Bloom’s Taxonomy provides a useful structure in which to categorize test questions when assessing student learning. The table below describes skills demonstrated for each level of thinking according to Bloom as well as question cues that can be used to elicit student responses within that level. The same content information can be assessed at different levels of cognition. Here are some examples of test questions reflecting the six levels of learning according to Bloom.

Why Use Quizzing and Testing?

• A primary reason is to assess students’ progress. Note that this reason is different from the need to assign a grade at the end of the term.
• Quizzing and testing also encourage progress.

Quizzing and Testing

Considerations for Online Quizzes and Tests

Many innovative instructors at institutions worldwide are discovering the potential of the online environment to deliver instruction of the highest quality to people who would otherwise have limited access to higher education. This is an exciting and challenging time in education. Simply defined, online education refers to courses offered via the Internet. The minimum requirement for students to participate in an online course is access to a computer, the Internet, and motivation to succeed in a non-traditional classroom.

As a new online instructor, you may have many questions about online learning and how it will function. At ION, we feel that taking an online course as a student will help to make you a better online instructor. Thinking through your answers to the questions below will help you begin to think through the dynamics of an online course. Completing this exercise with another instructor will hopefully generate a lot of thought provoking discussion since there are many right answers to each question.

The Illinois Online Network presented a 6-hour workshop on online teaching and learning at the SLOAN-C (Now OLC) Conference, Orlando, FL in November of 2002. There were numerous topics and activities performed during this workshop. The links below show some of the presentations and activities that were completed.

Teaching online requires many of the same skills and techniques instructors use in traditional classes, but there are some differences. In an online course, students access the course materials over the Web at any time of day or night. Often much of the information students acquire in the course comes from the class textbook (if one is assigned) and other readings, along with what they get from library research, Internet resources, and other resources.

Many innovative instructors at institutions world-wide are discovering the potential of the online environment to deliver instruction of the highest quality to people who would otherwise have limited access to higher education. This is an exciting and challenging time in education. Online education is bringing collaborative learning to the forefront and is affecting the way traditional courses are taught as well. Simply defined, online education refers to courses offered via the Internet.

Although the idea is simple and the name evolved from a slang term for quick, wikis have quickly become a standard method of collaborative creation. A wiki represents a tool whereby users can jointly work on the same document that is stored externally on a wiki server. In a wiki-based lesson, students work to collaboratively construct a document designed to meet some educational objective.