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Designing Assessments to Measure Student Outcomes
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- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on January 29, 2017
- Ends on February 1, 2017
Course details
Syllabus
This free online course will help you to design assessment instruments to measure student outcomes. It focusses on rubrics and surveys. Each week will explore a different aspect of assessment, and mix theory and practice. You will build your own assessments, and share and test them with other learners. Week 1 – Building quality assessments We will consider: the importance of validity, reliability and fairness in developing assessments; the national assessment instruments available in different countries; how to develop your own assessment instrument; and the impact of technology on measurement. Week 2 – Rubrics We will discuss: the role of rubrics in assessment; how to design effective rubrics to evaluate performance; and how to test rubric calibration, including using the bucket approach. Week 3 – Surveys We will explore: the role of surveys in assessment; the steps in writing surveys; and how to design effective surveys for use with a selected audience. Learn with expert educators from the AACTE The course has been developed by American Association of Colleges for Teaching Education (AACTE) – the premier voice on educator preparation in the United States. You will learn with Linda McKee – an experienced teacher trainer and Senior Director of Quality Support Initiatives at AACTE.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
- Linda McKee
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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