Sustainability education and leadership
Assessment, evaluation, rubrics and related topics
Other topics coming soon!
These articles refer to techniques and activities I have used to actively engage learners in credit courses, professional development seminars and in other settings:
Cassidy, A. 2011. Sustainability Education: Leading by Example. Pages 15-16, Bridges, January 2011. Volume 9, No. 2. University of Saskatchewan. www.usask.ca/gmcte
Cassidy, Alice. 2011. Communities of Practice: A checklist for success. Transformative Dialogues: teaching and learning eJournal. Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2011. Learning Communities: Online and Face to Face. http://www.kwantlen.ca/TD/Current_Issue.html
Cassidy, A. 2009. Follow the trail from learning to teaching with real world connections. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal. March 2009http://kwantlen.ca/TD/TD.2.3/TD.2.3_Cassidy_Follow_the_trail.pdf
Cassidy, A. 2009. 50 ways to lure your learner. Volume II, Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT). Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE);http://apps.medialab.uwindsor.ca/ctl/CELT/vol2/CELT1.pdf
Also see my most up-dated version of 50 Ways/Actively engage/Add some new spice to your teaching repertoire. It is always being updated as you send me more examples to add. Cassidy50ways_Actively_engage_add_some_new_spice
Cassidy, Alice, Maryam Nabavii and Yona Sipos. 2008. Learning Goals and Objectives. Pages 35-43. In Road to Global Citizenship: An Educators’ Toolbook. (Harlap, Y., Editor). Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, in collaboration with UNICEF, University of British Columbia.http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:CTLT_programs/Global_Citizenship/Road_to_Global_Citizenship Direct to the pdf: http://gc.ctlt.ubc.ca/
Cassidy, A. 2007. Learning: The Times, the Ways, and the Places. The Teaching Professor. January, 2007. Volume 21 (1): 4.http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/issue/681/
Cassidy, A., T. Griffiths and J. Nakonechny. 2001. Concept Mapping: Mirroring processes of thinking and learning. Tapestry. Number 4. September, 2001. Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG). University of British Columbia. http://tag-test.olt.ubc.ca/Tapestry/Number4/mapping.html
These articles make specific reference to assignments in the Biology 345 (Human Ecology) course:
Cassidy, Alice. 2011. Building Critical Reflection into CSL Group Assignments: Show what you learned in school today. Pages 198-202. Chapter 10.5. Example Syllabi and Assignments. Global Praxis: Exploring the ethics of engagement abroad.http://ethicsofisl.ubc.ca/?page_id=1750
Cassidy, A. 2010. Learning Portfolios: Creative Connections between Formal and Informal Learning. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT), Volume 3. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE).http://apps.medialab.uwindsor.ca/ctl/CELT/vol3/CELT11.pdf
Cassidy, Alice. 2008. Teaching and learning approaches. Pages 60-61. Road to Global Citizenship. An Educator’s Toolbook (Yael Harlap, Editor). Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:CTLT_programs/Global_Citizenship/Road_to_Global_Citizenship Direct to the pdf: http://gc.ctlt.ubc.ca/
Conference sessions (co-presented with students from Biology 345 and other collaborators):
Invited: Sustainability Across the Curricula: Examples, Ideas and Future Possibilities. Alice Cassidy, Associate Director, and Yona Sipos, Graduate Student Assistant, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, University of British Columbia. Sustainability and Stewardship Day, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC, February 13, 2008.
Students as Co-Researchers and Co-Presenters. Alice Cassidy, Associate Director and Yona Sipos, Graduate Student Assistant, Centre for Teaching and Academic, University of British Columbia. 2007 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. University of Alberta.
Flexible assignments for student choice, motivation, and learning. Tegan Adams, Alice Cassidy, Sarah Jackson, Laura Ludtke and Nadine Stunzi, Students and Instructor, Biology 345 (Human Ecology). 2006 UBC Learning Conference. University of British Columbia.
Motivating Students through Assignments that Make a Difference: Community Service Learning at UBC Farm Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. Alice Cassidy, Zoology Department and Georgia Stanley, 3rd year Land and Food Systems student. 2006 UBC Farm Symposium. University of British Columbia.
Reading Week Projects: Engaged Student Learning. Shayne Tryon, UBC Learning Exchange; Alice Cassidy, Zoology Dept. and TAG; Alina Horga, Christina Mercier, Ben Mulhall, Elsa Sardinha and Jonny Starling, Biology 345 Students. April 1, 2005. UBC Farm Research and Education Symposium. University of British Columbia.http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/documents/Symposium_1b.pdf
Bringing Real Life into the Curriculum: Reflections on helping students learn. Alice Cassidy, Zoology/Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth; Rose Higgins, Terri-Lyn Kerr and Kathy MacDonald, Biology 345 Students. 2004 UBC Learning Conference. University of British Columbia.
Beyond Surfing: Prepare your students for effective research using the web.Alice Cassidy, Lecturer, Zoology Department; Sally Taylor, Biology Reference Librarian, Woodward Library and Sarah Tsang, 3rd year Honours History with International Relations + minor in Commerce, student in Biol. 345. 2002 UBC Learning Conference. University of British Columbia.
Real-life projects that promote inquiry-based learning and meet expressed needs in the community. University of British Columbia. Alice Cassidy, Lecturer, Zoology Department; Marie O’Connor, Biology 345 student; Brenda Sawada, UBC SEEDS Coordinator, Land and Building Services; and Sarah Seymour, Biology 345 student. 2001 UBC Learning Conference.
Sustainability education and leadership
Sustainability Programs, Organizations, Journals and other Resources
Summary prepared by Alice Cassidy, In View Education and Professional Development, Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), Canada http://cassidyinview.wordpress.com/
October 2011
The material that appears below was collected following email requests sent to members of the POD (Professional and Organizational Development), STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) and EDC (Educational Developers Caucus) listserves, as well as alumni of the 2009 and 2010 SEI at the University of British Columbia. I have also added material from research and reference searches conducted by my colleagues, Sarah Nyrose and Yona Sipos, and myself.
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Programs:
Algonquin College and Conestoga College, both in Ontario, Canada: collaborated to create a new certificate program designed to help educators incorporate environmental and sustainability education as well as corporate social responsibility components within their curricula. http://xweb.algonquincollege.com/woodroffe/program.aspx?query=1816X07PWO
BC Working Group on Sustainability Education, Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), Canada: started in 2006; connects organizations, educational institutions, government and others for the purpose of furthering sustainability education across the province. http://www.walkingthetalk.bc.ca/
The Center for Ecoliteracy has a program called Schooling for Sustainability Leadership. http://www.ecoliteracy.org/events/schooling-sustainability-leadership-academy-2011-2012
Cloud Institute: prepares K-12 school systems and their communities to educate for a sustainable future by inspiring educators and engaging students through meaningful content and learner-centered instruction. For the past 3 years they have had teams in their NJ Learns, partnering with Sustainable Jersey and funded by the Dodge Foundation. Jamie Cloud is the founder, director and a dynamo for sustainability. http://www.cloudinstitute.org/
goBEYOND campus sustainability network, based in Vancouver, BC: a student-driven group that engages students, faculty, staff and community partners at post-secondary institutions, with the goal to move schools beyond climate-neutral. Supported by community partners, government groups at various levels, and others. http://www.go-beyond.ca/
Next Up, based in BC, and recently expanded to Alberta and Saskatchewan: a leadership program for young Canadians committed to social and environmental justice, with a broad and indirect connection to sustainability education. http://www.nextup.ca/index.php/more-info/
Pacific Spirit Project, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, BC: a version of the Piedmont/Ponderosa workshop, has run annually since 2009; initially offered for faculty members within the School of Construction and Environment, and now open to all disciplines at BCIT. http://www.bcit.ca/construction/sustainability/pacificspirit.shtml
Piedmont Project, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia: launched in 2001 by Peggy Bartlett and Arri Eisen. Modeled after the Ponderosa Project, with NAU leaders coming to Emory to facilitate the opening workshop, and subsequently led by rotating teams of Emory faculty facilitators. Aiming to infuse sustainability and environmental issues across the curriculum, it later expanded to include a program for graduate students. http://sustainability.emory.edu/page/1021/Piedmont-Project/
Ponderosa Project, Northern Arizona University (NAU): first offered in 1994, designed by Geoff Chase and Paul Rowland. The main goal of this interdisciplinary faculty group effort is to incorporate environmental sustainability issues into university courses with the ultimate goal of providing future citizens the education and skills necessary to achieve sustainable communities and societies. http://www2.nau.edu/~ponder-p/
Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, MA in Environmental Education Communication: has 1-year and 2-year certificate and diploma options as well as the degree, an interdisciplinary program that focuses on developing competency and skill in educators and communicators who present to environmental information to audiences. http://www.royalroads.ca/program/environmental-education-and-communication-ma
Sustainability Education Across the Province (SEAP), based in Vancouver, BC: began in 2010, by two alumni of the SEI as a follow-up to their project. Hosted by a different post-secondary institution each year, this collaborative initiative that envisions sustainability being integrated throughout post-secondary curriculum, focuses on faculty members. http://www2.capilanou.ca/services/sustainability-on-campus/Our-Community/educational-activities/SEAP-2011.html
Sustainability Education Intensive (SEI), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Created and first offered in 2009 by Alice Cassidy, Yona Sipos and Sarah Nyrose. A 2.5 day workshop provides tools, resources and time for participants, including faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students from any discipline or unit, to develop a project plan to integrate or enhance sustainability in their course, program or initiative. Studio sessions (and financial support for UBC colleagues) over 7 months following the workshop further supported participants, culminating in a showcase event to celebrate and share the results. http://blogs.ubc.ca/tagsustainability/
University of Bath, UK: Master’s Program, Responsibility and Business Practice in the School of Management, with action research based practice of leadership for sustainability as the focus http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/news_events/news/2007/26-03.html
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada: has identified sustainability as a curriculum direction, detailed in a 2010 Presidential Task Force Report. http://www.uoguelph.ca/sustainability/
Western Washington University: has an Office of Sustainability dedicated to furthering Western’s strategic goal of campus sustainability. http://www.wwu.edu/sustain/
Williams Lake, BC: This town runs on volunteerism and citizen initiative, which are alive and well here. For example, The Potato House is a new society intending to convert an old home and garden into a centre for sustainability. The City did some very pro-active planning through a process called “Imagine our Future”. The Scout Island Nature Centre is also a hot-bed of teaching and learning about nature and reducing ecological footprints. http://welcometowilliamslake.ca/index.php/human-interest/76-human-interest/2773-the-potato-house-of-manuel-and-alcina-quintela.html
WKU (formerly Western Kentucky University) held a faculty development retreat on sustainability across the curriculum, with an incentive to attendees to develop or revise courses. Over 15 courses were developed in disciplines from Nursing to Marketing to Management to Kinesiology, Recreation and Sports to English to Sociology. There is also a new Masters degree in Social Responsibility and Sustainable Communities and a new Sustainability Concentration in the MBA program. In summer, 2011, WKU sponsored the first regional Education for Sustainability Summer Institute, for p-20 teachers, faculty, and administrators. http://www.wku.edu/cees/
Organizations:
American Society for Engineering Education (which has an Environmental Engineering Research division). See Project #2 associated with the ASEE NSF Kaleidoscope project: https://sites.google.com/site/k12greenroofs/pkal-sustainability-in-stem-ed… You need to be an ASEE member, though you do not need to be American (even though it is funded by the National Science Foundation).
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education http://www.aashe.org/
Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future http://www.ulsf.org/
Earth Charter Initiative, http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/ Read the Charter at http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html
Global University Network for Innovation, http://web.guni2005.upc.es/; also GUNI Toolbox – Recommended Bibliography http://web.guni2005.upc.es/news/detail.php?id=1722
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium http://www.heasc.net/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/ See also a popularized version of the fourth assessment report.
UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 http://www.desd.org/ – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
University Leaders Towards a Sustainable Future http://www.ulsf.org/ – US-based secretariat for the Talloires Declaration on sustainability in higher education.
US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development http://www.uspartnership.org/
Journals:
Australian Journal of Environmental Education http://www.aaee.org.au/publications/ajee.htm
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca/
Environmental Education Research http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ceer
International Journal of Sustainability Education http://emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1467-6370
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijshe
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tsue
Journal of Environmental Education http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/vjee
Journal of Sustainability Education http://www.jsedimensions.org/ojs/index.php/jse
Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
Publications:
Bartosh , O., Mayer-Smith, J., Peterat, L. & Sinkinson, S. (2005). Integrating science and environmental education on the urban farm: A Teacher’s story. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 3-6, 2005. [Paper #206984, CD]
Bateson, G. (2000). Steps to an ecology of mind. Chicago University of Chicago.
Beckford, C. (2008). Re-orienting environmental education in teacher education programs in Ontario. Journal of Teaching and Learning, 5(1): 55-66.
Cassidy, A. 2011. Sustainability Education: Leading by Example. Pages 15-16, Bridges, January 2011. Volume 9, No. 2. University of Saskatchewan. www.usask.ca/gmcte
Cole, Anna G. (2007). Expanding the field: Revisiting environmental education principles through multidisciplinary networks. Journal of Environmental Education, 38(2), 35-45.
Davis, B., Sumara, D. & Luce-Kapler, R. (2008). Engaging minds: Changing teaching in complex times. (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Ernst, J. (2009). Influences on US teachers’ use of environmental-based education. Environmental Education Research, 15(1): 71-92.
Gruenewald, D. (2003). The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place. Educational Researcher, 32(4), 3-12.
Hidalgo, N. H., Sau-Fong, S., & Epstein, J. L. (2004). Research on families, schools, and communities: A multicultural perspective. In J. A. Banks (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Howard, P. (2008). Ecology, phenomenology and culture: Developing a language for sustainability. Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education, 2(4): 302-310.
Lin, E. (2002). Trend of environmental education in Canadian pre-service teacher education programs from 1979-1996. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 7(1), 199-215.
Mayer-Smith, J., Bartosh, O, & Peterat, L. (2009). Cultivating and Reflecting on Intergenerational Environmental Education on the Farm. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 14: 107-121.
McKeown-Ice, R. & Dendinger, R. (2000). Socio-political-cultural foundations of environmental education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 31(4), 37–45.
Price, C. G. & McGee, C. D. (2009). Reflecting on the use of metaphor: Two professors’ processes of discovery. Teacher Educator, 44(1): 56-69.
Sipos, Y. and Battisti, B., & Grimm, K. (2008). Achieving transformative sustainability learning: Engaging head, hands and heart. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9(1), 2008, 68-86.
Skelly, S.M. & Bradley, J.C. (2000). The Importance of school gardens as perceived by Florida elementary school teachers. Hort Technology, 10: 229-231.
Thomashow, M. (1995). Ecological identity: Becoming a reflective environmentalist. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Books, with notes by contributors:
Get growing! Activities for food and gardening learning. (2010). A teacher resource elementary and middle grades. Mayer-Smith, J. and L. Peterat (Eds). Vernon: Really Small Vernon Press.
Civil Engineering: for sustainability resources, especially around sustainable urban planning, I have my students read chapters from books on Transit Oriented Development and Smart Growth, for example.
Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability (2004). Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Göran Broman, David Waldron, Henrik Ny, Sophie Byggeth, David Cook, Lena Johansson, Jonas Oldmark, George Basile, Hördur Haraldsson, and Jamie MacDonald.
Sustainability on Campus: Stories and strategies for change. Peggy F. Barlett, Geoffrey W. Chase. (2004). MIT press. A classic!
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. Chip Heath and Dan Heath. A truly excellent book on organizational behaviour.
Teaching Business Sustainability, Volume 2: Cases, Simulations and experiential approaches, edited by Chris Galea. This has provided some good activities, particularly an exercise in Chapter 4 from Darcy Hitchcock and Marsh Willard.
Teaching Environmental Literacy Across Campus and Across the Curriculum. (2009).
Edited by Heather L. Reynolds, Eduardo S. Brondizio, and Jennifer Meta Robinson
with Doug Karpa and Briana L. Gross.Indiana University Press. http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=150002
I really enjoyed this book.
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. (2009).Wade Davis.
Other resources, with notes by contributors:
Check out the resources and links at: http://www.naturalstep.org/
These resources, about educating engineers for sustainable development, relate to courses at Manchester and have extensive bibliographies. The ‘Appendices’ volume gives guidelines on how the approach can be used in other universities: http://osier.ac.uk/164/ http://osier.ac.uk/165/
Look here for resources related to courses at Gloucestershire:
http://www.glos.ac.uk/research/prsi/esd/Pages/default.aspx
Arran Stibbe’s edited work ‘Sustainability Literacy’ is a useful resource.
The Higher Education Academy SHED SHARE listserv from the UK is a wonderful source of information http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/esd. Subscribe by emailing listserv@jiscmail.ac.uk
See http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/aug/04/ci-sustainability-efforts-earn-a-silv
er-rating-387/ and STARS organization associated with that rating.
Barth, M., G. Michelsen and Z.A. Sanusi, 2011. A review on higher education for sustainable development-looking back and moving forward. J. Soc. Sci., 7: 100-103. http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/jssp.2011.100.103
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Many thanks to the contributors:
Rudi Aksim, Facilitator and Instructional Designer, Carp, Ontario
Nancy L. Ashton, Social and Behavioral Sciences/Psychology, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, New Jersey
Peggy Bartlett, Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Annette Berndt, Senior Instructor, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia (BC)
Geoff Chase, Dean, Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University
Zoë Broom, P.Eng, Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Justina Brown, Instructional and Multimedia Designer, Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment , Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Ileana Costrut, MA in Sustainability Education, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Naoko Ellis, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Jane M. Fraser, Chair, Department of Engineering, Colorado State University-Pueblo
Margaret Gardiner, Program Assistant, First Nations Languages Program, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Nancy Givens, Sustainability Programs Development Coordinator, WKU Center for Environmental Education and Sustainability, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Cathy Koot, Research Coordinator, Alex Fraser Research Forest, Faculty of Forestry, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Ed Nuhfer, Director of Faculty Development and Professor of Geoscience
California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California
Bland Tomkinson, Consultant, Stockport, United Kingdom
Will Valley, Graduate Student, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Roselynn Verwoord, BEd, MA (Society Culture & Politics in Education), Vancouver, BC
Gavan Watson, Educational Developer, Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support (COLES), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Gretchen Whetham, Faculty, Business Administration, College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, BC
Larry White, Academic Chair, School of Public Safety, Underwater Skills, Recreation and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Applied Arts and Health Sciences, Seneca College – King Campus. King City, Ontario
Angela Willock, Student Sustainability Organizer, CityStudio, Alma Mater Society and goBEYOND, Vancouver, BC
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Assessment, evaluation, rubrics and related topics
Compiled by Alice Cassidy, In View Education and Professional Development http://cassidyinview.wordpress.com/
With thanks for contributions from Sue Stanton, Janice Johnson, Isabeau Iqbal and Clarissa Green of the University of British Columbia, contributors to the POD, STLHE and EDC listserves and others named below. Some materials include notes from contributors.
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Learning Objectives:
Cassidy, A., M. Nabavii and Y. Sipos. (2008). Learning Objectives and Objectives. In Road to Global Citizenship: An Educators’ Toolbook. (Harlap, Y., Editor). Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, in collaboration with UNICEF, University of British Columbia. http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:CTLT_programs/Global_Citizenship/Road_to_Global_Citizenship
Oklahoma State University, Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence. This website gives a primer on writing learning objectives, including a chart to match verbs from Bloom’s original taxonomy with particular kinds of assignments and assessments. http://itle.okstate.edu/fd/online_teaching/effectiveobjectives.html
Understanding Objectives: a good ‘basics’ walk-through of the steps in creating, and problems encountered with learning objectives; includes a tutorial: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec540/objectives/ObjectivesHome.html
Simulation and other authentic assessment:
Blog by Quinn Sutton. Includes some links. http://edsimulation.blogspot.com/
Kerka, Sandra. (1995). Techniques for Authentic Assessment. Practice Application Brief. ERIC Clearinghouse. http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED381688&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED381688
Jon Mueller has a freely available online Authentic Assessment Toolbox, that has some detailed chapters related to creating rubrics, and has lots of examples: http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
University at Buffalo, Behling Simulation Center, Mainly related to health, offers workshops and courses: http://ahc.buffalo.edu/simulation/courses.php
This site includes reference to Primary Trait Analysis, used in to assess learning through assessment, as well as links to rubrics. Warning: I found that some links on this site do not work. http://jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com/workshop/workshop6.html
Self-and peer-assessment:
Alverno College has a lot of great information and links: http://depts.alverno.edu/saal/selfassess.html
Background Knowledge Probe: This Phoenix College site has one you can download. An introductory survey, it can be used by students as a self-assessment tool, or you can collect responses and use it as a form of pre-test or needs assessment for lesson planning. This one was used in a Reading and Literacy course: http://pc.maricopa.libguides.com/content.php?pid=118016&sid=1086326
Brown, S. Rust, C. and Gibbs, G. (1994). Strategies for Diversifying Assessment in Higher Education Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development. http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/ocsld-publications/div-ass5.cfm
Race, Phil. (1993). Quality of assessment. Chapter 4 from Never Mind the Teaching Feel the Learning. SEDA Paper 80. Starts with “10 Worries about Assessment” http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/seda-publications/race.cfm
Rubrics and self-assessment tools:
Blumberg, Phyllis. (2008) Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. http://www.usciences.edu/teaching/Learner-Centered/
Phyllis’ fabulous book is a one-stop place for both faculty and faculty developers interested in the implementation/adaption of learner-centered teaching. Filled with insights and examples in addition to the rubrics, it is based on Maryellen Weimer’s work and five dimensions. Using ideas from Weimer’s classic book, Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, Phyllis has developed multiple rubrics that can be put to immediate use, as well as some useful self-assessment tools.
Weimer describes it in her preface as a “a workbook—a self-help book in the best sense of the word.” Later, she comments: “Now there is a whole book to which faculty can be referred—a well-documented book that handles the implementation of learner-centered approaches to teaching with integrity, robustness, and careful attention to detail.”
Rubrics:
Rubric for self-evaluation of syllabi; look for the pdf link on a list of topics from the University of West Florida..http://uwf.edu/cutla/frs-syllabus.cfm
This site has links to rubric makers and pre-made rubrics: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
Stevens, Dannelle D. and Antonia Levi. (2005). Introduction to rubrics: an assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback, and promote student learning. Stylus Publishing. This is the definitive book on rubrics in higher education for us.
WikiPODia’s rubric page was created by Eli Collins-Brown, Bonnie Mullinix, and Season Eckardt. It is very comprehensive and has links to and examples of practicum and portfolio assessment: https://sites.google.com/site/podnetwork/Home/topics-for-discussion/Rubrics
The fifth item in the list, an old but excellent ASCD resource, is the best introduction I know to the concept of rubrics. There are links to many additional references. http://faq.hpu.edu/tlc/faq-pro/index_hpu.php?action=article&cat_id=002&id=144&lang=
Stevens, D.D. and Levi, A.J. Introduction to Rubrics. Stylus Publishing. You can download templates and use other interactive links: http://www.styluspub.com/resources/introductiontorubrics.aspx
Quinlan, A. (2006). A Complete Guide to Rubrics. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland. This book is useful for all grade levels, including adult learners.
Understanding Rubrics. Heidi Goodrich Andrade: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ALPS/thinking/docs/rubricar.htm
Rubric Creation: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/rubrics/rubrics.html
From the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group: http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/Rubrics.htm
Multiple Choice Questions:
Educational Technologies, Virginia Tech: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/assess/items.html
ERIC Clearing House on Assessment and Evaluation http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed398238.html
Georgia Southern University, from Russell Dewey: http://www.psychwww.com/selfquiz/aboutq.htm
Kent State University, from Albert Ingram: http://www.albertingram.com/mctests/
University of Oregon’s Teaching Effectiveness Unit http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/multiplechoicequestions/mc4critthink.html
Writing Multiple Choice Item Writing Dos and Don’ts http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=4&n=11
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General:
The American Evaluation Association http://www.eval.org/
Angelo, T.A. and Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1555425003.html
Assessment listserv: assess@lsv.uky.edu
The list owner is Dr. Roseann R. Hogan, Director of IR and Planning at the University of Kentucky-Lexington vaahogan@ukcc.uky.edu
Assessment of Learner-Centered Practices (ALCP) http://www.alamo.edu/sac/murguia/aclp.htm
Biggs SOLO (Structure of the observed learning outcome) taxonomy, by John Biggs; has similarities to other taxonomies (such as Bloom and Fink) but has also organizes outcomes by level of structure: http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/solo_graph.html
Bloom’s Taxonomy and revised taxonomy. A couple of websites to check out. The last one at Oklahoma State has some great charts, including one called ‘Matching Action Verbs with Bloom’s Taxonomy’ that also connects kinds of assignments and assessments and instructional strategies with the original taxonomy:
http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm
http://www.techlearning.com/article/Blooms-Taxonomy-Blooms-Digitally/44988
http://itle.okstate.edu/fd/online_teaching/effectiveobjectives.html
Carriveau, R.S. (2010). Connecting the Dots: Developing Student Learning Outcomes and Outcome Based Assessments. Denton, TX: Fancy Fox Publications.
Cheser Jacobs, L., and Chase, C.I. (1992). Developing and using tests effectively: A guide for faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Chickering, A.W. and Gamson, Z. F. (1987). Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. The American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, March 1987. http://www2.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/guidebk/teachtip/m-files/m-7princ.htm
Crisp, Geoffrey. The E-assessment Handbook. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. The related e-assessment website: http://andy.services.adelaide.edu.au/moodle/ at the University of Adelaide has a wide variety of topic links.
Daley, Barbara J. (1999). Novice to Expert: An Exploration of How Professionals Learn. Adult Education Quarterly. Summer, 1999. Volume 49(4): 133-147. http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/49/4/133.abstract
Fenwick, T.J. and Parsons, J. (2009). The Art of Evaluation: A handbook for educators and trainers. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing. http://thompsonbooks.com/books/higher-education/art-evaluation.html
Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This is a very cleverly designed site with what looks like a lot of great resources. It helps to bridge gaps that may exist between objectives and assessments and has helpful links to portfolios, performance assessment and much more: http://www.flaguide.org/
Fink, D. (2003). Creating Significant Learning Experiences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gronlund, N. (2003). Assessment of student achievement. (7th ed.). New York, NY: Allyn and Bacon.
Huba, M. E., and Freed, J. E. (2000). Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
McMillan, J. H. (2001). Classroom assessment: Principles and practice for effective instruction (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN 020529751X
Nitko, A. J. (2001). Educational Assessment of Students (3rd ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-013708-1.
Online Learning Assessment Levels of Authenticity. From the Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation (WTCS) and WIDS. Charts and guides, that you can copy and use if credit is given. Your best bet is to google this phrase to get to the very helpful charts: ‘Summary chart of levels of authenticity’
Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development. Many web links possible through searches. Start here: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/perry.positions.html
Popham, W. J. (2002). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN 0-205-33304-4
Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE), an online journal http://pareonline.net/
Ramsden, Paul. (2003). Fourteen rules for better assessment. In Learning to teach in higher education (2nd edition), p. 204-205. London: Routledge Falmer. http://www.deakin.edu.au/itl/pd/tl-modules/assessment/thinking-assessment/ramsdenquote.php
Sefton-Green, J., and Sinker, R. (2000). Evaluating Creativity: Making and Learning by Young People. New York: Routledge. ISBN -415192420
Svinicki, M.D. (1993). Four Rs of effective evaluation. The Teaching Professor, 7 (9), 3-4.
Trice, A. D. (2000). A handbook of classroom assessment. Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley Longman. ISBN 0321053974
Walvoord, B.E. and V. Johnson Anderson. (2009). Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, 2nd Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. This new edition offers a hands-on guide for evaluating student work and examines the link between teaching and grading. And, it is a lot more than grading. One of the classics http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470502150.html
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Compiled by Alice Cassidy, In View Education and Professional Development http://cassidyinview.wordpress.com/
Thanks to Lydia Jones and Anton Tolman for their contribution of some materials. Do you have something to add? Let me know and I can update the list!
Barrett, H.C. (2007). Researching Electronic Portfolios and Learner Engagement: The REFLECT Initiative. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 50(6), 436-449.
Biggs, J. (1999). What the Student Does: Teaching for Enhanced Learning. Higher Education Research & Development, 18(1), 57-76.
Blair, G.K. (2003). Portfolio-based Learning and Assessment in Professional Schools. Workshop. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference. June 11, 2003. University of British Columbia.
Brown, J.O. (2002). Know Thyself: The Impact of Portfolio Development on Adult Learning. Adult Education Quarterly, 52(3), 228-245.
Cassidy, A. (2010). Learning Portfolios: Creative Connections between Formal and Informal Learning. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT), Volume 3. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://apps.medialab.uwindsor.ca/ctl/CELT/vol3/CELT11.pdf
Challis, M. (1999). AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 11 (revised): Portfolio-based learning and assessment in medical education. Medical Teacher. Vol.21(4): 370-386.
du Boulay, C. (2000). From CME to CPD: Getting Better and Getting Better? Individual Learning Portfolios May Bridge Gap Between Learning and Accountability. BMJ, 320(12), 393-394.
Endacott, R., Gray, M., Jasper, M., McMullan, M., Miller, C., Scholes, J., & Webb, C. (2002). Using Portfolios in the Assessment of Learning and Competence: The Impact of Four Models. Nurse Education in Practice, 4(4), 250-257.
Fryer-Edwards, K., Pinsky, L.E. & Robins, L. (2006). The Use of Portfolios to Assess Professionalism. In Measuring Medical Professionalism Ed. D.T. Stern. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Gerrish, Kate. (1993). An evaluation of a portfolio as an assessment tool for teaching practice placements. (1993). Nurse Education Today. Volume 13, Issue 3, June 1993, Pages 172-179. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026069179390099N
Herring, D., Hibbs, R., Morgan, B. & Notar, C. (2007). Show What You Know: ePortfolios for 21st Century Learners. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 86-92). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Herteis, Eileen M. and Simmons, Nicola. (2010). The Portfolio Process. Green Guide #10. London, Ontario: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). http://www.stlhe.ca/resources/green-guides/
Klenowski, V. (2010.) Portfolio assessment. International Encyclopedia of Education. 3rd Edition. Editors-in-Chief: Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker and Barry McGaw. Elsevier. Pages 236-242. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080448947
Lankes, A.M.D. (1998). Portfolios: A New Wave in Assessment. T.H.E. Journal, 25(9).
Parbooshigh, J. (2007). Learning Portfolios: Potential to Assist Health Professionals with Self-Directed Learning. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 16(2), 75-81.
De Rijdt, C., Tiquet, E., Dochy, F. & Devolder, M. (2006). Teaching Portfolios in Higher Education and Their Effects: An Explorative Study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 22(8), 1084-1093.
Snadden, D. & Thomas, M.L. (1998). Portfolio Learning – Does it Work? Medical Education, 32, 401-6.
Tillema, H.H. (1998). Design and validity of a portfolio instrument for professional training. Studies in Educational Evaluation. Vol.24(3): 263-278
Utah Valley University. From Anton Tolman. Try a subject search for portfolio, rubric, and/or peer review for links: http://www.uvu.edu/facultycenter/
Wright, W.A., Knight, P.T. & Pomerleau, N. (1999). Portfolio People: Teaching and Learning Dossiers and Innovation in Higher Education. Innovative Higher Education 24(2), 89-103.
Zubizarreta, John. (2009). The Learning Portfolio. Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning. 2nd Edition. John Wiley and Sons.
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