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How Sakai helps the Stanford Language Center do assessment
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Sakai and Language Assessment
Ken Romeo, Ph.D.Academic Technology Specialist / Lecturer
Stanford Language Center / Academic Computing June 14, 2010
Background• Me• ESL instructor (20 years)• Academic Technology Specialist (2006)• CourseWork (Sakai) team meeting observer / participant
(2008)• Stanford Language Center• Language requirement• 1995 – new director: Prof. Elizabeth Bernhardt• Emphasis on assessment and professional development
• This presentation• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
(ACTFL 2007) Bernhardt, Molitoris, Miano, Gelmetti, Tsethlikai, Romeo
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Assessment Program
• Objectives• Improve student performance• Enhance credibility (students and the public)• Programmatic consistency
• Methods• ACTFL Oral Proficiency Standards (ACTFL, 1999)• Oral Placement and Exit exams• More face-time for instructors put diagnostic
assessment online (CourseWork)
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Foreign Language Placement
• 800 unregistered students: not in Sakai
• Online tests during the summer
• Oral assessment on campus: 1 hour, cassette tapes
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Exit Assessment: SOPI Definition
• Based on live Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)• Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI):
Instructions + Image Thinking Prompt Response Next
• Software requirements• High stakes: content security and reliability• Enrollment from existing courses (Sakai)• Non-standard roles: Coordinator, instructor• No student control = no web delivery• Securely archive audio recordings (Sakai)
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SOPI Software (Project Manager: Makoto Tsuchitani)• Application (Developer: Casey Dunn)• Desktop Java application• Quicktime for Java – play and record• WebServices to communicate with Sakai
• SOPI Monitor (Developer: Zach Thomas)• Realtime progress of each student• UI depends on role• Packaging for further dissemination
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SOPI Application
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SOPI Monitor Tool
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Technology Integration: Key Points
• Each part has a pedagogically valid purpose and is not focused on technology.
• Uses a standalone application with connection to Sakai to do what the web can’t.
• All instructors create material based on the same standards-based framework.
• Implementation takes a huge number of human hours and coordination across many different groups.
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Thank you!
Ken Romeo :: kenro at stanford dot edu
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