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Learning 2.0Fresh Questions for
Educational Assessment
Prologue:Prologue:The Wikipedia DebateThe Wikipedia Debate
Source of Knowledge
‘Shape’ of Knowledge
Correction
Authority
Individual / Certified
On-Going / Disclaimers and
Discussions
Community / Anonymous
One-Off / Definitive
Continuous / Instantaneous
Virtually None / Time-Lagged
Conversation / Collaboration
Critical
Credentials / Teamplay Ignored
If the nature of knowledge is shifting, what about the
assessment of knowledge?
Conventional Teaching
Learner-Centered Teaching
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Conventional Assessment
Learner-Centered Assessment
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“Learner-centered education means that the students are active participants in learning and co-constructors of knowledge” (Meece, 2003)
No longer ‘teaching’ and
‘assessment’, but learning tasks
Learning Tasks...
• Relates authentically (directly) to learning objectives i.e. minimal separation of ‘teaching’ and ‘learning’
• Engages students i.e. nurtures participation and involvement
• Focuses on task completion not group ranking
Learning Tasks...
• Elicits student’s unique understanding or handling of situation
• Develops higher skills along Bloom’s taxonomy
• Stimulates reflection on learning process and encourages meaning-making
Bloom’s Taxonomy : Cognitive Domain
Diploma
Bachelor
Post-Grad
In 2001, there was a revision to Bloom’s…
Learning is creating meaning and knowledge forms
Learning Tasks may also be...
• Designed by students themselves
• Multi-disciplinary
• Peer-to-peer assessed
• Technological enable and enabling
• Online
Online Discussions 30%
Team Assignments(incl. Peer-2-Peer)
20%
Individual Assignments 25%
Final 24-hr, ‘Open Book’ Exam
25%
Our Second Life project assessment consisted of reflection essays, chat transcripts, peer evaluations, and a post-project survey that measures the learning motive, attitudes, level of difficulty, and the time used to complete the project. (Schiller, 2009)
Examples• Language
– Compose a text for a brochure which covers selected themes
– Put the brochure online and get other students to post feedback
• History– Make a video about WW2 using
• Biology– Produce a high-resolution graphic of insects’
digestive systems– Create a new kind of flower?
Examples• Science
– Find a scene from a movie and 1) highlight the scientific problems 2) discuss possible real-world applications
– E.g. Spiderman, Matrix, Batman
• Human Geography– Interview selected people (police, shop-
owners, etc.) about BERSIH
• Physical Geography– Start a garden, plant at least 3 varieties of
plants, produce a portfolio at end of semester
Exercise!
Design Learning Tasks(give hand-outs)
Design a Learning Task
1. List down learning objectives
2. Review ‘learning task’ criteria
3. Design learning tasks which meet at least 4-5 criteria
Pop-Quiz!Pop-Quiz!
Please exchange papers?
RM350 million allocated to boost efforts to cut down crime index, and establish 25 special courts to expedite prosecution
RM29.3 billion allocated for Education Ministry and RM10.2 billion for Higher Education Ministry
To increase PhD qualified academic staff to 75% in research universities and 60% in other public institutions of higher learning
How can we improve our feedback to learners?
Assessments can Assessments can be categorised in a be categorised in a
few ways…few ways…
Analytical / Objective / Analytical / Objective / Efficient MarkingEfficient Marking
Global / Impressionistic / Global / Impressionistic / ‘Subjective’ Holistic ‘Subjective’ Holistic
MarkingMarking
Formal Formal AssessmeAssessme
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Informal Informal AssessmeAssessme
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Formative Formative AssessmentAssessment
Summative Summative AssessmentAssessment
Norm-Norm-ReferencedReferenced
Criterion-Criterion-ReferencedReferenced
Examples of Examples of RubricsRubrics
In Summary…In Summary…
TraditionalTraditional EmergingEmerging
Preparing students for professorship / De-contextualised
Training students for real-world action
Lower Order Lower Order ThinkingThinking
Higher Order Higher Order SkillsSkills
Teacher-Assessed Peer-Assessed
Individual Collaborative
Conformity expected Creativity demanded
““Less”Less” More!More!
Negative Comments
Corrective / ConstructiveComments
Analytical Global / Holistic
Norm-Referenced Criterion-Referenced /Rubrics
SummativeAssessment
Formative (Timely)Assessments
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