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Kombucha and Virtual Labs

Tonight I watched a recent JMBE Live session I missed with Marcos Garcia-Ojeda on Ddecember 2, 2022. They described their adaptations to online lab sessions. The title was “Microbiology Labs with Virtual and Hands-On Parts.” Garcia-Ojeda published this work with colleagues in the JMBE 2022 special issue. Garcia-Ojeda explained that there are several challenges to […]
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A Decade Later, Reflections on Alternative Assessments

Tonight I watched the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 session entitled “Revisiting the Authentic Assessment Framework a Decade after it as Created to Measure the Authenticity of Contemporary Assessment Tasks” presented by Kelley Burton. They are from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Burton published “A Framework for Determining the Authenticity of Assessment Tasks: […]
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Adaptable Assessments

Suzanne Wakim presented a session entitled “Adaptable Assessment Design” at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022. Wakim is a biology and honors faculty at Butte Community College in California. Wakim also trains faculty in online course design. They spoke about disasters and the need to shift to online education. Wakim noticed that courses with adaptable assessments […]
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CT Simulations and Mock Interviews

I continue to watch the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 recordings. Tonight I watched Eileen Giles and Lisa Cunningham present “Simulated Clinical Competency Testing and Mock Interviews.” They presented together on their alternative assessments within the bachelor of radiation therapy: a four-year undergraduate program. The fourth year has clinical placements and several clinical blocks. Since 2019, […]
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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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Digital Narrative Assignments and Experiences of Visually Impaired Learners

Yasser Atef presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on the experience of a visually impaired student. Atef is at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Atef shared their experience and spoke about self-reflection, self-assessment forms, and digital narratives. Atef explained how they navigate assessments and use self-assessment forms to enhance their learning. They spoke […]
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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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