Assessment in Higher Education: Professional Development for Teachers
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Approx. 18 hours to complete
Course Summary
This course explores the design, implementation, and evaluation of assessments in higher education. It covers a range of topics including test construction, item analysis, and grading methods.Key Learning Points
- Learn how to design effective assessments for higher education students
- Discover different methods for analyzing test items and grading
- Explore the role of assessments in improving student learning outcomes
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Develop effective assessments for higher education students
- Analyze test items and grades using different methods
- Improve student learning outcomes through assessments
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic knowledge of education principles
- Access to a computer with internet connection
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
- Video lectures
- Quizzes and assignments
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- Educational Psychology
- Effective Communication in Higher Education
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Description
Are you a teacher in higher education wanting to get the best out of your students and assessments? Then on behalf of Risbo, Erasmus University Rotterdam, we would like to welcome you to this MOOC on Assessment in Higher Education. In this MOOC we will guide you through the different phases of preparing, creating and evaluating the assessments in your course.
Outline
- The role of assessment in higher education
- Perspectives: Why do we assess in higher education?
- Perspectives: What influence do grades have in assessment systems?
- Perspectives: How can assessment help in engaging students?
- Perspectives: Is the quality and reliability of our assessments robust enough to make high stake decisions?
- Perspectives: Is group assessment a desirable option in higher education?
- The usability of assessment: Using the utility formula to select a method of assessment
- The usability of assessment: A visualisation of the utility formula
- Meet the experts
- More reading on the role of assessment
- Building block for peer review: Assignment about the Utility Formula
- The Assessment Cycle
- Animation on the assessment cycle
- The assessment cycle overview
- The Assessment Plan
- Introduction to the assessment plan
- Animation on constructive alignment
- Animation on how to write your own assessment plan
- Animation on how to create an assessment matrix
- Perspectives: How do students prepare for an assessment?
- Perspectives: Could students be involved in your assessments?
- Perspectives: Teachers and their preferences for methods of assessment
- Perspectives: Students and their preferences for methods of assessment
- Perspectives: What kind of methods do teachers use to assess students?
- Perspectives: Best practices according to teachers and students
- Perspectives: Students on easy assessments and time consuming assessments
- Perspectives: Experiences of teachers in how they select the methods of assessment for their courses
- Constructive alignment overview
- Optional reading: Constructive alignment - John Biggs
- Video: on writing learning objectives
- Manual on how to write learning objectives
- Optional reading: Methods of assessment A-Z
- Activity: Match methods of assessments with their cognitive domain following Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Optional reading: In-class activities and assessment for the flipped classroom
- Assessment plan overview
- Building block for peer review: Connect your learning objectives to the methods of assessment for your course
- Assessment matrix overview
- Building block for peer review: Create your own assessment matrix
- Meet the teachers of Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Feedback & grading design
- What is the role of feedback?
- What are rubrics and why would you use them?
- Holistic rubrics
- Analytic rubrics
- Single point rubrics
- Building block for peer review: Create your own feedback plan for your course
- How to make a rubric
- A rubric for rubrics
- Websites with examples of rubrics
- Assessment construction
- Introduction to assessment construction
- Perspectives: Teachers and their experiences with multiple choice and essay questions
- Perspectives: Multiple choice Q&A
- Introduction to constructing multiple choice questions
- How to construct the stem of a multiple choice question?
- How to construct the answer alternatives of a multiple choice question?
- Perspectives: Open ended questions Q&A
- How to construct open ended and essay questions?
- Perspectives: Group work Q&A
- How to construct group work?
- Further reading on assessment construction
- Checklist for multiple choice questions
- Further reading on multiple choice questions
- Checklist for open ended questions
- Preparing a correction model
- Further reading on open ended questions
- Checklist for group work
- Further reading on group work
- Assessment Analysis and Evaluation
- Introduction to assessment analysis and evaluation
- How to make the most of peer reviews
- Assessment analysis
- Assessment evaluation and future improvements
- Checklist for peer review of assessments
- Psychometric analysis
- Optional readings on reliability and validity in assessment
- Final Quiz instruction
- Thank yous and attributions
- Assessment analysis & evaluation
Summary of User Reviews
The Assessment in Higher Education course on Coursera has received positive reviews. Many users appreciated the comprehensive content and the practical applications provided. The course received an overall high rating from users.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
The course provides practical applications that can be applied in real-world settings.Pros from User Reviews
- Comprehensive content that covers a wide range of topics
- Expert instructors who provide valuable insights and guidance
- Practical applications that can be applied in real-world settings
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users found the course content to be too basic
- The course may not be suitable for those who are already experienced in assessment in higher education
- Limited interaction with other students in the course
- Some users found the course to be too time-consuming
- The course may not be applicable to all types of higher education institutions
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