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Syllabus
PT3412 Netcourse, Technology
Supported Assessments (TSA)
Dr. Jason Ravitz (June,
2001).
OVERVIEW
Each week there will be
an exciting Reading, Activity, and Discussion.
Let us know
if you have any problems, so we can help you make the most of your time.
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Start the Readings early
so you can enjoy the discussion as it develops.
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Try each Activity early
in the week, and report problems right away!
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Don't wait until you "finish"
to get started with the Discussions.
Post initial ideas, respond
to colleagues, come back and and develop new understandings together!
Weekly Checklist!
If you don't know what
to do, try this -- When an entire column is checked (to your satisfaction)
you're done!
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| READING |
Catch
up with latest thinking in the field. |
Go
to Course Documents. Download and print a few weeks in advance,
to be safe! |
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| ACTIVITY |
Experience
what this means in practice. |
Instructions
are provided in the Assignments for each week. |
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| DISCUSSION |
Help
improve each others ideas! |
Discussion
Boards include
prompts for the Reading & Activity each week. Reply to these and then
to each other. |
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| Let
us know how it is going! |
Pull
together for the next round of excitement! |
Monitor
progress using "Weekly Discussions" in the Discussion Board. |
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Socialize.
Have fun! |
Enjoy
your classmates! |
Use
the "Water Cooler" and other areas in the Discussion Board for meeting
each other. |
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READINGS
Instructions for Downloads
- Save it and Print!
Print these, mark them up,
carry them around with you. This should help you think about this class
even when you're not at the computer, and it is safer this way too!
Opening New Links:
When you click on outside links in this seminar (going to sites with readings
or activities) they will open in a *new window*. You may have to
move this window aside to see it, and then move that one aside to return
here. Try
It
Week 1: Diving In
Baker, E. (1998, November).
Understanding Educational Quality: Where Validity Meets Technology, by
Eva L. Baker, William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture Series. Princeton, NJ:
Educational Testing Service. Available : http://www.ets.org/research/pic/angoff5.pdf
Week 2: Information Seeking
and Problem-Solving
Underdahl, J, Palacio-Cayetano,
J., & Stevens, R. (2001). Practice Makes Perfect Assessing and Enhancing
Knowledge and Problem-Solving Skills with IMMEX Software. Eugene, OR: International
Society for Technology in Education. [WWW Document]. Available (for limited
use): http://www.gse.uci.edu/Ravitz/immex/immex.html
Week 3: Automated Essay
Grading
Foltz, P., Laham, D., &
Landauer, T. (1999). The Intelligent Essay Assessor: Applications to Educational
Technology. Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced
Learning, 1(2). Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University, [WWW Document].
Available: http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/1999/2/04/printver.asp
Week 4: Concept
Mapping
Ruiz-Primo, M., Schultz,
S., Li, M., & Shavelson, R. (1999, June) On the cognitive validity
of interpretations of scores from alternative concept mapping techniques.
CSE Technial Report 503. Center for Study of Evaluation. Los Angeles,
CA: UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation, [WWW Document].
Available: http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/Reports/TECH503.PDF
Week 5: Knowledge Forum
What Results Show.
Summary of Research Findings. [ WWW Document]. Available: http://www.knowledgeforum.com/Research.htm
Week 6: Handheld Collaboration
Assessments
Means, B., Penuel, B. &
Quellmalz, E. (2000). Developing Assessments for Tomorrow's Classrooms.
Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology. Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Education. [WWW Document]. Available: http://www.ed.gov/Technology/techconf/2000/means_paper.html
ACTIVITIES
Week 1: Profiler (online
survey with dynamic display)
Week 2 IMMEX (online problem-solving
demo)
Week 3: Latent Semantic
Analysis (online essay grading)
Week 4: CRESST's Knowledge
Mapper (online concept mapping assessment)
Week 5: Knowledge Forum's
Analysis Toolkit (online conversation assessment)
Week 6: Handheld Assessments
(handheld ollaboration asessment)
New technologies offer incredible
opportunities, but who knows? The technology gods may frown on our
attempts. Don't worry. We'll have alternative activities in reserve in
case one or another does not pan out. There are some obstacles: browser
system versions being one, but we have tested these out. Thanks for joining
us on this new frontier! :-)
Remember to save your work
in other applications, and quit the ones you are not using whenever doing
work in this class! If you still have problems, try boosting your memory
allocation for Acrobat Reader or Netscape/Explorer.
EXPECTATIONS - Roles of
instructor and participants
The biggest challenge
of
taking a course online is not the technology or the content, it is keeping
everyone engaged and interacting with each other. A NetSeminar is not a
self-study course! Maintaining regular commmunication and participation
will make the course more useful and enjoyable for everyone.
The Instructor's job is
to select activities and readings that promote learning without wasting
participants' time, to be responsive to public and private communications,
and to accomodate the unique interests, needs, and situations of each participant
as much as possible. However, the 'Netseminar' model calls for instructors
to 'stay out of the middle' of group discussion as much as possible once
a topic is begun. Directing the flow and content of conversations around
the readings is part of the...
Participant's role. Participation
involves keeping up with assignments and readings, making contributions
to the group discussion in a timely enough manner that conversation can
ensue (i.e. don't wait until Tuesday night every week to post!) and taking
responsibility to direct the flow of discussion toward important issues
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