POSTPONED: Measuring Student Learning: Course Design Part 3 √ §

In this discussion, we’ll continue the work begun in last year’s course design and alignment  sessions to examine how to measure student learning with rubrics and test maps. In past sessions, we explored student-centered backward design, which helps us clarify what students will know and be able to do when they complete the course in the student learning outcomes. Backward design also helps us identify (and specify for students) what successful achievement of the outcomes looks like in the form of projects, tests, and assignments aligned to the outcomes. Two key tools help educators measure student learning: rubrics and test maps. Rubrics scaffold learning as students develop their responses to assignment prompts, and they help teachers to both respond to students with feedback and gain insights about where students have already demonstrated their learning effectively and where they need additional development. Likewise, test maps reveal effective learning in tests and quizzes. We’ll explore how to create and use these tools, how to help students apply them effectively, and how to extract learning data. In a later session, we’ll examine how to analyze and apply the learning results.

Part of a year-long series on course design, we began by discussing student learning outcomes and aligning your course design. We’ll continue to build on this work by looking at measuring and analyzing course design. Feel free to join one or all of these sessions.