Course Assessment Practices And Student Learning Strategies In Online Courses

Author(s): Arend, B. D.
Date: 2007
Publication: Online Learning
Citation: Arend, B. D. (2007). Course Assessment Practices And Student Learning Strategies In Online Courses. Online Learning. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/1712.
Section on webpage: Grading
Tenets: Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Considering alternative histories and narratives.
Annotation: This article focuses on several formative and summative assessment types and student learning strategies. The author discusses the best way to create assessments based off of these learning strategies in the online classroom.

 

Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Conceptual Model for CATs in the Online Classroom

Author(s): Bergquist, E. & Holbeck, R.
Date: 2014
Publication: Journal of Instructional Research
Citation: Bergquist, E., & Holbeck, R. (2014). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Conceptual Model for CATs in the Online Classroom. Journal of Instructional Research, 3, 3-7. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1127639.
Section on webpage: Grading
Tenets: Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: This article discusses Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS) and how they can be adopted in the online classroom. The steps to assessing students via CATS include identifying the learning objectives, choosing the best way to assess this objective, implementing this assessment in an online discussion forum, analyzing student responses in an online discussion forum, and reteaching any areas where students are not excelling.

 

Using Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Proactive Approach for Online Learning

Author(s): Bergquist, E. & Holbeck, R.
Date: 2013
Publication: Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Citation: Bergquist, E., & Holbeck, R. (2013). Using Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Proactive Approach for Online Learning. Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-assessment-grading-and-feedback/using-classroom-assessment-techniques-a-proactive-approach-for-online-learning/.
Section on webpage: Grading
Tenets: Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: The authors of this article argue that there are several Classroom Assessment Techniques that work best in the online classroom. These CATS include directed paraphrasing, student-generated test questions, and double-entry journal. By utilizing these CATS, teachers are able to better assess students’ knowledge and involve students in their own learning.

 

7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom

Author(s): Fleming, N.
Date: 2020
Publication: Edutopia
Citation: Fleming, N. (2020). 7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-ways-do-formative-assessments-your-virtual-classroom.
Section on webpage: Grading
Tenets: Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: In this article, the author gives several ideas for teaching online and building an environment that promoted equity, trust, support, while also Promoting cooperative learning. These resources include, “dipsticks, digital journals and one pagers, elevator pitches and tweets, square, triangle, and circle, make art your assessment, peer to peer evaluations, and virtual exit tickets.”

 

Learning Assessment in Online Courses

Author(s): The K. Patricia Cross Academy
Date: 2020
Publication:
Citation: The K. Patricia Cross Academy. (2020). Learning Assessment in Online Courses. https://kpcrossacademy.org/learning-assessment-in-online-courses/.
Section on webpage: Grading
Tenets: Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: This article provides several video links that describe resources for those teaching and assessing online. These videos give educators visual tutorials for how to implement several CATS in the classroom. Also listed are several questions to provide guidance on which of these techniques to use.

 

How can universal design be applied to instruction

Author(s): The Center for Universal Design in Education
Date: 2021, April 9
Publication: DO-IT
Citation: The Center for Universal Design in Education. (2021, April 9). How can universal design be applied to instruction. DO-IT. https://www.washington.edu/doit/how-can-universal-design-be-applied-instruction?128=.
Section on webpage: Accessibility and Universal Design
Tenets: Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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COVID-19 and Caring-First Social Justice Classrooms

Author(s): Bond, N. & Gillion, K.</a.
Date: 2020, September 1
Publication: Teachable Moments: The National Teaching & Learning Forum
Citation: Bond, N. & Gillion, K. (2020, September 1). COVID-19 and Caring-First Social Justice Classrooms. Teachable Moments: The National Teaching & Learning Forum, 29(5), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1002/ntlf.30245
Section on webpage: Creating Cultures of Care
Tenets: Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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Methodological Cyborg as Black Feminist Technology: Constructing the Social Self Using Computational Digital Autoethnography and Social Media

Author(s): Brown, N. M.
Date: 1/8/2018
Publication: Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies
Citation: Brown, N. M. (2018, January 8). Methodological Cyborg as Black Feminist Technology: Constructing the Social Self Using Computational Digital Autoethnography and Social Media. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies 19(1), 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708617750178.
Section on webpage: Considering Big Tech and Technology Integration
Tenets: Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
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Feminist Disability Studies Pedagogy

Author(s): Knoll, K. R.
Date: 2009
Publication: Feminist Teacher
Citation: Knoll, K. R. (2009). Feminist Disability Studies Pedagogy. Feminist Teacher 19(2), 122-33. www.jstor.org/stable/40546086.
Section on webpage: Accessibility and Universal Design
Tenets: Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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Quality Education is Accessible

Author(s): TheDOITCenter
Date: 4/6/2017
Publication: YouTube
Citation: TheDOITCenter. (2017, April 6). Quality Education is Accessible [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_LKVTaXpo&feature=youtu.be.
Section on webpage: Accessibility and Universal Design
Tenets: Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
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