Authentic Assessments- Poniewozik

Michelle Poniewozik IDT 6500: Instructional Systems Design Professor Shelley Walltonen Moore Fall 2023

Authentic Assessments

Purposefully preparing Learners for Promising Futures

Have you ever considered the impact assessments have on a learner's future?

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Learning Outcomes

At the end of this instruction you will be able to...

Recall the 4 componnets of an authentic assessment

Incorporate the 4 components of an authentic assessment into an original assessment

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Authentic assessments are paving the way for educators to holistically prepare students for promising futures!

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Definition

Authentic Assessment

"An assessment requiring students to use the same competencies or combinations of knowledge, skills and attitudes that they need to apply in the criterion situation in profesional life."

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High-fidelity

An assessment has high-fidelity when "The task and the conditions under which the performance would normally occur" are present in the assessment.

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Benefits

Instructor

Learner

Employer

Increases Interest, Engagement & Awareness

Improves Knowledge, Skills and Attitude

Enhances Employability of Candidates

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IDT 6500 is a prime example of Authentic Assessment

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Please take a moment and reflect on your experiene with this class assignment as an authentic assessment. Please click on the radio button to access my Padlet page to share your story.

Job Aides

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Assessment

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Summary

Conclusion

"Nothing that we do to, or for, our students is more important than our assessment of their work and the feedback we give them on it."

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REsources

Ashford-Rowe, K., Brown, C., & Herrington, J. (2014). Establishing the critical elements that determine authentic assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(2), 205–222. https://doi-org.ezproxy.bgsu.edu/10.1080/02602938.2013.819566

Bastiaens, T.J., Gulikers, J.T.M., & Kirschner, P.A. A five-dimensional framework for authentic assessment. ETR&D 52, 67–86 (2004). https://doi-org.ezproxy.bgsu.edu/10.1007/BF02504676

Bloxham, S., Bruna, C., Bruna, D., Herrera-Seda, C., & Villarroel, V. (2018). Authentic assessment: creating a blueprint for course design. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(5), 840–854. https://doi-org.ezproxy.bgsu.edu/10.1080/02602938.2017.1412396

Messier, Nicole. (2022, April 15). Authentic Assessments. University of Illinois Chicago Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence. https://teaching.uic.edu/resources/teaching-guides/assessment-grading-practices/authentic-assessments/

Pursuit of Life. (2021, June 9). Traditional assessment vs authentic assessment. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLiCCzlCWkA&t=7s

UofM Online Teaching Center for Academic Innovation. (2020, July 8). Creating authentic assessments. https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/creating-authentic-assessments/