Letting Them Show What They Know: Tech Tools for Assessment

LETTING THEM SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW TECH TOOLS FOR ASSESSMENT By Alice Bedard-Voorhees, PhD Colorado Mountain College Lisa Marie Johnson Colorado Community Colleges Online League for Innovations Conference - Denver, Colorado March 2008

About This Presentation

This presentation is based on the forthcoming chapter:

Bedard-Voorhees, A., Johnson, L. M., & Dobson, P. (in press). Creating online assessments and preparing learners for authentic displays of learning . In S. J. Hoffman and J. K. Robinson (in press). Online education and the humanities: A guide to teaching the humanities in the online environment .

Familiar Outcomes

Speak logically in presentations and essays.

Speak clearly in presentations and essays.

Select and apply contemporary forms of technology to compile information.

As we review methods and tools, keep similar outcomes in mind for courses that require speaking or other demonstrations in mind!

Drivers for Student-Created Content for Formative and Summative Assessment

“ We are no longer consumers but producers ”

Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat

(Some) Digital Native Learners

Technology in 21st Century Workplace

Learning Styles

Universal Design

Evolved 21st Century Technology

Assessment Practices

Formative Exercises

Project Conferences

Presentations

Portfolios

Reflection

A Variety of Tools

Maps and Organizers

Audio

Images

Video

Project Conferences

ePortfolio

Blogs

Wikis

Maps and Organizers

Learners map information using graphic forms of organization to show understanding. Resource: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/scaffolding/transformation.html

Transformation Scaffold Example

F2F Teaching Common Online Teaching Strategies Strategies Strategies

Phone-Generated Audio

Phone created files.

Accounts are associated with channels.

ShowKnow Example – Gabcast.com

Dial : 1-800-749-0632

Enter Channel Number and pound-sign: 13431#

Enter Password and pound-sign: 092007#

Speak content and Press 1 to review

Press 7 to delete, 2 to publish , 9 to return to main menu and start over

Once published, listen to and/or download MP3 from http://gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&id=13431

Tip: For paid accounts, recordings first go into an unpublished area. For the free public accounts, you may want to have students give their Recording a number rather than saying a name for privacy.

Desk/Laptop-Generated Audio

Spotlight: Audacity

Free and multi-platform

Need program and LAME Encoder (for MP3 export)

Files created on desk/laptop

Multiple deliveries

Tip! Keep segments brief (1 MB or less)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials

Static Images

Images can be uploaded from multiple sources (e.g., phone, camera)

Annotation

Link or RSS feed could be placed in class

ShowKnow Example – Flickr.com

Go to: http://www.flickr.com

Click Sign-In

Username: show.know

Password: september28

Upload Photos and Review! http://www.flickr.com/photos/14106603@N07/

Note: This test account is set it so only the single user can see the photos.

http://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/photoprivacy/

Slideshows

Spotlight: SlideShare

Multiple file types (PowerPoint, Keynote, PDF)

Download options

Privacy controls

SlideCasting (adding Mp3 Audio to a slideshow)

Example: http://www.slideshare.net/lisamariejohnson

Video

Multiple options… YouTube, TeacherTube, Kaltura

Privacy controls (password protected, private accounts)

Consider class and individual accounts!

Links and viewers for delivery

Tip! Assignment might include submission of a storyboard.

ShowKnow Example – YouTube.com

Go to: http://youtube.com

Click Log-In Username: showknow Password: september28

Upload and review: http://youtube.com/user/showknow

Project Conferences

Creating expectations makes all the difference! http://www.ccconline.org/FacultySC/TeachingResources/rw_creating_online_conference.htm

Asynchronous … in your course room! Private discussion area for each student and yourself.

Synchronous … via Elluminate!

Many Colleges have licenses

Free Alternative – VROOM: for scheduling meetings up to three participants. Learn more from: http://www.elluminate.com/vroom/

Why ePortfolio?

Formative and summative assessment opportunity for instructors and learners.

“ A portfolio permits the learner to display competence , outside of a static transcript. ” Siemens, G. (2004, December 16). ePortfolios. eLearnSpace. Retrieved February 26, 2008 from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/eportfolios.htm

Five ePortfolio Recommendations

Allow learners alternatives in choice of medium.

Assure the medium is accessible by classmates and you for review and evaluation.

Be flexible and let students adapt for other portfolios (e.g., Program level or Institutional Level portfolios)

Use a rubric that maps performances with the outcomes.

Conduct a formative review .

Forms of ePortfolio

All portfolios are “ … driven by the intended task: assessment, professional/personal development, learning portfolio, or group portfolio. ” (Siemens, G. (2004, December 16).

Limited Portability

Remain with institutions/programs or become fee-based.

Interface is “fixed” by program (cannot be exported to other mediums)

FERPA/Privacy Considerations

Example: Blackboard Portfolio

Infinite Portability

Housed on the Web and managed by users.

FERPA/Privacy Considerations

Examples: FaceBook , MySpace, Wikis, Blogs, & SecondLife

Blogs Blog.com http://blog.com/ Blogger https://www.blogger.com/ Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ Blue Kaffee http://www.bluekaffee.com/ EduBlogs http://learnerblogs.org/ LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/ Vox http://www.vox.com/ Wordpress.com http://wordpress.com/ Many options Multiple forms of media can be integrated with a Blog (video, audio, images, etc.) Tip! Student privacy is an issue when using technologies external to your institution’s servers. Know your institution’s policies.

Wikis