Transforming Assessment for online learning, 12 Oct 2020
Workshop session - 1.5 hours [workshop now finished]
Held 4:30PM Hong Kong time (7:30PM Eastern Australia summer, 08:30 universal time).
Dr Mathew Hillier, e-Assessment Academic, Macquarie University, Australia
Session slides ---> DOWNLOAD HERE <---
Note: other session resources are below.
Beyond the COVID-19 induced rapid pivot to online teaching, there is an opportunity to take the next step in changing student assessment, from “assessment of learning” to “assessment for learning”. Digital technology enables assessment designers and teachers to create more authentic, relevant assessments to better meet the needs of 21st century learners. However, the realities of resource constraints and differing perspectives means there are often trade-offs made between the competing priorities of authenticity, scalability and integrity of assessments. This session will explore the choice of how we can change assessment to be better suited to the online world; we have a choice between migration and transformation.
Workshop details
This session will explore the choice between migration and transformation for online assessment. We will briefly cover some some theory and also look at some practical examples of innovative assessment that seek to strike a balance in enabling assessment for online learning environments.
This session will be conducted live via Zoom. Participants will be asked to respond to questions via text chat, online polls and breakout disucssion groups.
Key resources (note the slide download above includes scenario and group task descriptions).
Activity resources:
- Selecting a suitable communicative tool in Moodle (UNSW) http://taw.fi/BWF
- Conducting an interactive online oral assessment (Griffith) http://taw.fi/IOA
- Example ESL presentation rubric (docx) http://taw.fi/ESLP
Other resources:
- Which tool for what job? Mapping pedagogical aims to suitable tools. Blooms level and ease of use notes.
- More about Rubric design and use (Moodle examples) http://taw.fi/rubric
- A collection of rubrics http://taw.fi/rubricbank
Session activity poll results.
Poll 1: With respect to the trade off or tension in the triad of assessment: integrity, scalability and authenticity. Which two would you pick?
Poll 2: With respect to ESL learning and teaching, what does 'authentic assessment' mean to you?
