Assessment in Higher Education: Professional Development for Teachers
Intermediate
Online
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Perspectives: Why do we assess in higher education?
- Perspectives: What influence do grades have in assessment systems?
- Perspectives: How can assessment help in engaging students?
- Perspectives: Is the quality and reliability of our assessments robust enough to make high stake decisions?
- Perspectives: Is group assessment a desirable option in higher education?
- The usability of assessment: Using the utility formula to select a method of assessment
- The usability of assessment: A visualisation of the utility formula
Readings
- Meet the experts
- More reading on the role of assessment
- Building block for peer review: Assignment about the Utility Formula
Video
- Animation on the assessment cycle
Reading
- The assessment cycle overview
Videos
- Introduction to the assessment plan
- Animation on constructive alignment
- Animation on how to write your own assessment plan
- Animation on how to create an assessment matrix
- Perspectives: How do students prepare for an assessment?
- Perspectives: Could students be involved in your assessments?
- Perspectives: Teachers and their preferences for methods of assessment
- Perspectives: Students and their preferences for methods of assessment
- Perspectives: What kind of methods do teachers use to assess students?
- Perspectives: Best practices according to teachers and students
- Perspectives: Students on easy assessments and time consuming assessments
- Perspectives: Experiences of teachers in how they select the methods of assessment for their courses
Readings
- Constructive alignment overview
- Optional reading: Constructive alignment - John Biggs
- Video: on writing learning objectives
- Manual on how to write learning objectives
- Optional reading: Methods of assessment A-Z
- Activity: Match methods of assessments with their cognitive domain following Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Optional reading: In-class activities and assessment for the flipped classroom
- Assessment plan overview
- Building block for peer review: Connect your learning objectives to the methods of assessment for your course
- Assessment matrix overview
- Building block for peer review: Create your own assessment matrix
- Meet the teachers of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Videos
- What is the role of feedback?
- What are rubrics and why would you use them?
- Holistic rubrics
- Analytic rubrics
- Single point rubrics
Readings
- Building block for peer review: Create your own feedback plan for your course
- How to make a rubric
- A rubric for rubrics
- Websites with examples of rubrics
Videos
- Introduction to assessment construction
- Perspectives: Teachers and their experiences with multiple choice and essay questions
- Perspectives: Multiple choice Q&A
- Introduction to constructing multiple choice questions
- How to construct the stem of a multiple choice question?
- How to construct the answer alternatives of a multiple choice question?
- Perspectives: Open ended questions Q&A
- How to construct open ended and essay questions?
- Perspectives: Group work Q&A
- How to construct group work?
Readings
- Further reading on assessment construction
- Checklist for multiple choice questions
- Further reading on multiple choice questions
- Checklist for open ended questions
- Preparing a correction model
- Further reading on open ended questions
- Checklist for group work
- Further reading on group work
Videos
- Introduction to assessment analysis and evaluation
- How to make the most of peer reviews
- Assessment analysis
- Assessment evaluation and future improvements
Readings
- Checklist for peer review of assessments
- Psychometric analysis
- Optional readings on reliability and validity in assessment
- Final Quiz instruction
- Thank yous and attributions
Practice Exercise
- Assessment analysis & evaluation