Hello All, I have had 3 responses so far, to my "All Call" for ideas on assessing different kinds of significant learning, from: - Jeff Straw, NW Michigan College - Larry Schankman, Univ of Wisconsins - La Crosse - Catherine Garland, Castleton College (VT) Keep them coming; I/we still need more! Many thanks to all of you, Dee On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Dee Fink <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello to Everyone on this "Design Learning" List! > > I would like to request help from as many people as possible, who can > respond with some good practices and ideas. > > *Situation* > As you may know, Dee Fink & Associates (DF&A) recently started a new, > 2-week course that provides a good introduction to Integrated Course Design > and the Taxonomy of Significant Learning. > AN ADDITIONAL NEW COURSE: What we in DF&A are now involved in, is > the creation of another, separate 2-week course on "*Assessing > Significant Learning*". We have long known that this part of good course > design is especially challenging for many professors, so we want to provide > an opportunity to do some in-depth learning here. > > *Need* > In this course, among other things, we want to provide some good examples > of the following: > > 1. *Good Assessment Activities*, i.e., prompts, activities, tasks, & > assignments that creates an authentic situation and task for students to > demonstrate a particular kind of desired learning outcome. > 2. *Good Rubrics*, i.e., criteria and standards that are clear and do > a good job of discriminating between good, mediocre, and poor student work. > 3. *Good Grading System*, i.e., a grading system for the whole course > that (a) reflects student achievement of the desired learning outcomes and > (b) encourages students to spend time on important learning activities. > > If you have one [or more] of these that you feel pretty good about, would > you *please share it*, either by responding to this message on the list, > or by emailing it to me? > > That would be very helpful in finding good examples to share with everyone > interested in learning more about good course design, but especially with > people in this new course. > If we do use it in the course, we will get your permission and give > you and your institution some well-deserved credit! > > Many thanks, Dee Fink > > -- > *********************** > L. Dee Fink > 234 Foreman Ave. > Norman, OK 73069 > Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Websites: > www.designlearning.org [multiple resources on course design] > www.deefinkandassociates.com [offer workshops & online courses] > www.finkconsulting.info [Fink's consulting activities & > publications] > > **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005) > **Author of: *Creating Significant Learning Experiences* (2003, > Jossey-Bass) > **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services > > > -- *********************** L. Dee Fink 234 Foreman Ave. Norman, OK 73069 Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 Email: [log in to unmask] Websites: www.designlearning.org [multiple resources on course design] www.deefinkandassociates.com [offer workshops & online courses] www.finkconsulting.info [Fink's consulting activities & publications] **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005) **Author of: *Creating Significant Learning Experiences* (2003, Jossey-Bass) **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services