8004 Design for Learning recap

There are 4 learning outcomes associated with this course, what are they?

• Evaluate the impact of innovative and effective teaching and learning strategies, learning activities, technologies and assessment strategies through an in-depth understanding of the process and practice of Design for Learning.

• Build learner capability using Design for Learning principles through regular critical feedback including assessments and support them to use this information critically to guide further learning.

• Evaluate strategies that create new opportunities for supporting diverse learners to engage in learning in different contexts including prior learning, facilitating learner agency, self-regulation, and collaboration.

• Critically analyse learner evidence and data to adapt their behaviour to meet summative assessment requirements and NCEA requirements

• Critically reflect on teaching practice using Design for Learning principles to modify teaching approaches to address the needs of individuals and groups of learners.

What are the assessment outputs for this course?

• Presentation

• Artefact

• Collaboration evidence

• Artefact proposal

• Artefact contribution

What are learning capabilities?

• A set of skills that a learner has

• Very similar to key competencies

• Allows the linking of personal knowledge with wider social and cultural practices with the added element of agency

There are three commonly used categories of assessment methods. ERO (2007)

• Assessment as learning

• Assessment for learning

• Assessment and learning

• Assessment of learning

Assessment for Learning is

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

• Diagnostic assesment

Assessment of learning is

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

• Diagnostic assessment

Assessment as learning is

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

• Diagnostic assessment

Where was the study from Nagy (2016) conducted?

• New Zealand

• Australia

• England

• Finland

Which areas did Nagy (2016) track his learners in after refining his prototype?

• Behaviour

• Engagement

• Diligence

• Attitude

How are we defining evidence from our learners on this course?

• Almost anything that is to do with their learning

• Physical/digital samples/documentation that provide proof of what students do and do not understand.