Robert Dragan (@robert_dragan) and Dawn Alderson (@dawn_alderson) led a very lively tweet chat yesterday on Assessment and Student Engagement. Despite Twitter itself playing up, colleagues discussed the following six thought provoking questions and you can read the full record that was captured in Storify. Here is the TAGSExplorer visualisation.
Q1: What do we mean by student engagement? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/0EZR2YhLdX
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Q2: How is assessment perceived by teachers and students? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/4oB89qMzCQ
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Q3: How do you design assessment that engages students? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/MvwycMjvVu
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Q4: What forms of assessment are most likely to lead to student engagement? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/fJQp9SSX28
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Q5: Besides increasing engagement, what are the broader goals of well designed assessment? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/Z8xdXjJjrV
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Q6: What is the future of assessment? #lthechat pic.twitter.com/kqjphNLyR3
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 21, 2016
Assessment is definately on my agenda at the moment, and I’ll need some time to reflect on my own thoughts on this topic. But themes that seemed to emerge from the chat were that assessments that engage students need to be be authentic, aligned to the learning outcomes, and negotiated with the students that we are assessing.
#LTHEchat continues to go from strength to strength and is my primary way of topping up my enthusiasm for teaching. Why not join me, next Wednesday at 8:00 pm BST?
