Dive Summary:
- As more schools move toward offering credit for MOOCs, the expectations for quality learning assessment are growing — but that can be tricky in the vast scale on which MOOCs operate.
- Most MOOCs offer straightforward multiple choice, true/false, and short problem sets, but more complex assessments such as student essays are thorny.
- Coursera uses a peer-grading system, EdX is introducing an automated essay-grading tool using artificial intelligence and some input from a human teacher, and most for-credit MOOCs are using at least one proctored exam with verified student ID.
From the article:
... Whether or not peer grading works is hotly debated. But if it's used, a good scoring rubric--the very specific standards that a student uses to assess another's work--is critical. It is also extremely difficult to create. ...
