Assessment of student learning: A web-based module

Abstract

This research examines the planning and design of a web-based tutorial created to assist community-college faculty members in better understanding approaches to student assessment. Kauai Community College has undergone a significant revision of assessment practices, and as the assessment program has been refined, on-going professional development workshops have been conducted to keep faculty members informed on best practices in assessment. Due to limited resources, face-to-face workshops cannot be offered often enough to fit the schedules of all faculty members. This instructional design project involved the development of a web-based assessment module using DemoCreator that is accessible to faculty anytime, anywhere. The module described in this paper focuses on the reporting of assessment data. Qualitative data was collected from interviews with participating faculty members to determine what issues arose in the use of a web-based assessment module.