Engaging Assessment Activities with Blackboard

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• Engaging Assessment Activities with Blackboard
• Norm Vaughan
• nvaughan_at_mtroyal.ab.ca
• Wednesday August 27, 2003

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Overview

• 1) Terminology
• 2) Online Assessment Discussion - Advantages
  Challenges
• 3) The Triangle of Student Assessment
• 4) Blackboard Assessment Examples
• 5) Questions, Concerns and Issues
• 6) Resources

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Terminology

• Assessment . . . . is getting to know our
  students and the quality of their learning.
• Paul Ramsden (1992)

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Terminology

• Assessment
• Refers to the critical role in formal education
  of assessing students attainment of educational
  objectives (Garrison and Anderson, 2003)
• Assessment occurs throughout the course, thereby
  providing summative information on learning
  accomplishments to both student and teacher

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Terminology

• Evaluation
• Refers to the act of comparing a unit, course or
  program against some set of performance or
  outcome criteria
• Criteria are often set by external agents or
  organizations, but the interests of the teacher
  and students are the driving forces within
  evaluation policies

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Online Assessment Discussion

• What are the advantages of online assessment (why
  bother)?
• What are the challenges of online assessment
  (issues and concerns)?
• Think/Pair/Share
• Online Assessment Overview
• MRC Discussion Summary

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Triangle of Assessment

• Concrete Knowledge Acquisition
• Knowledge construction and reflection
• Knowledge transfer and performance
• Web Resource

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Blackboard Assessment Examples

• Concrete Knowledge Acquisition
• Surveys and quizzes
• Knowledge construction and reflection
• Discussion forums and journals
• Knowledge transfer and performance
• Portfolios, PBL group work, web based artifacts
• Demo Blackboard Site

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Questions, Comments, Discussion
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Resources

• Garrison, D.R. Anderson, T. (2003).
  E-Learning in the 21st Century A Framework for
  Research and Practice. London RoutledgeFalmer.
• Ramsden, P. (1992). Learning to teach in higher
  education. London RoutledgeFalmer