La utilidad de las actividades de evaluación en cursos on-line. Un análisis objetivo a partir de la Teoría de la Información

Abstract

Virtual campuses provide a good opportunity of exploring new ways of teaching and learning under cooperative frameworks. Our experience in a virtual subject is exposed in this work. The course counts with a wide range of tuitional resources, tools of communication and continuum assessment. The Theory of the Information allow us assess the utility of these tools for the students' learning. The measures of information help to reduce the uncertainty over the learning process, the usefulness of different formats of evaluation and the importance of communicative and collaborative activities. The results provided evidence that significant differences existed by types of implemented activities. Collaborative frameworks and skills at searching for and analyzing complementary material result relevant to differentiate between student levels of competences.