Blog #1

Open Book Testing in Online Learning Environments

Journal of Interactive Online Learning
www.ncolr.org/jiol
Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2008

The journal article that I read was about the tests that are given in online courses. The tests that are given are taken by the students, but they have their books and/or notes out in front of them while taking the test, and professors are worried that the students are not learning as they should. It is mentioned in the article that there was a study done between students that took the test in person and students that took the test online without any professor watching over them. The students that took the test online did a lot better than those that took the test in person. It is argued though, that having open book tests are good because it allows the student to look for the information instead of having to memorize for the test. The students only memorize the information for the test and then they tend to forget it. That is certainly not a way of learning.
I would like to learn more on teaching children through technology, the use of computers and other technology sources.