Using the Pearson eCollege Learning Outcome Manager in assessing learning outcome mastery in an Advance Writing Skills course: lessons learnt from the pilot project
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Though our assessment components are linked directly to the learning outcomes, up till now it has been assumed that the marks a student obtains are an indication of the student’s mastery of the learning outcomes as well. Though there may be a correlation between the two, a suitable software is needed to analyse how far learning outcomes per say have been mastered by each student on a course. In order to do this, a pilot project was carried out in collaboration with Pearson eCollege to measure the effective mastery of course learning outcomes for an Advanced Writing Skills course using the Learning Outcome Manager. The findings showed in detail each of the areas where a student needed improvement, met requirements or exceeded requirements. Hence, the LOM will be very helpful if its used from the beginning of semester and the tutors plot student performance from the very first assignment, feedback can be given with much clarity on student achievement of learning outcomes.
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Paper presented at the 25th AAOU Annual Conference (28-30 September 2011; Penang, Malaysia)
Using the Pearson eCollege Learning Outcome Manager in assessing learning outcome mastery in an Advance Writing Skills course: lessons learnt from the pilot project
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