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Formative assessment in online learning

This short video summarises the role of formative assessment in online learning and gives specific examples of digital tools that can be used.

Watch the short video on formative assessment in online learning. This video discusses the role of formative assessment in learning. The video also gives specific examples of tools within a LMS that can be used for formative assessment. Web 2.0 tools are also described that can be used to support formative assessment within an online course. The tools described are from the extensive experience of my many years of online teaching.

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