Authentic Assessments- Poniewozik

Michelle PoniewozikIDT 6500: Instructional Systems DesignProfessor Shelley Walltonen MooreFall 2023

Purposefully preparing Learners for Promising Futures

Authentic Assessments

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

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

Recall the 4 componnets of an authentic assessment

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Learning Outcomes

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

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Can you think of a class that prepared you for the real-world? Please visit my Padlet page to share your experience!

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"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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Authentic Assessment

Definition

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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High-fidelity

Increases Interest, Engagement & Awareness

Instructor

Enhances Employability of Candidates

Employer

Improves Knowledge, Skills and Attitude

Learner

Benefits

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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

Summary

"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."

Conclusion

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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