Authentic Assessment
Authentic Assessment is a six-week course that will introduce you to the principles and practice of this approach to assessment of student learning. Authentic assessment takes into account the contexts in which learning might actually be used once students leave the university. It is an attempt to assess what students actually know, value, and can do in a way that is well-integrated into the entire learning environment of a course. In this course you will learn how to align assessment with intended learning outcomes, how to design meaningful assessment measures that motivate students and even design assessments that help students learn as they are being assessed.
By experiencing a variety of authentic assessment methods in the student role, reading about them, and practicing adaptations of them, you will be in a better position to judge which of these methods you can use in your own courses, as suits your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs. Most importantly, you will have the opportunity to create an authentic, well-reasoned assessment measure that you could use in your own disciplinary context – with feedback and help from your instructors and colleagues.
Past offerings
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Authentic Assessment
Dates: November 3, 2010 to December 8, 2010. The course runs for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 1:30-4:30pm in Lambton 2103.
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Authentic Assessment
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Authentic Assessment
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Authentic Assessment
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Authentic Assessment
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Authentic Assessment
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.
Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.
NOTE 1: Pedagogical knowledge is an asset, though not a requirement. While this course does not require any prerequisites, be advised that it will be most useful to those who have already completed the certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching certificate (UTC) Program.
NOTE 2: By successfully completing this course, participants will have made significant progress toward completion of a certificate in Theory and Practice of Scholarly Teaching, the second level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. However, in order for such credit to accrue, you must be registered in the program.