The purpose of this blog is to invite you to share your experiences and teaching approaches to achieve rich learning experiences in an online learning environment by focussing on authentic assessment that encourage learning dilemmas to prepare students to be effective learners in a learning society and equip students with a ‘learning approach for life’ (Boud, 2000).
I encourage you to explore this blog through the links on the left to:
- definitions of authentic assessment and learning dilemmas
- principles of authentic assessment
- online pedagogy and rich learning experiences
- changing roles of assessment, the teacher and the learner
I look forward to your comments, questions and feedback.
I leave you with this thought:
In contemporary societies, where the challenge for educators and students is to 'prepare for the unknown by means of known', quality learning experiences must cultivate authentic assessment and learning dilemmas that foster critical reflection and self-assessment to challenge the learner’s meaning scheme (specific beliefs, attitudes, and emotional reactions) (Mezirow, 1998) to achieve personal, autonomous thinking that engender new beliefs.
Cheers, Maxine
References
Boud, D. (2000). Sustainable assessment: rethinking assessment for the learning society. Studies in Continuing Education, 22(2), 151-167
Bowden, J. & Marton, F. (1998). The university of learning: beyond quality and competence in higher education. London: Kogan Page.
Mezirow, J. (1998). Transformative learning and social action: A response to Inglis. Adult Education Quarterly, 49(1), 70-73
