Differentiated instruction with assessments for learning

…with

Assessments

FOR Learning

KINESTHETIC

AUDITORY

VISUAL

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Differentiated Instruction Made Easy…


Assessments: The way it’s been…

The new thinking and role of assessments

Diagnostic & Formative Assessments FOR learning

The Cohesive Learning and Assessment Platform

AGENDA

TEACHING PROCESS LEARNING PROCESS

The way it’s been… with Learning

“Teacher’s job is to teach” “Student’s job is to learn”


The way it’s been…with Assessments


SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

•  Students unable to apply learned content

Results and Missed Opportunities…

•  Swisss cheese learning

•  Rote learning


TEACHING PROCESS

LEARNING PROCESS

THE SYMBIOSYS of Teaching and Learning


The new thinking…

NOT ALL STUDENTS LEARN THE SAME WAY

KINESTHETIC

AUDITORY

VISUAL

The new thinking…


Educators challenge #1…


Use Assessments in a more STRATEGIC way

This is hard work. How to get started…


BEFORE the class or learning begins

AS THE LEARNING OCCURS

By using assessments as…

Diagnostic Assessments Formative Assessments

‘Diagnostic’ ‘Formative’

Monitor progress Adapt your teaching Plan learning paths

‘Summative’

Grade students

Assessment types


ASSESMENTS FOR LEARNING ASSESMENTS OF LEARNING

Diagnostic Assessments

Figure out main LEARNING PATH

Identify what they know and don’t

know

Plan for the DETOURS

For required

areas they need to focus on

and CHALLENGE paths


Formative Assessments

MONITOR PROGRESS

Continuous polling

Quick tests

PROVIDE FEEDBACK

Nurture critical

thinking

Use “open” tests

MODIFY PATHS

Adapt teaching to

actual learning




Use Learning content in Assessments

How to put new STRATEGY into practice?

IN DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS

Leveraging Learning Content…


To assess what students know or don’t know

IN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Leveraging Learning Content…


Help students apply what they learned, if they have to connect the dots… show them the dots.


Assessments AS Learning

Assessments… become moments of learning! New learning content created during assessments!


Assessments AS Learning

Students feeling empowered for their learning...

… and more engaged!



Use a Cohesive & Holistic Platform for Content and Assessments

Implementation too time consuming Many disconnected tools

COURSES

LEARNING PATHS

ASSESSMENTS

MULTI-MEDIA ASSETS

PAGES

The Blended Learning Platform


Nested Reusable Content &

Assessment Objects

COURSES

LEARNING PATHS

ASSESSMENTS

MULTI-MEDIA ASSETS

PAGES



Nested Reusable Content &

Assessment Objects

ACTIVITY LOGS

BRIEFCASE VIRTUAL WHITEBOARD

LIVE CHAT

REAL-TIME COLLABORATION

COURSES

MULTI-MEDIA ASSETS

PAGES

ASSESSMENTS

LEARNING PATHS



Content Management

and Collaboration

Apps

ACTIVITY LOGS


LIVE CHAT


COURSES

MULTI-MEDIA ASSETS

PAGES

ASSESSMENTS

LEARNING PATHS



Content Management

and Collaboration

Apps

ACTIVITY LOGS


LIVE CHAT


COURSES

MULTI-MEDIA ASSETS

PAGES

ASSESSMENTS

LEARNING PATHS



MOBILEFRIENDLY


FOR BOTH LEARNING & ASSESSMENTS

Embrace BYOD

They are always logged on

90% of students have it

Increase engagement

Conclusion


Embrace Assessments

FOR Learning

AS Learning

Use a Cohesive Platform

that Embodies

Learning & Assessments!

Corollary


ALL students or trainees attending a class …

UNDERSTANDING what they need to learn ...

and ready to immediately APPLY that learning.

Teaching Ultimate Goal

HIGHER RETENTION | IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION | INCREASED CERTIFICATION

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Differentiated instruction with assessments for learning