Week 3 Reaction

David Huckleberry Reading Reaction 3

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H   How much of the final course grade do you typically allot to testing? How many tests/exams do you usually require? How can you avoid creating a “high stakes” environment that may inadvertently set students up for failure/cheating?

There are 3 exams throughout the semester, that will make-up 50% of their course grade. These are proctored exams and I have not seen many signs of cheating, and for the most part students do well on the exams.

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  What expectations do you have for online assessments? How do these expectations compare to those you have for face-to-face assessments? Are you harboring any biases?

I have some reservations about giving much weight to online assessments due to the ease of collaborative answers or blatant cheating. But I am more comfortable with lower stakes formative assessments throughout the semester being online.

·         What trade-offs do you see between the affordances of auto-scored online quizzes and project-based assessments? How will you strike the right balance in your blended learning course?

There is the obvious time-savings to me in online quizzing, however they are easiest when they are multiple-choice and that doesn’t address the HOTS that I want to target. Project work will do a better job of problem-solving and thinking skills, but more difficult to assess.

·         How will you implement formal and informal assessments of learning into your blended learning course? Will these all take place face-to-face, online, or in a combination?

I think a combination will work best. I am not ready to give up the exams being the primary assessment, but I want to give more weight to online activities and open-ended projects as well.