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Formative And Summative Assessment In Online Education, Dilani M. Perera-Diltz, Jeffry L. Moe
Formative And Summative Assessment In Online Education, Dilani M. Perera-Diltz, Jeffry L. Moe
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Assessment is an integral part of both traditional and online education, especially when determining student learning outcomes. In the online learning environment, both formative and summative assessment practices require an understanding of the features and tools inherent to the electronic medium. Creating assessments for online education, either formative or summative, also requires application of constructivist learning principles to our collective understanding of the educational process and related goals. In this paper, we offer an overview of formative and summative assessment approaches suited to the online education environment.