- Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional / Course Design, Instructional Strategies
Promoting Academic Integrity: Some design questions for instructors
[social_share/] [social-bio] Here are some propositions about students’ academic integrity that I’ve been working with: Students are more likely to do their work honestly when they see the personal value in what is to be learned. Students are more likely to do their work honestly when they believe the assessment produces actual evidence of what they have learned. Students are more likely to do their work honestly when they’ve had the chance for practice and feedback. Students are more likely to do their work honestly when they know the rules and expect them to be enforced. Designing assessments for academic integrity is much more than tight invigilation processes and tools…
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When Performing Gets in the Way of Improving
[social_share/] [social-bio] I encountered the following video in the spring and have been sharing it with faculty and groups with an interest in questions of assessment. I think it lays a useful foundation for discussions on (1) what it takes to master skills and knowledge, (2) the value of lower stakes practice, (3) the necessity of formative feedback for learning, and (4) recognition that moments of “performance” or assessment for grades are also needed. Additionally, this video supports the thinking behind a core element of the Instructional Skills Workshop—an internationally recognized workshop and certification offered regularly at our Centre. For that workshop, participants practice the facilitation of a 10 minute “mini…