The design stage
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Assessment approach & strategies
We always try to simulate authentic tasks. In this project we tried to use formative and summative assessments, but in many cases ended up with problem-based tasks which are so much more than formative – portfolios, assignments, simulations and role plays.
To engage the learners we included a range of materials to stimulate learning in a way that was informative and not dull – magazines, web pages, visiting experts, cartoons.
However, a lot of the evidence we got from the training providers themselves indicated that the teachers were not all that computer literate themselves. So we thought that a paper-based or email-based approach might be the best thing for many of the tasks.
Draft assessment resources
Assessment design was done largely as a joint effort between the content expert and the instructional designer. In most cases the instructional designer basically constructed the assessment tasks and verified them with the content expert.
Learner support information
The teacher’s guide provided information on how all this might be pulled together to provide evidence.
