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  For many smaller players, OPMs fill an important role in the current e-learning landscape.

  
  

• Conversation-Based Assessments: Real-Time Assessment and Feedback

  By Seyma N. Yildirim-Erbasli, Okan Bulut

  

  Current digital assessments still need to be modified to measure student learning in more engaging and effective ways.

  
  

• A future of assessment without testing

  By Kristen DiCerbo

  

  There are some promising inroads around assessment, but also some lingering challenges remain.

  
  

• Beyond multiple-choice with digital assessments

  By Okan Bulut

  

  A summary of different types of digital assessments and a discussion on how they differ from traditional item types.

  
  

• Exploring performance testing in certification: lessons learned and key insights from Microsoft

  By Liberty Munson, Manfred Straehle

  

  The authors describe why and how Microsoft launched labs in their technical certification program, and the lessons learned.

  
  

• Remote proctoring? Step up your game and put the learner first

  By Geoff Chapman

  

  This article considers the remote proctoring market, the growth drivers, and how the vendors and exam owners need to improve.

  
  

• The future of assessment depends on elevating culturally diverse perspectives

  By Susan Lyons

  

  Amplifying diverse voices and perspectives in the field of educational measurement.

  
  

• Student Interactions in an Introductory Activity of an Online Course by Ethnicity and Gender

  By Jon Ernstberger, Justin Fetner, Kyle Gutowski, Patrick J. Riley, Nick Stavrow

  

  If instructors hope to create an instructional environment where students participate and learn with equity, we should strive to analyze our own

  
  

• Preparing Adult Learners for Success in Blended Learning through Onboarding: A pilot study

  By Anita Samuel, Steven Durning, Holly Meyer

  

  To address the challenges of a blended program, an expanded orientation was designed to connect learners with their programs.

  
  

• Meeting Online Learners Where They Are: e-Learning during a time of pandemic

  By Ana-Paula Correia, Sean Hickey, Traci Lepicki, Alicia Willis

  

  Compared to formal education, adult and workplace training has been much slower to iterate and improve upon early digital and virtual education.

  
  

RECENT OPINIONS

eLearn Magazine Special Issue: Beyond Multiple Choice

By Brian Moon

Authors for this special issue presented their work, perspectives, and recommendations that look to move learning assessment at all levels "beyond multiple-choice."

The future of assessment depends on elevating culturally diverse perspectives

By Susan Lyons

In this opinion piece, Susan Lyons explores the imperative to amplify diverse voices and perspectives in the field of educational measurement. She identifies two negative effects of the lack of cultural diversity in leadership positions within the field and ends by calling for a higher level of critical consciousness within the profession of educational measurement.