Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. The Online Language Learning Imperative: Maximizing Assessment Practices to Ensure Student Success 1
5. PART ONE ASSESSING LEARNER PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
6. 2. Assessing Language and Intercultural Learning during Telecollaboration 21
7. 3. Assessing the Effect of Pedagogical Interventions on Success Rates and on Students’ Perceptions of Connectedness Online 49
8. 4. Language MOOCs: Assessing Student Knowledge and Comprehension of Clinical Terminology 71
9. PART TWO ASSESSING ONLINE TEACHERS
10. 5. Issues and Challenges in the Assessment of Online Language Teacher Performance 93
11. 6. Evaluating Teacher Tech Literacies Using an Argument-Based Approach 116
12. 7. Face-to-Face Teacher to Online Course Developer 138
13. PART THREE ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS
14. 8. Innovative Implementation of a Web-Based Rating System for Individualizing Online English Speaking Instruction 167
15. 9. A Systematic Approach to Vetting Reading Comprehension Items for Inclusion in Cloud-Based Assessments 184
16. 10. The Lingo of Language Learning Startups: Congruency between Claims, Affordances, and SLA Theory 198
17. PART FOUR FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR ONLINE LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT
18. 11. Toward Technology-Enhanced Alternative Assessment for Online Language Education 221
19. 12. Argument-Based Approach to Validation in Online Language Education 239
20. Author Index 257
21. Subject Index 266