Assessing quality: Learner analytics, or human intuition?Brandon Muramatsu
Bror Saxberg's presentation at Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning hosted by MIT and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, January 24-25, 2012, Cambridge, MA.
CSCL Tools for Regulating Collaboration & TeamworkTieLab
Mariel Miller & Allyson Hadwin, University of Victoria
Presented at the 2013 conference for the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Increasing emphasis on collaboration in academic and work contexts means learners are required to develop skills for regulating teamwork. The purpose of this study was to examine scripting and visualization tools for supporting regulation of shared task perceptions during a complex collaborative task. Prior to the task, groups engaged in individual and group planning using either (a) a scripting tool structuring regulation including task analysis, or (b) a scripting tool augmented with visualization of each member’s task perceptions. Findings indicated that, in both groups, shared task perceptions were generally accurate in relation to the instructor’s expectations. However, groups (a) struggled to construct consensus among diverse individual perceptions, (b) demonstrated little active and purposeful construction of shared task perceptions, and (c) encountered planning related challenges during collaboration. Groups showed small improvements across assignments, however, many difficulties re-occurred.
Assessing quality: Learner analytics, or human intuition?Brandon Muramatsu
Bror Saxberg's presentation at Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning hosted by MIT and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, January 24-25, 2012, Cambridge, MA.
CSCL Tools for Regulating Collaboration & TeamworkTieLab
Mariel Miller & Allyson Hadwin, University of Victoria
Presented at the 2013 conference for the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Increasing emphasis on collaboration in academic and work contexts means learners are required to develop skills for regulating teamwork. The purpose of this study was to examine scripting and visualization tools for supporting regulation of shared task perceptions during a complex collaborative task. Prior to the task, groups engaged in individual and group planning using either (a) a scripting tool structuring regulation including task analysis, or (b) a scripting tool augmented with visualization of each member’s task perceptions. Findings indicated that, in both groups, shared task perceptions were generally accurate in relation to the instructor’s expectations. However, groups (a) struggled to construct consensus among diverse individual perceptions, (b) demonstrated little active and purposeful construction of shared task perceptions, and (c) encountered planning related challenges during collaboration. Groups showed small improvements across assignments, however, many difficulties re-occurred.
Drivers’ are defined as policy and strategy levers that have the least and best chance of driving successful reform. A ‘wrong driver’ is a deliberate policy force that has little chance of achieving the desired result, while a ‘right driver’ is one that achieves better measurable results for students. John Hattie found that feedback has more effect on achievement than any other factor.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
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It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptx
Chapter 1 marzano
1. Chapter 1: What will I do to establish and communicate learning goals, track students’ progress, and
celebrate success?
For learning to be effective, clear targets in term of information and skill must be established.
Track progress at the end and through the unit.
Celebrate success.
In the Classroom Begin the unit by passing out a sheet of paper with the three learning goals.
At the bottom of the page the students record their own goal. “By the end of
the unit I want to know…”
Brief whole class discussion. Say the personal goals are great.
Create a rubric for each goal.
Formative information is collected and students chart their progress using a
graph.
Progress is celebrated for each student.
Research and Theory An effect size tells you how much larger or smaller you might expect the
average score to be in a class where students use a particular strategy.
Feedback is intimately related to goal setting.
Goal setting and feedback used in tandem are probably more powerful than
either one in isolation.
Reinforcing effort means that students see a direct link between how hard
they try at a particular task and their success at that task.
Students see a direct relationship between how hard they work and how
much they learn.
Intrinsically motivated behaviors are ones for which there is no apparent
reward except the activity itself.
Extrinsically motivated behaviors refer to behaviors in which an external
controlling variable can be readily identified.
The effect of extrinsic reward on free-choice behavior was negative. In
contrast, positive effects are reported when the measure of intrinsic
motivation is students’ interest.
When verbal rewards are employed (positive comments about good
performance, acknowledgments of knowledge gain) the trend is positive
when intrinsic motivation is measured either by interest/ attitude or by free-
choice behavior.
It is an injustice to the integrity of our teachers and students to simply
advocate that educators focus on the use of rewards to control behavior.
Actions steps
Action step 1. Make a distinction Learning goal: a statement of what students will know or be able to do. They
between learning goals and learning can be stated in one of the following formats
activities or assignments. -Students will be able to … (procedural knowledge)
-Students will understand…(declarative knowledge)
Content knowledge can be organized in two broad categories
-Declarative knowledge: it is information in nature.
-Procedural knowledge: it involves strategies, skills, and process.
Action step 2. Write a rubric or scale The simplified scale contains five whole- points value only: 4.0; 3.0; 2.0; 1.0;
for each learning goal. 0.0.
The simplified scale is a good starting place for teachers who are not familiar
with using scales of this design.
A more detailed scale has half point scores: 3.5; 2.5; 1.5; 0.5.
The half point scores allows for partial credit to be assigned to items.
The more values a scale ahs, the more precise the measurement.
Action step 3. Have students identify Students can relate their own interest to the content addressed in class.
their own learning goals.
2. Students personal goals
-When this unit is completed I will better understand…
-When this unit is completed I will be able to…
They can scale their own progress with a simplified scale.
Action step 4. Assess students using a It allows students to observe their own progress.
formative approach. It is used while students are learning new content.
Examining the gradual increase in knowledge for specific learning goals
throughout a unit.
Action step 5. Have students chart their Identify the progress they wish to make and willing to do to make that
progress on each learning goal. progress.
Action step 6. Recognize and celebrate See their progress in time.
growth Focusing on knowledge gain also provides a legitimate way to recognize and
celebrate (like with a round of applause).
Summary
What will I do to…
Establish and Track students’ Celebrate success
communicating progress.
learning goals.
Using
Involves
Distinguish between
Formative Scale Charting
Recognizing Acknowledging
assessment progress
students’
Learning Learning
knowledge gain
goals activities