The formative activities were as expected.
The formative activities were open and allowed for participation.
By retaining assessment of this nature, students have a direct connection to standard academic assessment processes, running in parallel to the participatory and formative activities via Thinkspace reflective blogging, discussion forums and Twitter engagement.
Approaches to assessment focus on participatory and digital experiences, in the context of program requirements, and include extensive use of formative activities, as part of knowledge flow and peer-to-peer learning/engagement.
Logistically the Laboratory must be supported by buildings (preferably public buildings) suitable for the fulfilment of its cultural and formative activities, a citizens' information and help desk, as well as by advanced technological equipment and services.
In order to conduct the research, we have established the following objectives: to evaluate the level of development of career management competences of beginning teachers; to establish the design and course for a program of formative activities that will lead to the improvement of career management competences; and to perform a final evaluation of these career management competences.
Summative assessment of the portfolio should focus on whether these formative activities have taken place adequately.
Grades were assigned based on two in-class quizzes (12.5%), a single midterm (25%, given at the beginning of week 5), a cumulative final (47.5%, given in week 11), and formative activities, including online quizzes, clicker questions, and participation in the discussion section (15%).
Labor is one of the main areas for this self-formative activity.
An attempt was made to incorporate active-learning and formative assessment activities to enable participants to learn by doing.
