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How to Engage Online Learners in Authentic
AssessmentDianne Conrad, PhD
Contact NorthResearch Associate
May 27, 2020
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Rudimentary online learning questions include:
What’s all the fuss?How do I start?When should I do this?What’s different from
f2f teaching and learning?
Is it more work?How to designTechnology
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Content: Where does it come from?
ReadingsDiscussion (topic driven, instructor-led)External content (discovery & import)Co-created contentYOU (video, podcast, pdf, lecturette (live or written, eg synchronous or asynchronous)
AND….
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Flipped ClassroomLearners work OFF-line with teacher-driven resources to prepare for ONLINE engagement and interaction with teacher and peers§ Pre-work vs homework§ Readings, videos, podcasts§ Can work together or individually or as
directed
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What is assessment?What is evaluation?
Formative vs summative
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Framing Assessment
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Authentic Assessment 1Incorporates authenticity, stressing:• Critical thinking• Connectedness (learning to reality/life)• Collaboration• Communication
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Authentic Assessment 2• Grounded in real-world relevance• Ill-defined problems allow for latitude and
diverse perspectives• Engaging• Supports higher level thinking
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Authentic Assessment 3• Encourages learners to play a more
active role in their learning (unlike rote)• Has a social, interactive component• Promotes dialogue and collaboration• Develops cognitive skills, shared
understanding, task negotiation
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Authentic Assessment 4• Is based on social constructivism and
collaborative constructivism theory• Creates meaning from experience• Fits within the Community of Inquiry
model• Promotes reflection
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Authentic assessment: NOT THIS WAY! 14
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Assessment Strategies and ToolsPurpose
Engage students in learningConduct an evaluation
HowCreatively
CollaborativelyFairly
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Formative AssessmentActivities: Create engagement, collaboration• Self-quiz• Journal• Reflection• Forum discussions• Peer-to Peer, dyads, triads, groups
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Summative AssignmentsEssay/paperProject, individual or groupReflection paperPresentation, individual or groupLearner response to presentationLearner-led seminar
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Weighting Assessments 1You have ultimate control in determining where your learners will “end up,” via weightingEnsure it’s fair and reflects course outcomes and their relative importanceBad idea: Lots of small tasks with 5 or 10% weightings
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Weighting Assessments 2Ask these questions of yourself:
• Where do these skills place on the Taxonomy (high, low?)
• How much effort/time is required by learners?• What is the relative importance of the outcomes
reflected in this assignment/activity?
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Forming GroupsWhy? They are a sound management and pedagogical toolImportance of group dynamicsGroup size….manageable?Random or purposeful?One-off or permanent?PurposeRules/rubric
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Assessing Group ProductGroups present many challenges:• Learner antipathy• Lack of group skills, different personalities• “free riders”• Inequality of learners’ abilities• Withdrawal of learners
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Presentations• Work very well• Require lots of pre-planning, when, who,etc• Set up a presentation schedule early• Allow learners to pick their topic (topics
aligned with units/outcomes)• Work in pairs or triads• Build in online discussion time post-
presentation - asynchronous
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Submitting AssignmentsEven this is different online:§ Clear instructions must be given, ie word count, font,
pagination, titling§ Individually written essays/papers are simple to receive§ Handling of uploaded assignments in Moodle is not
difficult but can be picky§ Group projects can be uploaded into a forum space
where discussion can occur following§ Moodle provides several ways to handle feedback§ Moodle records and manages the grades
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Good Hint!I create an “Assignment Shoppe” forum to encourage assignment-related questions to be posted there. Then everyone can see the concern and the response. Otherwise, you are inundated with one-on-one questions. Be sure to specify that no grade complaints are handled here.
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Peer Assessment…a good idea but….
§ Jury is still out on how and when§ Plan this well, not just to cut your workload§ Instructions must be clear§ Students can learn while assessing § Peer assessment can create engagement§ Students can learn from others’ mistakes§ Constructive outcomes must be pre-planned and
organized
“Don’t relegate yourself to becoming a gatekeeper!” (Brookfield, 1990)
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Participation…a touchy topic
Guide it, define it, so that your assessment is fair and well-grounded.
Tell them what you want.
PLEASE encourage them NOT to write mini-essays; online discussion is not the place for this and it is a great inhibitor.
Keep discussion informal but relevant, on-topic, and timely.
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Assessing Participation
• Students WANT their participation noted• Quality not quantity• A clear rubric• Critical thinking stressed• Not “niceties,” although social behaviour
is appreciated
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WHAT?…no final exam????How will I assess their overall performance:• You have been doing so throughout the
course.• It’s not an all-or-nothing, not a race to the
finish. Learning has been accrued, ingested, incremental.
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At the end of the course 1Design your last assignment to be as sweeping as you see fit.Weight it appropriately (not all eggs in one basket!)Learners should have a good idea where they stand by this time, based on previous work and your excellent feedback.
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At the end of the course 2What works well (depending on relevance to course/outcomes)…
1. A research paper that reflects previous work done or specific issues that arose from the course (prevents plagiarism).
2. An individual or group project.3. A reflective document that allows learners to pull
their learning moments together, in narrative or media form.
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At the end of the course 34. A learning journal (with summary*)5. Anything creative (ie, learners create a script where the dialogue is a commentary on the course content or some aspect of it)6. A detailed self-assessment, with clear expectations so that it is just not a “happy sheet.” Weighting must be appropriate.
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General Suggestions 1• Give learners a choice when possible: in
topic, in media. Mix it up.• Change “static” assignments regularly
from offering to offering.• Take advantage of the Internet:
scavenger hunts, finding resources, building repositories.
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General Suggestions 2• Have all schedules and information front-
end loaded before course start date.• Double check due dates and other
important information for correctness.• Consider holidays and long weekends
when less online work will be done.• A calendar will be your best friend.
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Me, happy to have done this. Thank you!
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