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I direct the research program at a public community college and have an interest in the Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses -- Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Boston, Allyn and Bacon.)

Courses and learning activities can be assessed via diverse mechanisms, such as pre- and post-tests, written assignments with rubrics, exams, surveys, and capstone or other comprehensive experiences documented with portfolios. Graded assessment of a student's performance regarding learning objectives is sometimes referred to as Evaluation or Summative Evaluation.

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University of Delaware

Fred T. Hofstetter is Professor of Education at the University of Delaware. A specialist in multimedia, he developed the PODIUM multimedia application generator, the GUIDO Ear-Training Lessons, and the Serf Web-based teaching and learning environment. Dr. Hofstetter currently authors four IT textbooks for McGraw-Hill, including Internet Wikipedia: Literacy

">Literacy, Multimedia Literacy, Advanced Web Design, and Internet Technologies at Work. Dr. Hofstetter has received many grants and awards and does consulting work for computer firms. He has published widely and has given lectures and workshops on multimedia and Internetworking in many locations in Europe, Africa, Australia, Canada, the United States, and the Pacific Rim. Professor Hofstetter is the winner of a gold CINDY award for his work in multimedia. His Internet Literacy course won the NUCEA credit program of excellence award. He also received the Best Faculty award in the School of Education, in which he coordinates the ed tech master’s and doctoral programs.