The AI Blog

Filter by Category
Filter by Category

The Power of Self-Assessment in Creating Interactive e-Learning

by Carla Torgerson, instructional strategist

Often in eLearning, when learners answer a question, we tell them if they were right or wrong and give feedback. This can be a useful way to teach, especially if the feedback provides guidance on why the learner is right or wrong and how they could do better next time.

 

However, I’m a fan of having the learner self-assess. Instead of telling the learner if he or she is right, can you give the criteria you would use and ask him/her to self-assess?

 

Interactive e-Learning Feeback

For example:

Expert approaches usually include 1, 2, and 3. With that in mind, how do you think you did?

 

You can even follow-up with choices to which you can give different feedback:

  A) Great!

  B) OK

  C) Not so well

 

This is especially useful for longer text entry or more complex responses that would be difficult to program a computer to evaluate. (We can’t create artificial intelligence in our courses...)

 

This is useful from a practical perspective. But even more important to me is the educational advantages. When learners self-assess their performance, they are practicing the exact behavior we’d like them to be doing every day at work.  

 

Training your learners to critically ask things like “Am I doing this right? If not, what should I change?” will help your learners perform optimally every day.

Are "You" in the e-Learning Department?
e-Learning Fosters Efficient Mastery and Application

About Author

Allen Interactions
Allen Interactions

Related Posts
Allen Interactions Named as Top 20 Learning Services Company
Allen Interactions Named as Top 20 Learning Services Company
8 Steps To Shorten Training Time By Up To 60%
8 Steps To Shorten Training Time By Up To 60%
Declare your Independence From Boring e-Learning
Declare your Independence From Boring e-Learning

Comment

Subscribe To Blog

Subscribe to Email Updates