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Tip: For paid accounts, recordings first go into an unpublished area.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
Allows for quick content creation and editing
Contributory or collaborative
Vary in complexity (e.g., PBWiki, MediaWiki)
Wiki comparison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software

Your Ideas? Your Tools?
How do you embed assessment?
Which tools do you use for assessment?
[email_address] [email_address]

http://constantlearningorg.blogspot.com	12
http://faculty.coloradomtn.edu	11
http://cmcteachingandlearning.blogspot.com	4
http://vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com	3
http://commons.sloanconsortium.org	2
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	2
http://www.slideshare.net	2
https://api.turnitin.com	1
http://studyuzbekonline.blogspot.com	1
http://t.co	1

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