外国语学院与教师教学发展中心将共同邀请知识建构、计算机支持协作学习以及过程性评估研究领域的资深专家、香港大学教育学院院长助理Jan van Aalst副教授来我校，做题为“Integrating Instruction and Assessment in Higher Education”的专题报告。报告定于6月4日 （下周三）下午1:30在育衡楼D305室（从育衡楼校史馆一楼乘坐电梯直接上三楼即到）。欢迎大家积极参加！
Integrating Instruction and Assessment in Higher Education
Assessment is one of the most difficult challenges for 21st century learning. Students are often asked to work on group projects, in which it is difficult to ascertain who has learned what. There also are difficulties in assessing creative works, such as designs. Formative assessment — assessment that is carried out while the learning process is still ongoing, and with a view to improve learning — is becoming important, but difficult to implement in higher education. This talk will explore these problems drawing from our recent experience at the University of Hong Kong. I will discuss the alignment of collaborative learning and assessment in the contexts of contemporary theories of learning and 21st educational goals, and outline some approaches to addressing the issues.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jan van Aalst is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Centers and Proposals) in the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. In the 1980s and 1990s he was an early innovator in the use of computers in these subjects (data loggers, simulations, and computer algebra). His current research interests are in various aspects of knowledge building, including pedagogy and assessment. He coordinates the Designing Powerful Learning Environments specialism of the M. Ed. Program at the University in Hong Kong, and is an associate editor of the Journal of the Learning Sciences. He teaches postgraduate courses on research methods in education, the use of ICT in education, and the learning sciences.