eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

She presented the case for using authentic assessment and CAE’s 20-year history of using performance tasks to measure secondary and higher education students’ college and career readiness skills.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Johnsrud: We have a lot of history of technology in the classroom that we can learn from. If it's really easy for your students to cheat and get an A on your assessment, is that an authentic assessment? I know that's not always easy to do, but I like that AI is pushing this vision of authentic assessments forward a bit.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Imagine a history course where students interact with AI-based chatbots posing as historical figures or a literature course where AI-generated scenarios allow students to delve deeper into a novel’s context. I think this forces us, in a good way, to think about the inherent value of assessments.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

While the basic principles of assessing learning remain the same, teachers must learn new approaches for authentic assessment in a virtual space. Using document histories the teacher can see all of the contributions that different students have made along the way.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Imagine a history course where students interact with AI-based chatbots posing as historical figures or a literature course where AI-generated scenarios allow students to delve deeper into a novel’s context. I think this forces us, in a good way, to think about the inherent value of assessments.

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