FLO MicroCourse: Authentic & Alternative Assessment March 2022 OER
Topic outline
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Welcome to your FLO Micro: Authentic and Alternative Assessment.
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) MicroCourses are short, single-topic, hands-on, practical, and free. In one week you will have an opportunity to dip into the FLO experience and leave with something practical and useful for your own teaching practice.
The course will be conducted with an asynchronous format from [DATE RANGE] with two (60-minute) synchronous sessions on the following dates.- [DATE] - Designing Assessment that Leads to Learning, Not Just Testing - [TIME]
- [DATE] - Self Assessment as a Tool for Learning - [TIME]
By the end of this FLO MicroCourse you will be able to:- Outline the purpose of assessment in higher education
- Explain authentic assessment.
- Prioritize the evaluation of outcomes when designing assessment.
- Choose from
the variety of options for alternative assessment (portfolio, journal,
non-disposable assignment, summary, viva voce, project, presentation, authentic
task, self-assessment…etc.).
This course will be led by [FACILITATOR INFORMATION]
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Over the course of the week, you will be invited to engage with the group in a variety of formats.
In order to receive a badge upon completion of this FLO MicroCourse you are required to complete the following items;
We are mindful of the fact that many of you have competing priorities, and with this understanding, we encourage you to engage in the format(s) that work best for you.- Post in Forum - Meet & Greet - [DATE]
- Post in Forum - The Coolest Assignment - [DATE]
- Post in Forum - If This, Now What? - [DATE]
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Use this space to introduce yourself to the cohort. Just for fun, create a catchy title for your forum thread. Feel free to use the following prompts to guide you:
- At which institution do you work and what is your role?
- When was the last time you were assessed or evaluated? In a few words, tell us a bit about out. How did it help or hinder your learning? How did it make you feel? How might you use that experience to improve your own assessment practices?
- What is something you'd like people to know about you? Interests, family, pets, personality quirks, way you like to spend you time, dreams for the future, favourite something.
Contributing to this forum is a requirement for the badge.
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Use this forum to discuss each day's content. Feel free to open a conversation, or contribute to one that is on-going. This forum is where the magic happens: sense-making, networking, testing of ideas, clarification of concepts, addressing specific questions... etc. We encourage you to participate at least once or twice throughout the week. Feel free to go back after the course is over to read through all the discussion points.
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Start with Why
Things to do today:
- Introduce yourself in the Meet & Greet Forum and get to know your fellow participants. This is a badge requirement.
- Watch the Welcome video.
- Read BOOK: Assessment: A refresher and overview and complete the short activities found within.
- Watch the 12-minute TED talk by Eduardo Briceno.
- Feel free to join the thread about today's content in the Daily Conversation Forum.
- Post any questions you might have for your facilitators to the Q&A Forum.
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This module starts where all things should start. What and Why? What is it we're talking about when we say "assessment"? Why do we do assessment anyway? Read through the five chapters and use the STOP and THINK prompts to help you engage with the ideas.
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This is a must-watch TED talk for those who are interested in assessment. Take 12 minutes to view this video (captions and transcript are available) and think about what implications the message has for assessment and learning in your courses. Feel free to start or join a discussion about this TED talk in the Daily Conversation Forum.
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All About Outcomes
Things to do today:
- Read BOOK: Aligning Assessment with Outcomes
- Join us for the 1-hr synchronous session @9 am PST, "Designing assessment that leads to learning, not just testing." (See link above)
- TRY THIS: The Art of Interrogation Exercise
- Feel free to start or join a thread about today's content in the Daily Conversation Forum.
- Post any questions you might have for your facilitators to the Q&A Forum.
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Re-Tooling Multiple Choice Tests
Things to do today:
- Read BOOK: Re-Tooling the Multiple Choice Test
- Feel free to start or join a thread about today's content in the Daily Conversation Forum.
- Post any questions you might have for your facilitators to the Q&A Forum.
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Exploring the Alternatives
Things to do today:
- Read BOOK: Assessing the different kinds of learning
- Feel free to start or join a thread about today's content in the Daily Conversation Forum.
- Share the coolest assessment task you've given, seen given, or been given in the The Coolest Assignment forum. This is a badge requirement.
- Post any questions you might have for your facilitators to the Q&A Forum.
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Okay, enough about multiple choice tests which focus on a narrow version of learning. This book module provides information for assessing the all the other kinds of learning. Read through all of it, or focus on the sections that cover the kind of learning that happens in your courses and program.
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Let's use this space to share examples of cool authentic and alternative assignments or assessments that you've either given, seen given, or been given. Why was it so great? Was it because it led to deep learning, or because it allowed for valid and accurate assessment? What tips and resources can you provide for someone who wanted to use this idea for their own class?
Contributing to this forum is a requirement for the badge (by midnight [DATE]).
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Assessment for Learning
- Read PAGE: Doing Feedback Right
- Join us for the 1-hr synchronous session [DATE], "Using Self-assessment as a Tool for Learning." (See link above)
- Start or join a thread that addresses the reflective questions in If This, Now What? forum. This is a badge requirement.
- Post any questions you might have for your facilitators to the Q&A Forum.
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It's the end of the week and time to synthesize, summarize, and articulate your learning. Answer some or all of these questions in your final forum post. Feel free to come back after the course is finished and read what your fellow participants said.
- What are your biggest takeaways from this course?
- If you could summarize your learning into 2-3 overarching principles, what would they be?
- Name one thing that you will commit to when it comes to assessment in your next course.
- What is one lingering question or inquiry that you'd like to dig into further?
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