The Design and Performance of Intermediate Constraint Questions for an On-Line, Introductory Course in Natural Science

Raymond DeFrain; Ralph Locklin; Jacqueline Sturgeon; Paul Howell

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 247–256

The authors have developed and evaluated an on-line, open-book quiz database for an introductory course in the natural sciences. The quiz database has proved to be remarkably robust, and its integrity has not been compromised after four years of use;...

Using Measurement To Drive Instructional Design: Experience From Two Years Of E-Learning In A General Education Science Course

Ralph Locklin; Sarah Rzasa Zappe; Pat Ray; Paul Howell

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 369–374

In a course redesigned for web delivery, emphasis was placed in changing the assessment of student learning from a system of closed-book quizzes, mid-term examinations, and final exam to a system of open-book, weekly examinations and a semester-long ...

Measuring the Effectiveness of Multimedia in Promoting Student Mastery of the Periodic Table

Ralph Locklin; Andy Wiesner; Patrick Ray; Paul Howell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 251–256

This paper describes a continuing study into the effect of multimedia resources on student mastery of the Periodic Table, and related phenomena. The multimedia include a hard-copy textbook (Howell, 2005), a sequence of Flash movies, and a series of...

Topics: Students, Multimedia

The Use of Multimedia in Teaching the Taxonomy of Materials: An Introduction to the River of Paradise.

Patrick Ray; Mike Fleck; Ralph Locklin; Andy Wiesner; Paul Howell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 310–315

This proposal is focused on the use of multimedia: the printed word, Flash movies, video clips and an on-line quizzing tool: Perception, in the teaching and assessment of a novel classification device for Materials Science and Engineering, called ...

Topics: Students, Learning Objects, Assessment

Redesigning Courses for the Web: How Measurement Informs the Process

Ralph Locklin; Andrew Wiesner; Paul Howell

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 382–387

Abstract: There is no shortage of published information that describes and discusses tactics for recasting college level courses for web delivery. However, much of this literature is silent on the measurement aspects of course redesign. Features...

Topics: Professional Development