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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2010/11
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Sayı:
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4
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Makale Başlık:
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SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STRATEGIES FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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12.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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This paper first presents an overview of the concepts of assessment and evaluation in
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) environment. The large numbers of students and
numerous courses make assessment and evaluation very difficult and administrative
nightmare at Distance Learning (DL) institutions. These challenges informed exploring
issues relating to assessment and evaluation like the development and use of question
bank and deployment of technology in assessment with emphasis on strategies for
sustainability. Assessment in ODL, unlike in the Conventional system where students
have a range of opportunities to demonstrate their learning periodically, depends on
formal assessment tasks only. Thus, for validity to be high in ODL assessment,
assessment must provide the appropriate situation possible for measuring the specific
abilities being measured. Reliability is maximized when the assessment items are
many; the items are not too easy or too difficult for the candidates; and the marking
consistent. Evaluation depends on Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) and End of
Semester Examination (ESE) in ODL system. Large question/item bank (with reliable
and valid questions) from which items are picked to constitute test are needed.
Attempts are made to provide argument for the use of computer as a viable option for
sustainable assessment based on its sustainable features especially for ODL
institutions with a large number of students‘ population. It is hoped that these
strategies if adopted have the potentials to eliminate some of the challenges that ODL
institutions are currently facing in assessment. It will also strengthen quality assurance
mechanism in ODL institutions.
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