1. Rethining assessment practices… AL Conference, 21st November 2009 Gráinne Conole, IET

2. Review of assessment practices Factors Open Educational Resources Technology-enhanced learning Shift of focus from content to activities OU students do more assessment eAssessment Available 24/7 Instant feedback Different question types to support different pedagogical strategies Context

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10. Empower Engage students actively in identifying or formulating criteria Facilitate opportunities forself-assessment and reflection Deliver feedback that helps students self-correct Provide opportunities for feedback dialogue (peer and tutor-student) Encourage positive motivational beliefs and self-esteem Provide opportunities to apply what is learned in new tasks Yield information that teachers can use to help shape teaching Engage Capture sufficient study time and effort in and out of class Distribute students’ effort evenly across topics and weeks. Engage students in deep not just shallow learning activity Communicates clear and high expectations to students. REAP principles

11. Do we over assess? From a student perspective From a tutor perspective How do we build in variability? Alternatives to 3000-word essay Right ratio of TMAs to ECAs to exams? Should we move to awards-based assessment? If so, how? Discussion

12. Types of activities Assimilative (attending and understanding content), Information handling (e.g. gathering and classifying resources or manipulating data), Adaptive (use of modelling or simulation software), Communicative(dialogic activities, e.g. pair dialogues or group-based discussions), Productive (construction of an artefact such as a written essay, new chemical compound or a sculpture) and Experiential(practising skills in a particular context or undertaking an investigation). Assessment(diagnostic, formative, summative) Think exercise…

13. Pedagogy profile Map of student tasks to time periods (weeks, semesters, etc) Six types of student tasks + assessment Each cell indicates the amount of time spent in that period on each type of task Widget provides graphical view 13

14. Cloud in cloudworks http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloud/view/2682.html Resources Presentation, Link to pedagogy profile Link to REAP site Feel free to add to or use as a space to discuss! Further information