Archive | Assessment

Assess anything you like with rubrics

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work

Wednesday
Feb 24, 2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1220 HE

Assess anything you like with rubrics

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Learn the technique then work as a group to create and apply a custom rubric in a fun context. [Details...]

Assess It! | November 30, 2015

Students as researchers: Using Google’s DocuViz to learn about how you write

By ACERT and Andrew Laudel
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams, Group work, Online writing and reflection

Students use DocuViz, a Google app that visualizes how documents evolve, to explore the fundamental questions: what do you do when you write, and why?

ACERT Connections | November 16, 2015

Chemistry meets education

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams

Hear about how Lindsay Portnoy (Education) and Mandë Holford (Chemistry) met at an ACERT event and embarked on a series of collaborations, including cross-class assignments and the development of an educational game.

ACERT video rollout

By David R. dos Santos
Topics : Assess student work, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

Tuesday
Nov 17, 2015
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

ACERT video rollout

Presenter(s): ACERT

See a set of six short videos highlighting some of the wonderful ideas that came out of ACERT programming this year. [Details...]

Assess It! | October 14, 2015

Danish educational humor: Part 3

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Assess It! | October 7, 2015

Danish educational humor: Part 2

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Assess It! | September 30, 2015

Danish educational humor: Part 1

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Assess It! | August 24, 2015

Responsible assessment (and ultimate frisbee)

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assessment

How can assessment be turned into "a place of inclusive, sustained, and informed dialogue... that strives for validity rather than purpose and transparency?"