Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR) Department of Instructional Technology ITEC 7482 – Facilitating Online Learning – 3 rd Semester 1. The assessment, including the instructions to candidates about the assigned task. Title: Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR) Instructions to Candidate: 1. Online Teaching Portfolio – Develop a portfolio of artifacts demonstrating mastery of course standards and reflecting on professional growth in facilitating online learning. Your portfolio will include projects you completed this semester. Your portfolio will include artifacts and reflections on the following: a. Why is the artifact important when teaching online? b. How does the artifact demonstrate mastery of the standards given? c. How does the artifact contribute to your understanding of online teaching and learning? Use the Word template that follows to compile the portfolio. 1
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Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR)Department of Instructional Technology
1. The assessment, including the instructions to candidates about the assigned task.
Title: Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR)
Instructions to Candidate:
1. Online Teaching Portfolio – Develop a portfolio of artifacts demonstrating mastery of course standards and reflecting on professional growth in facilitating online learning. Your portfolio will include projects you completed this semester. Your portfolio will include artifacts and reflections on the following:
a. Why is the artifact important when teaching online?
b. How does the artifact demonstrate mastery of the standards given?
c. How does the artifact contribute to your understanding of online teaching and learning?
Use the Word template that follows to compile the portfolio.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will apply experiences as an online student to develop successful strategies for teaching online. (II.iv.I)
Note: This is a blended unit where the students come to class every other day. I have designed the course for 4 classes with approx. 25 students in each class. I have tried to make it the schedule in such a way that a student could take the course without attending class. It is also part of an accelerated program and so items are due pretty fast. Students will be in a computer lab or have a mobile laptop cart each class period.
Day/DateDue dates follow your schedule 2nd and 4th /1st and 3rd
Activities: All items in this column are listed in the Unit 6 folder. Students should locate the correct page and complete by the date listed below. There are corresponding resources to help you complete each assignment.
Items Due: All items are to be turned in via the schoology dropbox. Follow the instruction for each assignment on the given page.
Notes to students
Jan 12/13 Introduction to the course.TI-84 ResourcesIs online learning for me?
Read Resources information.
Take the “Is online learning for me quiz. “
Post your answers in the forum marked place answers here for “Is online learning for me” Due by Jan 14/15.
The introduction folder will be beneficial if you are absent or taking this course from home. It has extra practice, notes, and resources to help you throughout this unit.
Jan 14/15 Measures of CenterDay 1 Describing DataDay 1 HW Opening Weekend Box Office
Complete the WebQuest in class.
HW is due Jan 18/19
The Measures of Center will help you complete the webquest.
Jan 18/19 Resource: Displaying and Analyzing DataDay 2 Survey DataDay 2 HW Winter Olympics
Day 2 Survey is to be done in class. Day 2 HW is due Jan 20/21.
This is the start of your summative assessment. This assessment is embedded throughout the unit. Each task
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will prepare you for the final product.
Jan 20/21 Resource: Two-way frequency tables.Day 3 NBA AnalysisDay 3 HW Two-way Frequency Tables
Day 3 to be done in class. Day 3 HW due Jan 22/25
Make sure you note the date of when you did your analysis on the NBA conferences.
Jan 22/25 Resource: ti-83 CorrelationDay 4 Best Fit and CorrelationDay 4 HW Best Fit and Correlation
Day 4 to be done in class. Day 4 HW due Jan 26/27
The ti-83 has an assignment just to help make sure you are using the calculator correctly. It is optional.
Jan 26-28/27-29
Day 5 and 6 Data Research ProjectPost your research topic
This will be done in class. You will be revisiting the censusatschools.orgWebsite and completing your summative assessment. Due Feb 4/5
You may work on this at home. Last Day for all missing HW is Feb 2/3
Feb 2/3 Day 7 Unit Test Review Due at the end of class. Study for your Unit Test with this material.
Reminder that all HW assignments are due by the end of the class period Feb 2/3.
Feb 4/5 Day 8 Unit Test and Preview for Unit 7
Test will be done in class. Finish Project if you haven’t submitted as this is the last day to turn in.
Congratulations on completing your first fully online unit. Please leave feedback under the Feedback for Unit 6.
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Reflection:
The course schedule is the plan for the unit and contains a timeline, activities, due dates, and notes to help students’ progress through the course. The timeline helps the instructor to organize the materials. The activities help to develop strategies to provide access to all students. These activities preview the online experiences the students will face and provides a framework to follow when developing the content. The whole document is an essential starting point for the instructor when they are building the unit. This helped me to focus on the content to be taught, when to do each module, and was the foundation for developing the strategies I was going to use to teach this online unit.
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Artifact 2 – Online Course Prep Checklist
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will demonstrate the ability to anticipate challenges and problems in the online classroom. (II.iv.II)
Candidates will continually review all materials and Web resources for alignment with course objectives and standards and or appropriateness. (II.v.I)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This document was created at the beginning of the unit that I taught to the students to anticipate challenges and problems in the online classroom. It addresses concerns such as technology requirements, prerequisite skills, and universal design principles. I met this standard by anticipating what students would need by going through these elements to ensure that all students would have the same access and ability to master the content. It helped me to understand what the learners would need to be aware of by reflecting and planning before the implementation of the online experience. It proved to be a valuable tool as I did experience challenges with students not knowing how to navigate some of the online lessons that I created and had the students work through.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies. (I.i.VII)
Candidates will model appropriate strategies essential to continued growth and development of the understanding of technology operations and concepts. (I.i.VIII)
Reflection: (100-125 words) - Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows the need for continual growth in technology knowledge by researching scholarly articles and learning about online learning resources. This topic is new and rapidly evolving and there is a great need to maintain skill and content knowledge to be a successful online educator. I had to research access and equity to better understand how to best provide access to all learners and to make sure that access was equitable to the diverse populations that would be accessing the online content. I was able to learn a great deal about the need to provide equitable access and how to actually provide equitable access. It shaped my philosophy on how to approach the online learning experience and I was able to implement things from this research into practice.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will differentiate instruction of students’ learning styles and needs and assist students in assimilating and accommodating meaningful information. (II.i.IX)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows the need to differentiate instruction based on students’ learning styles. I took an assessment to learn not only about my learning style but on other peoples’ learning styles as well. The artifact shows the result of this test and my reflection on what I learned from doing this activity. It shaped the planning and implementation of the online unit that I used. This was important as it is vital to understand the different learning styles of students as you won’t have the ability to observe the students that take an online course. Including a learning style assessment will help the student and the teacher be successful in an online course.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will provide an effective online syllabus that lays out the terms of the class interaction for both teacher and students, defines clear expectations for both teacher and students, details the grading criteria and appropriate and inappropriate behavior for students, and explains the course organization to students. (II.ii.III)
Candidates will provide an online syllabus with objectives, concepts, and ideas, and learning outcomes in a clearly written, concise format. (II.ii.IV)
Candidates will provide clearly defined statements informing students what to expect in terms of your response time. (II.ii.VII)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact was a critical component of the online experience. It meets the standard by laying out the terms of the class for both the students and myself. It contains clear expectations for the course including the grading criteria and rules for behavior for the course. It also contains a section on the organization for the course so that students would know how to navigate the material and what would be expected of them. This helped me to understand the course better because of the detail involved in laying out the course to the students. It made me more accountable because of the written commitment and did the same for the students.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will explain the course organization to students. (II.ii.III)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is from the opening page on schoology, visible to the students when they first log in to the site. It contains a welcome letter and instructions on navigating the course. It explains how the course is organized into 9 units and how to understand the material contained in each unit. This proved to be very helpful as I didn’t have to explain how the materials were organized to students or parents. It was critical in helping students know what to do and when to do it by. It helped show me the importance of explaining the course organization as in a fully online course you don’t have the luxury of telling the whole class at the same time.
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Artifact 7 – Student Engagement & Higher Order Thinking
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will demonstrate effective strategies and techniques that actively engage students in the learning process, in designing, and assessing online learners and instruction. (II.i.I)
Candidates will apply technology to engage students’ higher order thinking skills and creativity. (II.i.XI)
Candidates will promote collaborative learning through reflection and social negotiation. (II.i.V)
Candidates will lead online instruction groups that are meaningful, project-based, inquiry-oriented. (II.i.VII)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/35vritehd1togbt/Data_Project_Algebra.pptx?dl=0Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows the assignment given to all students and a sample from one student that demonstrates higher order thinking, creativity, social negotiation, and a project based lesson. This assignment was a central theme that incorporated all elements of this standard. Students had to show mastery in all aspects of this standard by working online with other students in a project-based task. It was a valuable experience as I learned a great deal on how to design and implement a project-based task. Each student turned in a unique project to be assessed, which helped to meet this standard.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will differentiate instruction of students’ learning styles and needs and assist students in assimilating and accommodating meaningful information. (II.i.IX)
Use student data to inform instruction, assist students in their own time and task management, monitor learner progress with available tools, and develop intervention plans for unsuccessful learners. (II.ii.V)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is a sample of the analytic data that I used during the implementation of the online learning experience. To be an online educator I had to use data on a regular basis to identify student learner problems, chart progress, and use the information to inform decisions. This sample shows how I was able to chart and assist students with their time management. This data and others like it also was critical in identifying students in need of interventions, which came in the form of email contact, one-to-one interventions, and granting accommodations. This helped me in understanding how to use data when I didn’t have observation to assist in informing decisions.
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Artifact 9 – Accommodations & Modifications
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will respect diverse talents and use strategies designed to include all students. (II.vi.I)
Candidates will provide activities, modified as necessary, that are relevant to special education modifications, student age, cultural background and experiences. (II.vi.II)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.This artifact is an outline of the assignments, materials, assessments, and instructions used in the online learning course. The activities are diverse and took into consideration all learners involved in the online teaching experience. I included resources that I thought would be beneficial to the age group and cultural diversity that were involved in this experience. I also used the 504 plans and IEP modifications as they applied to specific students. This helped me to understand the importance of providing modifications to students and to design activities for a diverse population. The activities proved to be meaningful based on assessment results and student engagement.
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Artifact 10 – Diversity
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will respect diverse talents and use strategies designed to include all students. (II.vi.I)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This document is the result of an assignment where all students were able to choose a topic of their choice and collaborate to create scatterplots based on the chosen topic. It allowed the students to use their diverse talents to create slides to show mastery of the standard being assessed. The students had to work together to create the document and all students were included in the collection of data and the creation of the artifact. It helped me to understand the power of online learning as this artifact could not have been possible without connecting all students with the power of sharing documents. It was a powerful example of what is possible in an online learning environment.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidate will create and maintain a community by creating value, effective facilitation, and an environment of trust. (II.i.III)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.This artifact is a sample of one of the forums used in the unit. Students were able to communicate through these forums and explore ideas in new ways. The artifact is important in that it provides a tool for communication to students that they may not otherwise have access to. These forums gave a place for students to put their ideas down in a secure environment, which helped facilitate trust. I learned about how to create forums, how to get students involved in using them, and what could be learned from using them as a part of this online experience.
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Artifact 12 – Teacher-Student Communication
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will consistently model effective communication skills and maintain records of applicable communications with students. (II.ii.I)
Candidates will facilitate regular and frequent teacher-student interaction in a variety of ways. (II.ii.II)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows a sample of the communication tools used in this online course. I was able to send messages to students throughout the unit to a central page designed for communicating. Many of the student had these messages sent directly to their mobile devices. This helped in continuing the dialogue between teacher and students throughout the unit. There was a tragic event that happened in our school and communication was critical when plans needed to be changed. I learned the importance of communication and having a plan in place to communicate with students that were not physically located in the same place.
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Artifact 13 – Teacher-Parent Communication
Candidates will utilize synchronous and asynchronous tools effectively (i.e., discussion boards, chat tools, electronic whiteboards, etc.). (I.i.IV)
Candidate will facilitate regular and frequent teacher-parent interaction in a variety of ways. (II.ii.II)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.This artifact shows the process in the set up of the online course to ensure parents had a way to communicate and interact with their students. Parents could join the course as observers and could stay up to date with the materials and due dates in the course. They could also send messages, or call with any questions or comments that they needed to share. I also was able to send messages and share information with parents effectively through the notification process when the course was set up. This helped me to understand the need to keep parents involved in the online learning process. It is important that parents who are invested in their child’s education have a way to be notified of the actions taking place in the online course.
Candidates will facilitate and monitor appropriate interaction among learners. (II.i.IV)
Candidates will encourage collaboration and interaction among all students. (II.vi.III)
Candidates will model and demonstrate effective moderator techniques to facilitate active student participation. (II.i.VIII)
Candidates will facilitate regular and frequent student-student interaction in a variety of ways. (II.ii.II)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is the top of the forum where students interacted and commented on each others projects. Students told each other what their topic and predictions for the data project were and later talked with each other about the results. This was important as it fostered student-to-student communication. I met this standard by using forums throughout the course and made it an important part of this online unit. It helped to generate interest in the project and make the results more meaningful to the students as they shared what they had learned with each other.
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Artifact 15 – Synchronous Collaboration Tool
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will utilize synchronous tools effectively (i.e., chat tools, web conferencing, virtual electronic whiteboards, etc.). (I.i.IV)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact represents a lesson we did in class using the LMS as a platform for synchronous learning. The unit I taught was a blended unit and I was not able to do a synchronous session outside of school hours. I was able to meet this standard by having students share data and communicate with each other using Google slides in class as a means of working together synchronously. This taught me how to manage a class using technology that I later incorporated in the course when I facilitated an online lesson on special education. I used the same approach that I learned with my students for that lesson.
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows how I was able to communicate to the students asynchronously throughout the course. It was important as many of the announcements were part of the learning process and helped guide the students in lessons and in the course organization. These announcements gave students opportunities for remediation and enrichment. They were helpful in studying for the assessment at the end of the unit. This type of communication has an advantage over oral communication by being permanent and accessible at anytime. Students were instructed on where to view these announcements and they could also communicate questions and concerns at any time throughout the unit.
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Artifact 17 – Formative Assessment
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will use student data to inform instruction, assist students in their own time and task management, monitor learner progress with available tools, and develop intervention plans for unsuccessful learners. (II.ii.V)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is a sample of the grade book that the students had access to throughout the implementation of the online unit. The icons are comments with feedback to the students for their formative assessments. The students were given time frames for these assessments and could monitor their progress. Students were also able to make up assignments or get additional help when they were unsuccessful in the early stages of their learning. This helped me to understand ways to communicate the results of what the students did and guided the instruction for future assignments. It was an important part of the course for students to know how they were progressing.
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Artifact 18 – Targeted Feedback
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will provide timely, constructive feedback to student assignments. (II.ii.VI)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is an example of the way I gave feedback for assignments and projects. Students were given feedback on graded assignments within a reasonable amount of time. Feedback was specific and students knew they had the opportunity to comment or ask questions about the feedback they received. This was an important part of the online learning experience as written feedback is a way to let students know how they are progressing through the course. This helped me to think about feedback and why it is important to get that feedback out to students quickly so that as they progressed through the course they would be more confident with what they were learning.
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Artifact 19 – Quiz/Test
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will provide continuous evaluation of students, to include pre- and post- testing as well as student input throughout the course. (II.v.IV)
Candidates will review student responses to test items in online testing software to identify issues in testing or pedagogical strategies. (III.iii.II)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is an example of the testing data with analysis to ensure fairness and to evaluate the effectiveness of each question. I created a summative assessment for the online unit and administered the test to the students. The data analysis showed the percentage of students who got each question correct which is a good way to test the validity of each question. This shows mastery by evaluating the students throughout the course and reviewing student responses to test items. This helped me to understand the time commitment to converting test items to a digital format, reflecting on test security, and how to analyze test results.
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Artifact 20 – Gradebook
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidate will apply technology to increase productivity. (II.i.X)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows the setup process to creating the grade book used in the online course. Grades are an important way to increase student productivity by giving them feedback at providing them with motivation to meet each of the standards that were assessed in the online unit. The grade book was used throughout the experience and aligned with the standards the unit taught. This helped me to understand how to create an online grade book, how to manage it throughout the unit, and how the grades could drive instruction based on mastery or lack of for each standard.
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Artifact 21 – Tracking Tools
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will demonstrate awareness of observational data (i.e., tracking data in electronic courses, web logs, email, etc.) and its uses in monitoring course progress and effectiveness. (III.iii.III)
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Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is from the analytics section that I used in tracking data in the online course. This gave me the ability to observe what the students were doing and how often they were doing it. I was able to see in each class the assignments that were being used and at what time periods were they being used the most. I did this on a large scale by viewing individual assignments and also for students to see who was utilizing the online platform. Looking at both sets of data helped me to understand the whole picture of the online course and the students’ level of engagement in each assignment. This was helpful in understanding how students interacted with the online content.
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Artifact 22 – Technical Support
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidate will troubleshoot typical software and hardware problems. (I.i.V)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is representative of my commitment to troubleshoot software and hardware problems. I gave students a place to go if they had problems with either the software or the hardware. I met this standard by helping students in the computer lab as well as provided answers through telephone and by email. This helped me to understand the large variety of platforms that online courses take as students presented me with several problems based on what device that they were trying to access the content on. There were a variety of issues with hardware that we dealt with in the computer lab as well. I was able to troubleshoot them and find ways for all students to have access to the online content in the lab.
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Artifact 23 – Acceptable Use
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will use appropriate strategies and resources for dealing with student issues arising from inappropriate use of electronically-accessed data or information. (II.iii.VI)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact is what I used to ensure that students knew the code of conduct for the online course. It also addressed what was inappropriate in terms of forums, commenting, and posting. The students had to acknowledge that they read and agreed to the terms outlined in the document. This strategy helped in limiting the occurrences of students using the LMS inappropriately. This helped me to understand in what ways students might use the online platform in inappropriate ways and how to keep that from happening. It kept the learning environment positive and focused on learning.
PSC Online Teaching Endorsement Standards:Candidates will provide opportunities for evaluating teaching effectiveness within the online environment (i.e., classroom assessment techniques, teacher evaluations, teacher peer reviews). (III.iii.IV)
Reflection: (100-125 words) Reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to your understanding of online teaching and learning.
This artifact shows how the students were able to give feedback on the unit. This provided them with the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructor and the content that was provided to them in the unit. This is important to help in further refining and developing online content in the future. The feedback from the students is helpful in seeing what went well and what needs to be improved. It also gives the students a voice in what they learned and how they learned it. The biggest concern in implementing this on the LMS that I chose was making the feedback anonymous as students were not likely honest because they comments were attached to their names. This is something that would need to be done differently in the future.
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2. How the assessment is used in the program
The Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR) is completed by the professor in ITEC 7482, Facilitating K-12 Online Learning, during the 3rd semester of the Online Teaching Endorsement program. The professor must review the contents of the entire portfolio, ensuring the quality of all artifacts and reflections. The professor must rate the candidate on each artifact and reflection included in the portfolio. The PAR assesses the following 31 PSC Online Teaching Endorsement standards: (I.i.IV), (I.i.V), (I.i.VII), (I.i.VIII), (II.i.I), (II.i.III), (II.i.IV), (II.i.V), (II.i.VII), (II.i.VIII), (II.i.IX), (II.i.X), (II.i.XI), (II.ii.I), (II.ii.II), (II.ii.III), (II.ii.IV), (II.ii.V), (II.ii.VI), (II.ii.VII), (II.iii.VI), (II.iv.I), (II.iv.II), (II.v.I), (II.v.IV), (II.vi.I), (II.vi.II), (II.vi.III), (III.iii.II), (III.iii.III), (III.iii.IV)
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Portfolio Assessment Rubric (PAR)Department of Instructional Technology
KSU Candidate: Jeremy Anderson Date: April 4, 2016Professor Completing Assessment: Dr. Justin Castille
Rating Description
L1 No Evidence
The candidate’s performance offers no evidence of achieving this performance standard. Artifact does not demonstrate an understanding of the standard. Artifact does not demonstrate competency in online teaching. Reflection does not adequately detail the significance of the artifact (why it is
important). Reflection does not describe how the artifact demonstrates mastery of the
standard(s). Reflection does not describe how the artifact contributed to the candidate’s
understanding of online teaching and learning.
L2 Limited Evidence
The candidate’s performance offers limited evidence of achieving this performance standard. Artifact does not sufficiently demonstrate an understanding of the standard. Artifact does not sufficiently demonstrate competency in online teaching. Reflection is very shallow and incomplete. Reflection does not sufficiently describe the significance of the artifact (why it is
important). Reflection does not sufficiently describe how the artifact demonstrates mastery of
the standard(s). Reflection does not sufficiently describe how the artifact contributed to the
candidate’s understanding of online teaching and learning.
L3 Clear Evidence,MEETS
The candidate’s performance offers clear evidence of MEETING this performance standard. Artifact demonstrates a clear understanding of the standard. Artifact demonstrates a competency in online teaching. Reflection is thoughtful and meaningful. Reflection clearly describes the significance of the artifact (why it is important). Reflection clearly describes how the artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard(s). Reflection clearly describes how the artifact contributed to the candidate’s
understanding of online teaching and learning.
L4
Clear, Consistent, and Convincing
Evidence,EXCEEDS
The candidate’s performance offers clear, consistent, and convincing evidence of EXCEEDING this performance standard.
Artifact clearly demonstrates expertise in implementation of the standard. Artifact clearly demonstrates an expertise in online teaching. Reflection is rich in description, analysis, and reflection. Reflection details the importance of the artifact and explains insights gained. Reflection details how the artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard(s). Reflection details how the artifact contributed to the candidate’s understanding of
Artifact 1 – Course Schedule Given a template, candidates will develop a course schedule for an online course. Candidate will
reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.iv.I)
Artifact 2 – Online Course Prep Checklist Candidates will develop a list of items that an online teacher should review inside a course
BEFORE the course is open to students (ex: broken links, missing images, gradebook setup, etc.). Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.iv.II), (II.v.I)
Artifact 3 – Online Learning ResourcesCandidates will explore the iNACOL and SREB websites and find two (2) resources that address questions or concerns they have about facilitating K-12 online learning. Candidates will summarize their findings and reflect on any lingering questions or concerns they have about teaching online. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.VII), (I.i.VIII)
Artifact 4 – Learning StylesCandidates will complete a learning styles inventory, describe their personal learning style, and describe what strategies they will use to accommodate different learning styles in an online classroom. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.i.IX)
Artifact 5 – Course Syllabus Given a template, candidates will choose a subject and a course and develop a syllabus for the
subject/course. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.ii.III), (II.ii.IV), (II.ii.VII)
Artifact 6 – Orientation Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating how they effectively oriented students to the
course. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.ii.III)
Artifact 7 – Student Engagement & Higher Order Thinking Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating student engagement and the use of higher order
thinking skills. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.i.I), (II.i.XI), (II.i.V), (II.i.VII)
Artifact 8 – Differentiation Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to differentiate instruction.
Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.i.IX), (II.ii.V)
Artifact 9 – Accommodations & Modifications Candidates will research accommodations and modifications in an online learning environment
and identify at least 3-5 strategies they will use when teaching an online class. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.vi.I), (II.vi.II)
Artifact 10 – Diversity Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to support diverse student needs.
Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.vi.I)
Artifact 11 – Community Building Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to create and maintain a
community by creating value, effective facilitation, and an environment of trust. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.i.III)
Artifact 12 – Teacher-Student Communication Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to facilitate regular and frequent
teacher-student interactions. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.ii.I), (II.ii.II)
Artifact 13 – Teacher-Parent Communication Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to facilitate regular and frequent
teacher-parent interactions. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.IV), (II.ii.II)
Artifact 14 – Student-Student Communication Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to facilitate regular and frequent
student-student interactions. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.IV), (II.i.IV), (II.vi.III), (II.i.VIII), (II.ii.II)
Artifact 15 – Synchronous Collaboration Tools Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to utilize synchronous tools
effectively (i.e. chat tools, web conferencing, virtual electronic whiteboards, etc.). Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.IV)
Artifact 16 – Asynchronous Collaboration Tools Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to utilize asynchronous tools
effectively (i.e. discussion boards, email, announcements/news, etc.). Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.IV)
Artifact 17 – Formative Assessment Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability use student data to inform
instruction, assist students in their own time and task management, monitor learner progress with available tools, or develop intervention plans for unsuccessful learners. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.ii.V)
Artifact 18 – Targeted Feedback Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to provide timely, constructive
feedback on student assignments. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.ii.VI)
Artifact 19 – Quiz/Test Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to provide continuous evaluation
of students or to review student responses to test items in online testing software to identify issues in testing or pedagogical strategies. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.v.IV), (III.iii.II)
Artifact 20 – Gradebook Candidates will include an artifact from their gradebook demonstrating their ability to apply
technology to increase productivity. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.i.X)
Artifact 21 – Tracking Tools Candidates include an artifact demonstrating their ability to use tracking data in a learning
management system to monitor course progress and effectiveness. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (III.iii.III)
Artifact 22 – Technical Support Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to troubleshoot typical software
and hardware problems. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (I.i.V)
Artifact 23 – Acceptable Use Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to use appropriate strategies and
resources for dealing with student issues arising from inappropriate use of electronically-accessed data or information. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (II.iii.VI)
Artifact 24 – Course/Teacher Evaluation Candidates will include an artifact demonstrating their ability to evaluate teaching effectiveness
within an online environment. Candidates will reflect on why the artifact is important to online teaching, how it demonstrates mastery of the standards given, and how it contributes to their understanding of online teaching and learning. (III.iii.IV)
