Authentic Lesson Design & Assessment

Course Overview

The course will explore the intersections of problem-based challenge design and assessment, focused on the construction of multiple types of classroom-based and curriculum-connected problems for students to solve in the form of Critical Skills Challenges. Essential to successful implementation of problem-based learning and the successful use of Critical Skills Challenges is the use of authentic and multiple assessment tools that effectively engage students, evaluate student performance, and accurately monitor progress toward curricular understanding and critical skill development. The crafting of Challenges and their assessment instruments necessitates fluency in a comprehensive set of design and assessment tools, all examined and practiced in this course. This course provides educators with the capacities to utilize several different strategies for instructional design, feedback, and assessment.

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