Rethinking Assessment: Authentic Approaches for Deeper Learning A Community of Practice

Facilitated by: Lori Hokerson, Universal Design and Accessibility Coordinator

Do you worry that students aren't deeply engaged in learning in your class? Do you worry about students cheating or relying too much on AI for assignments and assessments? Are your students struggling to demonstrate concept mastery outside of the traditional true-false and multiple-choice questions? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you would benefit from learning more about authentic assessment. 
"Authentic tasks simulate adult tasks; they give students worthy work and they produce useful feedback so that students can progressively improve their understanding and performance, that is, their application of subject-matter content." (Grant Wiggins, 1998).

Join us in this community of practice and learn how to increase engagement, comprehension, and satisfaction through designing authentic assessment for your students. 

This Spring 2025, the Instructional Technology Center (ITC) and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) are excited to invite you to join our open-door, hands-on Community of Practice – Rethinking Assessment: Authentic Approaches for Deeper Learning, which will address a different aspect of authentic assessment each month, utilizing a workshop approach which encourages collaborative brainstorming, reflection, and feedback.

Community of Practice Sessions:

• Registration Session 2: March 5 (12:00-1:30pm) – Inviting Students into Learning
• Registration Session 3: April 2 (12:00-1:30pm) – Designing Purposely Scaffolded Assessments
• Registration Session 4: May 7 (12:00-1:30pm) – Don’t Forget Self-Assessment and Metacognition