Introduction
Module 8 aims to familiarise foreign language educators with current assessment practices, strategies, and techniques of learning outcomes. To be empowered and further equipped in this task they will learn:
- How learning outcomes are defined by key competence domains.
- To construct learning outcomes taking into consideration the taxonomies of teaching objectives.
- About the different purposes for assessing learning outcomes.
- About practical assessment tools.
Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this module learners will be:
- Familiarised with key competency domains which play a significant part in defining learning outcomes.
- Able to engage into creating and formulating learning outcomes after being introduced to taxonomies of teaching objectives.
- Be informed about traditional and current assessment practices of learner-centered teaching and will be able to employ them in their teaching plans.
- Able to identify the main purposes for assessing learning outcomes and key assessment strategies and techniques.
Duration
Participants will need approximately three and a half hours to go through this module. The time for going through suggested resources for further reading is additional.
Requirements
Learners, to participate, will need basic ICT literacy and the means to connect to the internet.
Suggested Resources for Further Reading
- Assessment Toolkit - Assessment of Student Learning - Missouri State University
- pdf (ufl.edu)
- Assessment Approaches - Academic Programs and Planning - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Educator Competencies for Personalised, Learner-Centered Environments(studentsatthecenterhub.org)
References
- Esdal I., Defining and Measuring Student-Centered Outcomes, EducationEvolving Report, 2018). Retrieved from: Defining-Measuring-Student-Centered-Outcomes.pdf (educationevolving.org)
- Heidi Andrade, Kristen Huff, & Georgia Brooke. 2012. Assessing Learning: The Students at the Center Series. Boston, MA: Jobs for the Future. Retrieved from: http://studentsatthecenter.org/topics/assessing-learning
- Assessing-Learning-Students-at-the-Center-1.pdf (studentsatthecenterhub.org)
- Student-Centered Assessment Resources - Students at the Center (studentsatthecenterhub.org)
- Assessment of learning outcomes (slideshare.net)
- https://london.ac.uk/sites/default/files/cde/assessment-toolkit-I-2015.pdf
- http://teaching.uncc.edu/sites/teaching.uncc.edu/files/media/files/file/GoalsAndObjectives/Bloom.pdf
- Assessment website.pub (Read-Only) (stanford.edu)