Assessment-for-Learning Derek Moore http://www.webtests.co.za

Derek Moore

http://www.webtests.co.za

Building a Shared Understanding How can we help learners to understand what they are meant to be learning? Do we judge their ability to understand with summative assessments? Or do we measure their ability to improve their understanding with formative assessment?

How can we help learners to understand what they are meant to be learning?

Do we judge their ability to understand with summative assessments?

Or do we measure their ability to improve their understanding with formative assessment?

What’s your Model? The Input Output Model or Process Model The Classroom

The Input Output Model

or Process Model

What’s your Model? The Input Output Model or Process Model

The Input Output Model

or Process Model

Practically speaking… I don’t know what to ask.. I’ll take 1 more question Learners take time to assimilate and accommodate Teachers time is limited Input / output is easier than process

A Toolkit Web Learning would like to develop, disseminate and support an assessment-for-learning toolkit for schools. A toolkit

Web Learning would like to develop, disseminate and support an assessment-for-learning toolkit for schools.

Why’s a Toolkit necessary? Teachers need to know about their pupils' progress and difficulties with learning so that they can adapt their own work to meet pupils' needs -- needs that are often unpredictable and that vary from one pupil to another.” Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam A toolkit

Teachers need to know about their pupils' progress and difficulties with learning so that they can adapt their own work to meet pupils' needs -- needs that are often unpredictable and that vary from one pupil to another.”

Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam

Are tests to Judge or Improve? Field How did we do? How could we do better? TV and film Oscars Nielson TV Ratings Politics Elections Markinor poll Education Yearly Exam ???

Judge Performance “ How did we do” Assessment OF Learning Why assess? to determine to what extent students have attained learning outcomes. How does it work? A learners is tested on a s ample of knowledge that pertains to a subject area. Who benefits? Employers, Parents, Schools, HOD

“ How did we do”

Improving Understanding “ How could we do better” Assessment FOR Learning Why assess? Assess understanding, set goals, review performance How does it work? A student performs a task, receives feedback and then re-submits the task Who benefits? Learner and teacher

“ How could we do better”

What’s the Toolkit consist of? A toolkit

The Toolkit Hot Potatoes Multiple Choice web test with Feedback Shared Understanding Learners A toolkit Blog or discussion board ICT Tools Assessment for learning Activities Meta Cognitive Resources

Toolkit application 1 Hot Potatoes Free Tools Interactive Web based Exercises Self Marking

Hot Potatoes

Toolkit component 2 Assessment for Learning Activities No Judgement No Paper No Pressure

Assessment for Learning Activities

Toolkit component 3 Meta Cognitive Resources K W L What I KNOW What I WANT to learn What I have LEARNED

Meta Cognitive Resources

The Outcome Shared Understanding

Shared Understanding

Learners Benefit When I make mistakes, I try to figure out why I set myself a few goals while doing my work to ensure that I master the section

Subject Teachers Benefit Less chalk and talk. Educators have the capacity to engage interactively with individuals and classes learning

Schooling Benefits We have a set of actionable data that we can use to improve our results

Project History

An Interactive Approach “… Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do…" James Dyson – bagless vacuum cleaner inventor

“… Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do…"

James Dyson – bagless vacuum cleaner inventor

Wrap Up A toolkit that will assist educators and learners understand what is happening inside their classroom. It will Empower teachers to use educational technology tools to innovate Further ICT skills as students and educators go to the web. Develop students and educators capacity to think a bit more about their learning and teaching with meta cognitive resources.

A toolkit that will assist educators and learners understand what is happening inside their classroom. It will

Empower teachers to use educational technology tools to innovate

Further ICT skills as students and educators go to the web.

Develop students and educators capacity to think a bit more about their learning and teaching with meta cognitive resources.

FAQ Assessment-for -Learning Thanks for you interest http://www.webtests.co.za Images: http://www.ghspmb.co.za, http://wefunction.com/2008/11/free-character-pack/ http://www.sxc.hu “ Assessment for learning guidance” Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Retrieved 16/12/2008/ http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_13440.aspx Black, P. and Wiliam, D. (1998). Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom assessment. Phi Delta Kappan, 80 (2): 139-148. (Available online: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbla9810.htm.) "Formative Assessment". Wikipedia. Retrieved 12/12/2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment. Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Who’s behind the project? Derek Moore (who founded Web Learning) is driving this project. Background Derek is teacher, part instructional designer, part information architect, part designer/developer, part web manager. He has worked professionally on the web and with web users since 1999. Specialties: Instructional Design, Information Architecture, Web Design, Web Development, History Teaching , Education Lecturing and ICT integration Qualifications M Ed Computer Assisted Education (cum laude) University of Pretoria Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Derek Moore (who founded Web Learning) is driving this project.

Background

Derek is teacher, part instructional designer, part information architect, part designer/developer, part web manager. He has worked professionally on the web and with web users since 1999.

Specialties:

Instructional Design, Information Architecture, Web Design, Web Development, History Teaching , Education Lecturing and ICT integration

Qualifications

M Ed Computer Assisted Education (cum laude) University of Pretoria

Who’s on the implementation team Derek Moore (Project Manager, Web Learning) Colin McKay (School Liason, SchoolTrade) Dr Sharon Grussendorf (SME, Independent Science Education consultant) Dr Edith Dempster (Evaluation, UKZN SED) Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Derek Moore (Project Manager, Web Learning)

Colin McKay (School Liason, SchoolTrade)

Dr Sharon Grussendorf (SME, Independent Science Education consultant)

Dr Edith Dempster (Evaluation, UKZN SED)

Will the activities be free? Yes for two reasons We are obliged all tests freely available. It’s a condition of using Hot Potatoes We subscribe to the Creative Commons Share Alike Licence. Under this licence you are free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Yes for two reasons

We are obliged all tests freely available. It’s a condition of using Hot Potatoes

We subscribe to the Creative Commons Share Alike Licence. Under this licence you are free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work

Who will author the materials? Selected educators will be selected to attend authoring workshops Materials development tutorials will also be online All educators will be encouraged to upload their tests to Web Tests Subject Matter experts and “Wisdom of the Crowds” ratings will ensure quality. Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Selected educators will be selected to attend authoring workshops

Materials development tutorials will also be online

All educators will be encouraged to upload their tests to Web Tests

Subject Matter experts and “Wisdom of the Crowds” ratings will ensure quality.

How sustainable is this project ? Web Learning will develop and host the generic web tests website for free We will charge educational institutions for Advanced Web Test Reporting Tools Institution specific Web Test Support Institution specific Web Test Hosting Institution specific Assessment for learning workshops Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

Web Learning will develop and host the generic web tests website for free

We will charge educational institutions for

Advanced Web Test Reporting Tools

Institution specific Web Test Support

Institution specific Web Test Hosting

Institution specific Assessment for learning workshops

Can I sign up The project is still in Alpha Stage. We are Looking for funding Developing the web site Writing manuals and resources looking for Subject Matter Experts Identifying schools and teachers Who is behind the project? Who’s on the implementation team? Will the activities be free? Who will author the materials? How sustainable is this project? Can I sign up?

The project is still in Alpha Stage. We are

Looking for funding

Developing the web site

Writing manuals and resources

looking for Subject Matter Experts

Identifying schools and teachers

The End Assessment-for -Learning