educause 08 part 3

Part 3: Content, Pedagogy, Assessment,

and Tools Drs. Patricia McGee & Veronica Diaz

Individuals + BIG Picture

Interdependence

Backwards Design

Backwards Design Applied

EVIDENCE AS ASSESSMENT LEARNING PRINCIPLES

Encourage not only content achievement but assessment of perceived progress and attitude

Encourage not only content achievement but assessment of perceived progress and attitude

Track factors that may impede achievement

Track factors that may impede achievement

Biggest challenge?Biggest advantage/success?Liked the most?Liked the least?

√ Incorporate

meta-cognitive assessments

√ Provide a strategy for self-assessment and progress

√ Incorporate

meta-cognitive assessments

√ Provide a strategy for self-assessment and progress

Package objectives with assignments, activities, and products

Package objectives with assignments, activities, and products

When appropriate, use rubrics for consistent and aggregated indicators over time

When appropriate, use rubrics for consistent and aggregated indicators over time

Include learners in performance/ assessment measures

Include learners in performance/ assessment measures

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EARN

Pedagogical Frameworks

Instructional Foci

Bloom’s & Web 2.0Processes Tools Attributes

Remember Recognizing, recalling Visual/Text/Audio stimuli, selecting, feedback

Understand Interpreting, classifying, comparing, summarizing, explaining

Sorting, tagging, labeling, entering, selecting

Apply Executing, implementing Manipulating, entering, feedback

Analyze Differentiating, organizing, attributing

Selecting, grouping, altering, tagging, labeling

Evaluate Checking, critiquing Commenting, entering, responding

Create Generating, planning, producing Adding, generating, combining, publishing

Tool Characteristics

Tool Characteristics

ACTIVITY 1. Visit http://elearningtools.wetpaint.com

2. Become familiar with the site and prepare to complete an activity.

Web 2.0 Tools Affordances

Source: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Source: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Strategies for Online Assessment

• Group projects

• Students as audience and peer review

• Participation

• Rubrics

• Pre- and/or post testing

• Objective assessment • Subjective

assessment • Self-assessment • Interactive

assessments

ACTIVITY1. Using a syllabus,

consider which tool or tools can be used to meet instructional needs

2. Design an instructional experience with an assessment

3. Post to http://elearning-design.pbwiki.com

Instruction + Assessment

Sharing

Wrapping up & thank you!

Patricia.mcgee@utsa.edu

drvdiaz@gmail.com