Open Pedagogy

Playing the Assessment Game

Ian Turner from the University of Derby in the UK spoke at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on an assessment game they developed. The University of Derby went through what seems to be a major change in their view of assessments a couple of years ago. Turner shared a quote from Brown et al 1997 […]
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The Road to Authenticity through a Pressbooks Resource

Linda Facchini from The Teaching and Learning Centre at Seneca College presented at the Virtual Institute on Alternative Assessment in Higher Education on November 23, 2022. Seneca is in Toronto, Canada. The title of the session was “Road to Authenticity.” Seneca has multiple campuses with diverse programs. They offer diplomas, certificates, bachelors degrees… in-person, hybrid, […]
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Overview of the Digital Literacies Toolkit

Nadine Aboulmagd and Samah Adel presented “Alternative Assessments to Enhance Students’ Digital Literacies.” They both are instructional designers at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. They talked about the digital literacies toolkit. They asked the audience to share in the chat their familiarity with digital literacies. The majority “heard but don’t understand.” They then asked […]
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Assessment Literacies?!

As part of the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022, Andrew G. D. Holmes and Dom Henri from the University of Hull, UK spoke about “Assessment Literacies/University Literacies.” This twenty-five-minute session started with the presenters describing the challenges of reducing the “hidden curriculum:” “tacit and unwritten ‘taken-for-granted’ aspects of the curriculum that some students know and some […]
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Grading Options

Today I watched the 2022 Keynote Speaker for the Alternative Assessment Institute, David Buck. Their title was “Ungrading: A Road to Equity.” They mentioned that “ungrading is a pedagogical mindset (philosophy) that de-centers the control-based function of grades to create space for learning that’s divorced from stress. The learning process is centered, students display agency, […]
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Practical News Storytelling

Catriona Forrest from the University of Glasgow, UK presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on “Practical News Stories.” This course and assignments have developed over time. This masters of sociology course teaches research methods and practical journalism skills. The MSc Media, Communications and International Journalism Program has four core courses. They use a rubric […]
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Asynchronous Alternative Assessments and Language

My good friend, co-facilitator, and blogger, Melanie Lenahan, shared the playlist from the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022. Yay! I now have 15 sessions + 1 keynote to watch. I started with Nadia Jaramillo‘s presentation entitled “Alternative Assessment in Asynchronous Courses.” Jaramillo is an instructional designer and was an instructor. They provided definitions and examples to […]
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Promoting Belonging Across a Department

The ASMCUE 2022 microbrew session I watched tonight was entitled “Measures Taken to Increase Belonging and Retention in a First Semester Majors Biology Course.” Sean Timothy Coleman was the presenter and used a Padlet to share information. Coleman is at a small institution in Iowa. They launched workshops on diversity and inclusion and brought in […]
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Microbial Ecology and Characterization

Tonight I watched “Digging in the Dirt: A Novel CURE in the Race Against Antibiotic Resistance” by Kathleen Boyle, Abigail Multerer, and Marion Toscano from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WI. Mount Mary is a Catholic women’s liberal arts university established in 1913. It is designated as an HSI: Hispanic-serving Institution. In 2021 they were […]
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Tools for Sharing Ideas

Madison Bunderson, Elena Darling-Hammond, & Daniel Pimentel presented at the CAST UDL symposium this summer on “Using Online Tools and UDL to Elicit Learner Voice.” This was a three-video pre-recorded session. Pimentel began by speaking about student voice. I liked how they started with a slide that simply read “it is lovely to meet you.” […]
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