The teaching team

Four tutors, from very different teaching backgrounds and with varying experience in university teaching, worked alongside the unit coordinator over nine tutorial groups with a total enrolment of 240 students. Lectures were conducted by the unit coordinator who also worked with two tutorial groups. Tutors were responsible for facilitating the other two-hour tutorials and marking the assessments for their groups. In this context, extensive collaboration was required to maintain authentic and reliable assessment.

One of the teaching approaches advocated in this unit was constructivism because as DeVries and Zan (1994) claim (Jensen & Kiley, 2005), it engages learners' interests, inspires active experimentation, and fosters cooperation. The team modelled how active, engaging, authentic, and collaborative learning opportunities result in the construction of knowledge and understanding. Teaching in a constructivist framework requires an alignment of teaching methods, assessment and classroom climate to support students acquiring the skills and understandings necessary for effective teaching and learning (Biggs, 2001).

With such diverse backgrounds, knowledge and understanding within the team, there was a need to develop a common understanding regarding the assessment tasks themselves, as well as fair standards of professional judgments of student mastery of the tasks. This can be time-consuming and challenging. EDL1201 used the process of developing rubrics for the assessment tasks, a strategy that assisted the team to develop common understandings.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

الأمين العام للعتبة العباسية المقدسة يتابع ميدانيًّا خدمات المواكب والأقسام المقدمة لزائري الأربعين

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تحدد موعد إعلان إحصائية زائري الأربعين

مجمع أبي الفضل العباس (عليه السلام) يختتم أعماله الخاصة بزيارة الأربعين بإقامة مجلس عزاء

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تنظم مجلس عزاء بذكرى أربعين الإمام الحسين (عليه السلام)

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

حجم جزء محدد من الجسم يعكس الصحة العامة ومخاطر الأمراض

تفشي عدوى بكتيرية بفرنسا يحتمل ارتباطها بنوع من الجبن الطري

دراسة حديثة تكشف ما تفعله الشاشات بـ"قلوب الأطفال" !

متلازمة المبنى المريض.. هكذا يتحول تكييف الهواء إلى خطر صحي ؟؟

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

كيف تتعامل مع حرارة الطقس أثناء القيادة؟

لماذا يجب عليك إيقاف تكييف السيارة قبل إطفاء المحرك؟

دراسة تكشف سببا محتملا وراء زيادة خطر إصابة الأطفال بالتوحد

تشيلي.. العثور على متحجرة حيوان ثديي صغير من زمن الديناصورات

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Case 2 Online portfolio and group multimedia project

Results, analysis and discussion Case 1 Online role play

Research methodology

The research context

Literature review Characteristics of good assessment practice

Using Online Environments to Promote Assessment as a Learning Enhancement Process

Utilizing an ICT Tool for Moderating, Marking and Managing Assessment in Large Tertiary Classes Conclusions

Response to feedback

Implications for teaching in large classes

Unit coordinator perspective

Tutor perspective

Findings Student perspective