Google Wave, What are people saying?
With more time between now and the Google Wave presentation on May 28, more folks are reacting and responding. As I read articles or blog posts that are particularly relevant to education, I’m tagging them via Diigo and want to make them available in this space.
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My thoughts, as faculty, on #LectureFail
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet The Chronicle of Higher Education asked, Is it time for more widespread reform of college teaching? This series explores the state of the college lecture, and how technologies point to new models of undergraduate education. Last month, we began inviting students across the countries to fire up their Web cameras or camera-phones to send…
Incentives for Course Feedback?
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet I work closely with end of course evaluation surveys. At one institution, I administer the online survey system through which we survey students, and for the other institution, I rely heavily and place high value on feedback from students to help me continuously improve the course. My question is, “How much is that feedback…
Different Interpretations of “Course Embedded Assessment”
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet With a significant focus on the evaluation of our institutional general education curriculum/program, one concept I’ve encountered frequently of late is “course embedded assessment.” However, I’ve discovered at least two different interpretations of the concept. Back up a small step . . . When evaluating the effectiveness of instruction, there are direct and indirect…
Revising my grading rubric for discussion forum participation
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet After three iterations of the course I’m teaching, I’m revisiting and potentially revising the grading rubric I’m using to assess learner participation in discussion forums. Back in August, I described the types of discussions in which my students in COSC 1401 Introduction to Computers are asked to participate and posted the grading rubric for…
Three Issues for Effective Development of Curriculum & Assessment
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet At the 2011 Texas Community College Instructional Leaders annual conference in Fort Worth, October 5-6, I had the opportunity to present and discuss three issues I think are important to the effective development of curriculum and assessment. The three issues are those which I have identified over the past year as I’ve worked more…
Learning Outcomes ARE NOT Learning Objectives
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Tweet The simple fact that Learning Outcomes are NOT the same as Learning Objectives is a key principle to “Developing Effective Learning Outcomes & Objectives.” As noted in that presentation outline, The differences lie in the level of specificity each provides and the relationship of each to assessment methods and instructional activities. Failure to understand…
Leveraging Quality Matters Certified Courses
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Tweet Short version: An institution that facilitates and supports Quality Matters (QM) centered reviews of online courses could leverage those courses by licensing a QM certified course from the faculty developer on a semester-to-semester basis and distribute that QM certified course to any faculty – including or perhaps especially adjuncts – teaching the course. For…
Assessing Online Discussions
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet I recently re/developed the rubric I use to assess learner performance in the online discussion for my “Introduction to Computers” course; I wanted a more generic approach suitable for many of the discussions in the course – particularly with the course going through a Quality Matters review. I developed a holistic rubric with two…
Proving a Learner’s Plagiarism
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Tweet A two-week old post on the Texas Community College Teachers Association blog caught my attention this morning: Charge of Plagiarism Upheld in Court. My initial reaction was that I do not understand how it’s “a good thing” that accusations of learner plagiarism not be supported by identification of a plagiarized document. Reading the court…
Problems with Bloom’s Taxonomy?
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tweet Last week or so, I came across an older article (December, 2002) from International Society for Performance Improvement that challenged the utility of Bloom’s Taxonomy on several levels. In short, Dr. Brenda Sugrue argues that Bloom’s Taxonomy is not valid, reliable or practical. Dr. Sugrue offers two alternatives which both suggest an emphasis on…
