CETL Archives
Workshop Archive - Fall 2002
"Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)"
Presenter: Joe Melcher, Psychology Department
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2002
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m or 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Miller Learning Resources Center--MC
218
Description: CPR is a web-based system for incorporating
writing assignments in to courses without the instructor having to
grade the assignments. As such, it is particularly useful for large
classes. Instead of instructor evaluations, the CPR genius is that
the students evaluate each others’ assignments, after first
having been trained on how to do fair and objective evaluations.
During this, the ‘calibration’ phase, the student evaluates
three instructor-provided assignments (one excellent, one average,
and one poor.) The instructor has very flexible control over specifying
the evaluation criteria, whether it be content, style and/or other
aspects. The students’ task is to evaluate these calibration
assignments in the same range as the instructor has specified beforehand.
Students are not allowed to grade each other’s work until they
have shown that they meet the calibration criteria. (The criteria
for matching the instructor’s ratings can be set at 3 levels
of flexibility, ranging from loose to strict.) Once students have
demonstrated that they can correctly evaluate the calibration assignments,
they do three double-blind evaluations of their classmates’ work,
following the training criteria. Finally, they evaluate their own
assignment and get feedback comparing their self evaluation with
those of the students who reviewed their work.
Here is the URL in case you’d like to check it out: http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/.
Here is one more opportunity to see how technology is working in
the classroom to assist the instructor.
"E-Portfolios for All Minnesotans: The MnSCU e-Folio Project"
Presenters: Lynda
Milne, Interim Director, MnSCU Center for Teaching and Learning;
Paul Wasko, e-Folio Project Manager; Jim
Berg, Project Manager, MnSCU CTL; John O'Brien, Associate Vice Chancellor
for Instructional Technology
Date: Tuesday, September
24, 2002
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m or
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Miller Learning
Resources Center--MC-102 and MC-218 (both rooms)
Description: Portfolios have
been around for years— paper and now electronic (e-portfolios).
In a recent publication, the American Association for Higher Education
(AAHE) identifies the ways in which portfolios are increasingly being
used “by students to present and reflect on work within courses
or across programs, and by faculty to document
and reflect on their classroom practice and enable comment by colleagues
and others.”
The Minnesota e-Folio project is an extraordinary undertaking to
make portfolios accessible to students, instructors, and individuals
in job transitions or seeking work. Eligibility is open to all Minnesota
residents and students enrolled in Minnesota institutions. It’s
free, funded through a U.S. Department of Education grant to MnSCU.
Join the MnSCU team as it discusses the benefits of faculty, staff,
and students availing themselves of this excellent opportunity and
technology medium. Hear about these benefits, see how
the e-portfolios are highly customizable, understand the
process involved in participating, and experience a
hands-on opportunity to test out this new system and project.
To get started so you can use the system and also
introduce it to your students, join us for one of the two time slots
identified above.
"Electronic Portfolios: Designing, Creating, and Using Them"
Presenters: Plamen Miltenoff,
LR&TS & David Rogers, Special Education
Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 9, and Oct. 16,
2002
Time: 10:30
a.m. - 12:00 noon
Location: Miller Learning Resources Center--MC-207
We hear the term “e-portfolio” quite a bit these days
in higher education. What exactly is an e-portfolio? Who uses them?
Do you want/need to find out about designing, creating, and using
e-portfolios? Join us for a four part series to fine tune your e-portfolio
skills. You’ll need to commit 4 sessions, and registration
is limited to 15 participants.
Description of Sessions:
Session #1: An Introduction to E-portfolios”
This session includes a brief introduction to e-portfolios; a demonstration
of two ideas of e-portfolios applied at SCSU (curriculum material
holder for faculty and a unit of instruction for students); an explanation
and demonstration how an e-portfolio works on CD and the internet;
and assignments/tasks for next meeting.
Session #2: “Bring your Materials” Meeting
Start developing your own material. Decide whether you want to start
with the e-portfolio as a curriculum material holder for faculty
or as a unit of instruction for your students so they can complete
an e-portfolio. Learn the basics, see examples.
Session #3: “Wrap Up Your Portfolio” Meeting
Develop and improve the e-portfolio that you have started. Try some
tiny yet important details. And then, ‘jazz it up’ to
enhance what you’ve done.
Session #4: “Present and Comment” Meeting
Now’s the time to present (show to the rest of the participants)
what you have created. Comment on your work and that of others. See
what others have done. Learn from other participants, and see how
your project may be improved.
