Instructional Design

for Dummies A short course that explains the basics of Instructional Design

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Session 8: Assessments

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List the types of assessments

Describe each type of assessments

Objectives

After completing this session you will be able to:

Types of Evaluations in Instructional Design

Assessment

Formative Summative

Formative Assessment

A formative evaluation is a method for judging the worth of a program while the program activities in progress (forming)

This part of the evaluation focuses on the process

Thus, formative evaluations are basically done on the fly

They permit the designers, learners, and instructors to monitor how well the instructional goals and objectives are being met

It focuses on the process

In session quizzes are example of formative evaluation

Example

Summative Assessment

A summative evaluation (sometimes referred to as external) is a method of judging the worth of a program at the end of the program activities (summation).

The focus is on the outcome.

The various instruments used to collect the data are questionnaires, surveys, interviews, observations, and testing.

Summary

In this session we learned that:

There are two types of assessments, summative and formative

A formative evaluation is a method for judging the worth of a program while the program activities in progress (forming)

A summative evaluation (sometimes referred to as external) is a method of judging the worth of a program at the end of the program activities (summation)

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