August 9, 2024 Getting Creative with Assessment Design Reading Time: 3 minutes Where you find yourself Are you building an assignment from the ground up while creating or revising a course outline? Or perhaps you’re looking to... Categories Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment
February 6, 2024 Peer Feedback: Grading Tool versus Assessment Tool Reading Time: 3 minutes Peer feedback is a powerful classroom assessment tool that you can leverage to support students’ learning (Patchan et al, 2015; Yu & Schunn, 2023). Particularly... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Collaboration/Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment
November 27, 2023 The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you considering inviting students to use generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of genAI required for workplace... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
October 12, 2023 Designing Multiple Choice Questions with EAL in Mind Reading Time: 4 minutes A Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) item consists of a problem, known as the stem (written as a question or as a partial sentence that requires completion), and a... Categories Creating Assessments/Diverse Identities
September 28, 2023 Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment Reading Time: 4 minutes Peer assessment, also called peer review, is an instructional approach that allows learners to consider, evaluate, and provide feedback on the level, value, or quality... Categories Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments
July 2, 2023 An Introduction to Case-Based Learning Reading Time: 7 minutes The Case Research Committee (CRC) oversees the Open Access Teaching Case Journal (OATCJ) and the Case Research Development Program (CRDP) at Conestoga College, School of... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments
March 17, 2023 Best Practices for Open Book Testing Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you ready to refresh the assessments in your synchronous or online asynchronous courses? As you weigh the option of an open-book test, this teaching tip will provide best practices and considerations for creating the most effective open-book assessment possible. Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
December 20, 2022 Assessment Types Reading Time: 6 minutes Conestoga provides students with a wide range of assessment types. This tip describes the goals for choosing evaluation types, explains how discrete assessments fall within... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Lesson and Course Planning
November 23, 2022 Oral Assessments: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Considerations Reading Time: 6 minutes This tip discusses factors to consider when deciding whether to add an oral exam as a course assessment. Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
April 14, 2022 Writing Assignment Descriptions Reading Time: < 1 minute Evaluation is a key part of teaching. But, when it comes to assignments, what information should you include? How much information is too much? And... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments/Teaching
