Developing Authentic Assessments: Have My Students Learned Anything?
PRLS 2013 at Leeward CC, Pearl City, Hawaii
May 13-17, 2013
Info: http://prls2013.weebly.com
You’ve designed the assignment, met with students as they worked on it, and now you have the finished product in front of you. The results are not what you expected, and you ask yourself, “Are my students really learning anything?”
If this scenario is even vaguely familiar, this workshop track is for you. We will go through a step-by-step process, starting with student learning outcomes and culminating with assessment tasks and measurement tools. Continue reading
Ready to teach, create, or advocate for PBL?
Registration is now closed for Roots and Wings.
Join us in lovely Charleston, SC for the 2013 Roots and Wings Instructional Leadership Institute co-sponsored by Destination PBL and SC ATE Center for Excellent on March 10-14, 2013.
Visit their Teaching Technicians Blog for additional information and links to registration forms.
Tracks: PBL Practitioners, Scenario Builder, & PBL Administrators
My experience taking a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Course name: “Designing a New Learning Environment”, Fall 2012
Instructor: Paul Kim, Assistant Dean for Information Technology and CTO, Stanford University School of Education
http://venture-lab.org/education
This was a 9 week course, and 18,054 students from all over the world registered. Over halfway through the course only 730 students were still working on it. I ended up spending every Sunday afternoon or evening during the rainy October and November months working on the class. I am not aware of a certificate or any other proof that I could get that I completed it. Continue reading
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