative and summative assessment in an online course and program
3. Interpret and practice the use of a wiki as an online assessment tool
4. Practice and demonstrate use of a discussion as an informal assessment technique.

The introduction question of the week was titled, "Let's go to the Movies." we were asked to discuss our favorite movie and tell why it was so special to us. This is the post from my discussion forum.

Ok, so it's a far cry from "Gone with the Wind" or "Miracle on 34th Street" but I have to say it is an all time favorite of mine. I can remember back to when I was 8 or 9 and watching that movie everytime it was on TV. I loved Olivia Newton-John from the first time I saw the movie. I guess she was my musical role model at that young age. I collected all of her records (funny to say that now) and still have them, to this day. I don't listen to her music and don't ever watch the movie anymore but I still remember the feeling of being young and carefree, watching Grease and dancing to "Let's Get Physical" with my friends. Too bad I had to grow up (-:

This brings back old memories!!

An assignment, which I enjoyed very much, was to add to our class wiki. The wiki was created using (PBWorks.com) by our professor and we wee asked to add information about online netiquette. It started off slow but then all students did a good job of adding to the list and adding links top other netiquette pages.

To better understand wikis, please visit this YouTube video from CommonCraft: "Wikis in Plain English"