Formative Assessment of Learning (Pilot@Aveiro)

Tutors: Nilza Costa & Marta Abelha & Lúcia PomboTechnical Support: Helder Caixinha & Susana CaixinhaVarna Meeting | 23 June 2008

I’m so tired....But let’s start with this presentation!

Pilot overview

• Started 13th March 2008– 1st session (face to face)

• Project & Pilot framework• Pilot introduction• Using Moodle and other technical issues• Teachers group set up

• Ended 16th June 2008• 3 Tutors & 2 Technical assistants • Enrolled teachers: 22• Finished the pilot: 18• Accreditated course at a national level (2 units)

http://wsl2.cemed.ua.pt/eustdweb/index_out.asp

Teaching experience (in years)

Area of Teaching

Teachers - Level of Experience

Teachers - Level of Experience

Professional development needs in assessment

Self evaluation of training needs

Tutors tasks

• Build a pilot journal (for Tutors eyes only)• In a weekly basis

– Portuguese task translation and related deadlines• Individual & Group tasks• Individual Portfolio component

• Give feedback to teachers interactions• Monitor group activities and interactions• Assure prior deadline task submission by all groups• Assure portfolio submission at the end of Pilot

Technical assistants tasks

• Technical helpdesk with– Moodle & Pilot tools and contents

• Reported technical problems– Virus warning in a Word document

• In fact it was a problem with some anti-virus programs!!!– Opening PowerPoint session files

• In some Operating Systems/Browsers combo– Opening some linked files in PowerPoint

• Detected solely in one session files– Portfolio submission issues

• An step-by-step guide was produced

Pilot Resources – Number of Visits

Pilot Forums– Number of Visits

Generic Pilote Forum – post topics

Total number of written posts per forum - by groups

Total number of written posts per forum - by tutor

http://wsl2.cemed.ua.pt/eustdweb/

Tasks & Resources

Tasks Pros & Cons

Contributed for the development of…

Tutor on-going reflections and actions

• Due to some work overload...– Reduction in the number of sessions and proposed tasks

• Session 6 Reflection week• Session 7 Not used in pilot• Session 8 Not used in pilot• Session 9 Some tasks not used in pilot

– Some individual tasks were transformed in group tasks

• Group leader seems to have an important Role in the group dynamics tutors should pay attention to this issue

• The importance of feedback at different levels– Content related– Personal issues– Reinforcing team building within groups

Tutor on-going reflections and actions

• As some key concepts issues arouse – Some further explanation was needed Elaboration of additional

contents that complement the ones given

• Lack of more examples from a “science” perspective

• On-going reflection…– further developments as we’ll gather and analyze more data from

Moodle Logs, Moodle interactions, questionnaires results,

Varna MeetingJune 2008