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Formative assessment and scaffolding online learning
Author(s) -
Luckritz Marquis Timothy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.20413
Subject(s) - formative assessment , scaffold , adult learning , psychology , facilitation , online learning , pedagogy , mathematics education , medical education , adult education , computer science , multimedia , medicine , database , neuroscience
Facilitation of online learning relies on an intentionally designed strategy for embedded formative assessment and scaffolding in order to encourage adult learner engagement with the educator, fellow learners, and the learning content. This article examines the nature of online formative assessment by discussing prior studies and offering practice examples to distill best practices.