Challenges and Opportunities in Distance Education Evaluation

March 26, 2002

Hoi K. Suen and Jay Parkes
Department of Educational and School Psychology

The Pennsylvania State University

The two disciplines of distance education and educational assessment have seen dramatic changes and growth recently.Although the two areas have been developing concurrently, they have been doing so rather independently. For example, technology has been and will continue to be a boon to both distance education and educational assessment.

Challenges and Opportunities in Distance Education Evaluation