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About the Course

For several decades now, assessment has become an increasingly pressing educational priority. Teacher and school accountability systems have come to be based on analysis of large-scale, standardized summative assessments. As a consequence, assessment now dominates most conversations about reform, particularly as a measure of teacher and school accountability for learner performance. Behind the often heated and at times ideologically gridlocked debate is a genuine challenge to address gaps in achievement between different demographically identifiable groups of students. There is an urgent need to lift whole communities and cohorts of students out of cycles of underachievement. For better or for worse, testing and public reporting of achievement is seen to be one of the few tools capable of clearly informing public policy makers and communities alike about how their resources are being used to expand the life opportunities for their children. This course is an overview of current debates about testing, and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of approaches to assessment. The course also focuses on the use of assessment technologies in learning. It will explore recent advances in computer adaptive and diagnostic testing, the use of natural language processing technologies in assessments, and embedded formative assessments in digital and online curricula. Other topics include the use of data mining, learning analytics and artificial intelligence in learning management systems and educational technology platforms. Participants will be required to consider issues of data access, privacy and the challenges raised by ‘big data’ including data persistency and student profiling. -------------------------------- Recommended Background -------------------------------- This course is designed for people interested in the future of education and the "learning society," including people who may wish to join education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." -------------------------------- Related Resources -------------------------------- Online resources are available here: https://newlearningonline.com -------------------------------- Join our Online Communities! -------------------------------- CGScholar (Create an account and join the New Learning community) https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/new-learning/community_updates Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlearningonline Twitter https://twitter.com/neolearning -------------------------------- Take this Course for Credit at the University of Illinois -------------------------------- This course has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the Assessment for Learning course offered to graduate certificate, masters, and doctoral level students in the Learning Design and Leadership Program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually join some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it – we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take this course for credit at the University of Illinois, you will find more information about our program here: https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/overview/ And you can apply here: https://education.illinois.edu/epol/programs-degrees/ldl -------------------------------- The Learning Design and Leadership Series of MOOCs -------------------------------- This course is one of a series of eight MOOCs created by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis for the Learning Design and Leadership program at the University of Illinois. If you find this MOOC helpful, please join us in others! e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age https://www.coursera.org/learn/elearning New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy https://www.coursera.org/learn/newlearning Assessment for Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/assessmentforlearning Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-knowledge-human-development Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies https://www.coursera.org/learn/ubiquitouslearning Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/learnerdifferences Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies https://www.coursera.org/learn/literacy-teaching-learning Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media https://www.coursera.org/learn/multimodal-literacies...

Top reviews

TE

Jun 21, 2020

Supports students in rethinking norm-referenced standards for assessment, in comparison with mastery learning. Also introduces educational data mining and whole-program evaluation.

WI

Oct 9, 2022

this e-learning is designed in well structured. The structure of this e-learning can make participants active and learn step by step in a better way.

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By Mishkat A M

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Oct 8, 2020

I enjoyed the course. It has a lot of useful information. I only wish that the rubric for the peer review is more specific to include the number of academic review to receive a certain number of points. The rubric only says, "Formal scholarly referencing and web links to a comprehensive range of sources" So for example, when I provided six to seven academic references, I received 15 points rather than 20. Also, the rubric does not require providing feedback when points are taken. So, most reviewers took points because they can, not because they have an academic reason. Honestly, if I am paying for the course, I would like to receive feedback to understand why points are taken. Providing feedback is essential to grow and is a factor in my decision to pay for a course.

By Raheema T

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May 13, 2020

This was my first course in the field of education and I really enjoyed it despite the fact I got scared in the start with this new field..

By Metehan G

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Dec 31, 2020

Too many Essential-Peer-Graded Homeworks

By Julia I C

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Jul 19, 2020

The course provides a broad-brush overview of assessment. The course material is at the knowledge level, but many of the assignments ask for analysis. The assignment rubric was not viewable prior to posting the first assignment. I did not receive my first peer review, where I could actually view the rubric until I had already submitted 5 of the 7 assignments. The info on data analytics was enlightening. The final section, on program evaluation, was very generic and not specific to education. I could make the leap to see how it could be relevant, but since this was billed as a basic level course, I should not have had to make that leap. I was somewhat surprised that there was absolutely no reference to Kirkpatrick's four levels of educational evaluation. I did learn a few things I didn't know before, but I do not believe I developed any new skills.

By ANKUR G

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Jan 29, 2020

I am rating 1 star due to the pathetic instructors of the course. Dr. J Greene is worst of them all. She is unable to figure out teleprompter from where she is just reading out stuff. Please appoint some good instructors, this is not expected from Coursera

By Enrico C R

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Aug 15, 2022

This course is very helpful for those who wants to enhance their assessing skills for their students

By carol l

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Jul 25, 2022

It is worth taking the course...There are so many insights that are helpful to us teachers

By modesta f

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Jul 12, 2022

Assessment for learning are necessary to gauge the leanings that the student acquire

By ebony i

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Jul 10, 2022

Thank you so much. Very informative and all modules were explained very well.

By Jose D U J

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Aug 10, 2022

Highly beneficial. Thank you and more power to Coursera. God bless!

By RAMON L A J

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Jul 9, 2022

well done course everything was great and well explain. thank you

By Mylene B d R

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Aug 15, 2022

the course really help me with my teachings

By Ruby C

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Jul 26, 2022

indeed helpful and informative discussions

By Pamela F ( P

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Aug 15, 2022

great learning experience as Professor

By Ritchie H

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Aug 18, 2022

This is a great learning tool.

By Siegrid C

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Aug 8, 2022

A lot to learn from

By Ma L M

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Aug 15, 2022

so much learning

By Augusta A

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Aug 14, 2022

Excellent course

By REGINALD P B

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Jul 17, 2022

Thanks Coursera

By Jose D l

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Jul 12, 2022

i learned a lot from this course especially the important of data mining.

By Sapana S Y

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Oct 4, 2020

Awesome Course

By Ludivina L

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Oct 6, 2022

There are so many things I've learned from this course. From week one to week four. there are so many crucial points that I think made me a better teacher. I"ve learned to make an evaluation that is effective and fitted to the goals I've created. What interest me most is the use of alternative assessment methods and the knowledge I gained about the digital or computer mediated feedback. As a whole I've learned a lot and since I am a nurse I could also apply some things that I've in teaching nursing students, my patient and maybe my grandchildren.

By Werson D A

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Aug 22, 2022

Assessment for learning course is a big help for me who is teaching professional subjects in education leading to research activities of my students. Somehow it made realized the importance of this course to us teachers.

By Ricardo V

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Nov 30, 2022

This course was a great refresher to the lessons I had in college about assessment for learning. It also introduced me to its importance to the digital era along with the challenges and solutions needed.

By Wawan I

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Oct 9, 2022

this e-learning is designed in well structured. The structure of this e-learning can make participants active and learn step by step in a better way.