Week 03: Assessment in blended learning environments

Assessment in blended an F2F environments has same goal: evaluate student attainment of course's curricular aim. Evaluation methods can also be the same, as multiple-choice, portfolio, essay questions, research reports and others. Assessment, in both environments, should be directed to real-problem solving, connecting learning to student's context. This unit's article refers to transfer of learning to new contexts, as a way to give meaning and construct student's knowlege. 

Evaluation in blended environments can benefit from taking online and F2F methods.  Some activities are better evaluated online, others are offline. A quizz can be placed online, a student's presentation offline. This way best of each environment can be used, optimizing assessment and therefore learning.

Special attention, both  online as in F2F, has to be placed in informal assessment. Online tools, as  quizzes, are well suited for this purpose. Tools as Google Drive makes possible for a teacher to review and feedback student's documents. Digital tools allows for sharing and interactivity, pillars of informal assessment.