Developing a Rubric

Rubrics are the tools which help to measure the degree to which learners are acquiring knowledge, skills and attitude, that was intended. Rubrics provide us with a way to evaluate and provide feedback on learning process. Rubrics also give details of the practical and conceptual outcomes of the process and the product. Instructors record the learners’ progress and report the feedback through rubrics. They can further be used in collaborative learning environment where fellow leaners are involved in the creation of the rubrics(We are going to do this for our final papers)

My proposed course is ABCs of Chemistry and the target audience is learners from a variety of the science and health-related fields, proficient in 10th grade reading and math. I’ll use rubrics to lay the guidelines to develop a new course. Rubrics are a tool for the evaluation of the existing course and revise them as per the suggestions. Rubrics help in identifying what kind of technology tools are just the right match for a given online course.  I also see rubrics useful in reflecting upon student to student and student to instructor interaction strategies. Rubrics also provide an evidence on how ‘web-based tools can play in the active learning process and  interactive assessment’.( Byers, C. (2002). Interactive assessment and course transformation using web-based tools. Retrieved from http://technologysource.org/article/interactive_assessment_and_course_transformation_using_webbased_tools/)