Title: Activity 2.3 Creating engaging assessment
Course: Learning Design and Development > Section: Topic 2: Designing for learning

NB://You can do either Activity 2.3 and 2.4 but not both

Aim: Explore assessment strategies for your course.

Motivation: Learn how to create engaging assessment activities for your online course.

Resources:

- Bonk, C.J. and Dennen, V.P. (2003). The 3 T’s of Online Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and (Saving) Time.
- Kansas State University (2015). Elearning Faculty Modules: Advanced Online Assessment Techniques
- Sewell, J.P., Frith, K.H. and Colvin, M.M (2010) Online Assessment Strategies: A Primer
- Watkins, R. (2005) Developing Interactive E-learning Activities (Freely available online but part of a copyrighted Wiley journal).
- Mallinson, B. (2014) Activity Design Structure.
- ONLINE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

Who: This is an individual activity

Task: Select one of the following assessment strategies and design an online assessment activity for your course or module:

- Peer and Self-assessments exercises,
- Discussion analysis tools,
- Group assessments techniques,
- Reﬂective exercises and rubrics.

Duration: 50 minutes

Response: Evaluate the assessment activity that you have designed by relating why you selected this method and its benefits for your course. Share your reflections in the Activity 2.3 forum.  Comment on at least one your peers reflection.