Course Development

Classroom Assessment Techniques for Distance Education: Demonstration

Karen Hallett
Instructional Consulting

Descriptions

Procedural demonstration may involve materials and equipment of some kind it is essential that all students can see the demonstration clearly. The strategy is to direct students to make specific observations during the demonstration against a number of criteria or, even better, to have them generate their own criteria (which can be a very important intellectual task in its own right).

Teaching Improvement

• better uses of available technology (effective uses)
• uses of appropriate strategies for distance education environment
• provide more contact with students, accessibility
• provide information about tailoring instructional activities to meet student's needs

Improving student learning

• improve opportunities to ask questions
• improve opportunities for input and feedback
• provide more contact with students accessibility

Criteria

• equally accessible from both sites
• immediacy of use
• adaptable to a wide range of learning situations
• require minimal time investment of students/instructor
• has continued use as learning tool for students, instructional resource for instructor.