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Key Activities: • Obtain feedback to improve your learner sample• Explore challenges and solutions for involving learners in
the assessment process• Self-assess your current assessment practices• Draft Assessment Summary • Create summative assessment for your learner sample• Revise your learner sample based on your summative
assessment• Revise your Project Plan• Reflect on learning in your blog
Essential Question• How can ICT be used most effectively to support and assess learning?Module Questions• How do I assess learning?• How do I involve learners in the assessment process?
Pair and Share: Using Feedback to Improve My Learner Sample 1. Share your learner sample with your group.2. Ask for feedback on ways to improve the sample.
Pedagogical Practices: Involving Learners in the Assessment Process
1. Go to the Module 5 Pedagogical Practices page on the course wiki site.
2. In a small group, brainstorm a list of some of the challenges and solutions teachers may encounter when involving learners in the assessment process.
3. Discuss the following questions:– Which challenges will be the most difficult for you to
overcome?– What steps could you take to implement some of the
Step 2: Planning the Assessment for My Learner Sample
Open your learner sample and think about the following questions as you review the sample:
• What concepts, skills, and knowledge will be assessed?• How will the Curriculum-Framing Questions be assessed?• What higher-order thinking skills will be assessed?• What 21st Century skills will be assessed?
Step 3: Creating an Assessment for My Learner Sample
1. Go to CD | Resources | AssessingProjects. 2. Click the Try It tab to view the Animated Overview and
learn how to use the application.3. Return to CD | Resources | AssessingProjects4. Sign into the Workspace* (online)5. Use the Assessing Projects application to create an
assessment for your learner sample.6. Export your assessment to your assessment folder.
Activity 3: Revisiting My Learner Sample and Project Plan Step 1: Revisiting My Learner Sample
Use your summative assessment and your colleagues’ feedback from the Pair and Share to assess your learner sample and note revisions you would like to make.
Step 1: Reviewing the ModuleKey Points• Assessments should be integrated throughout a project and address all purposes. • Learner-centred assessments should focus on content as well as 21st Century skills. • Use summative assessments to determine the quality of products and performances.• The following steps are useful when creating or modifying an assessment:
– Perform the task yourself – Make sure the traits meet your targeted assessment standards and project goals – Limit the number of traits – Ask colleagues and learners for input – Write descriptors in learner-friendly language – Avoid ambiguous words – Consider the order of your traits
Module Questions• How do I assess learning? • How do I involve learners in the assessment process?
Planning Ahead: Reviewing My Learner Sample and Assessment
1. Use your notes from Activity 3 to revise your learner sample and assessment.
2. Reflect on how your assessment strategies meet some of the traits from the Portfolio Rubric.
3. Record your thoughts about how your Assessment Plan and assessments so far address the following traits from the Portfolio Rubric.– Assessment strategies:– Address assessment standards and project goals– Are learner-centred– Are varied and ongoing
4. Consider what feedback you would like from your group.
Key Activities: • Explore strategies to differentiate learning• Create an assessment to encourage learner self-
direction• Create learner support materials• Revise your Project Plan to incorporate
accommodations for all learners• Reflect on learning in your blog• Self-assess your facilitation of a learner-centred
classroom
Essential Question• How can ICT be used most effectively to support and assess learner learning? Module Questions• How can I help my learners become self-directed learners?• How can I support the diverse needs of learners?