Course/Learning Outcomes

What do you want your students to know when they have finished your course (e.g., key learning outcomes: knowledge, skills, and attitudes)?

• • Example: Introduction to Teaching Course. Communicate effectively, using the language and concepts of teaching and learning.

Assessment Activities

How will you and your students know whether they have achieved these learning outcomes (e.g., opportunities for self-, peer, and instructor assessment)?

• • Online quizzes—10%
• • Journals—20%
• • Clicker quizzes—10%
• • Wiki summaries—10%
• • Peer reviews—15%
• • Portfolios—35%

Before a Synchronous Session

How will you help students to determine what prior knowledge and experience they have with the assessment activity?

• • Assign a pre-class reading with an individual online quiz in Blackboard (four concept questions and one “What did you not understand?” question).

During a Synchronous Session

How will students synchronously interact and engage with the assessment activity?

• • Use study groups to discuss the concept questions.
• • Give a mini lecture to reinforce the concepts and diagnose student misconceptions.

After a Synchronous Session

What portion of this assessment activity will require “reflective time” for interaction and communication?

• • An assigned study group will summarize the class discussion on the course wiki.
• • Students can use these co-constructed summaries for their research projects and portfolios.

Tools

Which tools can be used to help organize, facilitate, and direct these assessment activities?

• • Social bookmarking application
• • Quiz tool in Blackboard
• • Course wiki
• • Peer review tool
• • E-portfolio