The Challenges of Using Authentic Assessments in Online Learning Contexts

Two institutions—one philosophy

Goddard College,Vermont,founded in 1869

Union Institute & University, Ohio, founded in 1969

John Dewey’s basic pedagogy

1. Learning individually…

2. Learning in a group…

3. Learning by doing…

Learning by doing…The challenge of “doing” in a fully online environment

Options for “doing” in a literature and writing program?

Creative writing

Present a paper at a conference

Intern with a newspaper or publisher

Create a course you would like to teach

Creating a course to teach—

face to face online

The Applications Course

Double focus--

› Taking a course

› Creating a course

How to make the requirements clear?

Course they are taking…

Course they are creating…

The challenge you have accepted!

Appreciating Austen in a Modern World

Jane Austen F2F Class Rubric

Some floundered…

EN 333: Murder, Bigamy, and Obsession (and other topics in 19th Century British Sensation Novels)

Wiki for supporting F2F class

The Literature of Cuban-American Women From 1970-Present

What was the take-away?

Assessment depends on desired outcome

Assignment depends on assessment

Task assigned must be “visible”

Collaborative learning is an essential component of authentic assessment

Summing Up