March 12, 2024Utilizing a Framework for Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessments: Part 2by Aaron TrockiIn December I introduced a framework to support faculty with the complexities of incorporating generative AI into their assessments. One feature of this framework encourages the consideration of separating assessment components into AI-active and AI-inactive sections to better articulate expectations…
February 27, 2024Keep It Simple: Strategies for Adopting Alternative Grading Practices to Enhance Student Learningby Eric Hall and Kristina MeinkingClark, David and Robert Talbert. 2023. Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. New York: Routledge. Grades and grading have long plagued students and instructors alike. Faculty frequently…
February 20, 2024Utilizing a Framework for Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessments: Part 1by Aaron TrockiIn my previous blog post, I introduced a framework developed to assist faculty with incorporating generative AI, such as ChatGPT, in their assessments. I also shared an artificial intelligence-supported assessment (AI-SA) and some of my thinking underlying its structure and…
December 5, 2023A Preliminary Framework for Artificial Intelligence–Supported Assessments: Models of Assessment and Feedbackby Aaron TrockiSince interviewing Rachel Forsyth a couple months ago, I have been writing and piloting assessments that incorporate artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT. My work was in response to her consideration of how AI could be used to help students and…
November 14, 2023Traditional and Alternative Approaches to Grading: Models of Assessment and Feedback by Aaron TrockiRecently, a colleague and I reconnected at a professional conference and discussed my efforts in writing this blog series. We have known each other for about seven years and have always enjoyed talking shop and joking around. In an effort…
October 24, 2023Inevitable Tensions and Some Good News: Models of Assessment and Feedbackby Aaron TrockiAbout two years ago, my wife and I had numerous conversations about her job satisfaction. At that time, she had worked for the same company for over ten years and had taken on a variety of roles during her tenure….
October 3, 2023Perspectives on Assessment and Feedback: Interview with Rachel Forsyth, Part 2by Aaron TrockiIn my last blog post, I introduced Rachel Forsyth, author of Confident Assessment in Higher Education (2023). She shared her perspectives on what makes assessment practices effective for faculty and students. In this portion of the interview, we moved on…
September 12, 2023Perspectives on Assessment and Feedback: Interview with Rachel Forsyth, Part 1 by Aaron TrockiWhile exploring various models of assessment and feedback in recent months, an opportunity presented itself to gain some expert perspectives on these topics. I recently met Rachel Forsyth, author of the book Confident Assessment in Higher Education, at the 2023…
August 1, 2023An Admission and Overview: Models of Assessment and Feedbackby Aaron TrockiThe week before my first teaching experience, I had a 20-minute chat with the assistant department chair on how to teach college students. He handed me a printout of class roles for two lab sections of Introduction to College Algebra—36…
July 17, 2023Refresh: Demonstrating Knowledge Using Oral Assessmentsby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Episode 11 In this episode of Limed: Teaching with a Twist, Matt Wittstein follows up with Mark Burnham from Season 1, Episode 8, “Demonstrating Knowledge Using Oral Assessments.” Matt and Mark discuss Mark’s experience…