Chapter 8 Test Items
Chapter 8 Multiple-choice Items
1. Which of the following online models would require a resource such as Adobe Connect,
GotoMeeting, or Elluminate?
A) noninteractive online model
B) interactive, asynchronous online model
C) interactive online model with synchronous events
D) MOOC model
2. What is one of the often-recognized outcomes of a MOOC model?
A) low participation from developing countries
B) unusually high dropout rates
C) most successful when implemented in an online-only format
D) most successful at higher education levels
3. Which of the following is one strategy often used in online courses to ensure academic integrity?
A) data dashboards
B) random identity checks
C) background checks
D) online honor codes
4. Which of the following is not one of the kinds of interaction that Moore said characterized distance courses?
A) learner-learner
B) learner-content
C) instructor-content
D) learner-instructor
5. Providing learner lounges and discussion groups can help assure which of the following kinds of interaction?
A) learner-learner
B) learner-content
C) instructor-content
D) learner-instructor
6. Asking online students to post a personal photo is one way to encourage this kind of interaction.
A) intercultural
B) social
C) personal
D) professional
7. Webquests, research projects, and presentation projects are all ways of accomplishing this in
online courses.
A) social interaction
B) problem-based learning
C) learner interaction
D) small-group work
8. Which of the following is a “best practice” for teaching online programs?
A) require daily interaction
B) use tools to monitor progress
C) use biometric monitoring tools
D) require interactive discussions
9. The Quality Matters rubric and the Rubric for Online Instruction are two tools that can help accomplish this.
A) make expectations clear
B) assess course quality
C) set common standards
D) assess group work
10. Which of the following is a current trend taking place in regard to virtual schools?
A) decreasing student dropout rates
B) increasing focus on social interaction
C) increasing emphasis on quality control
D) decreasing student enrollment rates
11. This is one of the primary current issues related to virtual schooling.
A) funding sources
B) format choices
C) course availability
D) technical problems
12. Recent studies of virtual school performance compared with traditional school performance have shown this.
A) engagement is better in virtual schools
B) engagement is less in virtual schools
C) graduation rates are higher in virtual schools
D) graduation rates are lower in virtual schools
13. This type of virtual reality environment has seen the least use in K-12 schools.
A) full immersion environments
B) multi-user virtual environments
C) screen-based VR
D) 3-D models
14. Although not yet a common practice in K-12 classrooms, there has been recent interest
in this kind of integration strategy for virtual environments.
A) virtual field trips
B) 3-D models to simulate systems
C) immersive practice and exploration
D) virtual collaboration and problem solving
Chapter 8 Short-Answer Items
1. This model of online course aims specifically at large-scale participation.
2. Most providers of distance education courses use existing versions of this important infrastructure because they
lack resources to develop their own.
3. All online courses must meet these requirements, which call for course sites to accommodate the needs of
learners with hearing or visual deficits.
4. This feature in a Content Management System allows instructors to monitor students’ participation and progress
in the course.
5. These resources used with some online courses take physical readings from a student’s
body to ascertain they are who they say they are.
6. These students in online courses enter the course space but never actually post
anything.
7. According to Moore’s theory, this is the potential gap in communications between
instructors and learners that must be bridged for most students to learn successfully.
8. These are times at which an online instructor agrees to be available to answer student
questions immediately.
9. Soliciting this during a course can help an instructor make corrections to improve course
procedures while the course is still going on.
10. This popular online virtual environment was released by Linden Labs in 2003.
11. What kind of interface is enabled by a glove that provides tactile feedback when the user “grasps” an object in
the virtual world?
12. These are replicas of physical manipulatives that are accessed via the Internet.
13. Showing students an online version of how a cell is constructed would be an example of this kind of virtual
environment.
14. Quest Atlantis is a version of one of these virtual environments, in which several students can “meet” online to
interact.
Chapter 8 Essay Items
1. Discuss ways of assuring that each of the kinds of interaction described by Moore are taking place in a distance
course.
2. Some educators feel that virtual school courses for high school students will be a benefit to education; some feel
education will suffer. What are factors you can cite in support of each of these positions?
Chapter 8 Test Item Answer Key
Chapter 8 Multiple-choice Items
Chapter 8 Short-Answer Items
Chapter 8 Essay Items