So the good news is that massive courses have the technology and the audience needed to generate massive (or “Big”) data, enough data to give course developers the statistics they need to refine and revise testing so that it more capably screens those who know from those who don’t. And, if combined with some of […]
Between Two Worlds – MOOCs and Assessment
Questions regarding what role MOOCs and other free learning resources will play in the wider educational universe may ultimately come down not to how well they teach but how well they can prove what students have learned. And the way learning has traditionally been proven is through graded assignments that I’ll be lumping together under […]