Table of Contents:
  • The online language learning imperative : maximizing assessment practices to ensure student success / Stephanie Link and Jinrong Li
  • Part one. Assessing learner progress and development
  • Assessing language and intercultural learning during telecollaboration / Senta Goertler, Theresa Schenker, Carly Lesoski, and Sonja Brunsmeier
  • Assessing the effect of pedagogical interventions on success rates and students' perceptions of connectedness online / Victoria Russell
  • Language MOOCs : assessing student knowledge and comprehension of clinical terminology / Carrie Demmans Epp, Rae Mancilla, and Valerie Swigart
  • Part two. Assessing online teachers
  • Issues and challenges in the assessment of online language teacher performance / Barbara Lafford, Carmen King De Ramirez, and James Wermers
  • Evaluating teacher tech literacies using an argument-based approach / Jesse Gleason and Elena Schmidt
  • The transition from face-to-face teacher to online course developer / David Donnarumma and Sarah Hamilton
  • Part three. Assessment tools for online environments
  • Innovative implementation of a web-based rating system for individualizing online English speaking instruction / Hyejin Yang and Elena Cotos
  • A systematic approach to vetting reading comprehension items for inclusion in cloud-based assessments / Fabiana Macmillan
  • The lingo of language learning startups : congruency between claims, affordances, and SLA theory / Gabriel Guillen, Thor Sawin, and Sarah Springer
  • Part four. Future directions for online language assessment
  • Toward technology-enhanced alternative assessment for online language education / Zhi Li and Stephanie Link
  • Argument-based approach to validation in online language education / Erik Voss.