Authentic Assessment in Learning Course

ePortfolios, authentic assessment ad journal writing

Week 5 Reflection

The assignment for this week’s module is composed of multiple outputs: the ePortfolio Google Folder, table for artifacts, self-assessment rubric for self-reflection, and setting up a blog as a weekly journal. At the beginning of the course, I already started saving all my work for each module in a Google folder to have online access and back up my files if I have problems with my computer. I was introduced to creating a portfolio when I was in high school and college. As a teacher, I also asked my students to create a portfolio of their work. Aside from this, I always kept a career portfolio and updated it to use it in job interviews. It is shameful that it was not until now that I learned the purpose of a portfolio. I know that portfolios keep documenting the students’ output in each class. However, I did not realize that I could use a portfolio as an authentic assessment where students can see how they grow or improve their learning through the study (Poole et al., 2018). Students were able to construct their knowledge and continue to build on it. According to Poole et al. (2018), students were able to look back and reflect on their outputs to improve their final product showing that they mastered the skills compared to traditional assessments is more of memorization than application. The covid-19 pandemic brought many restrictions regarding sharing and handing out school materials (Ducker, 2021). An electronic portfolio is an excellent way of collecting outputs without worrying about spreading the virus (Soliman, 2020). Teachers can access the students’ e-portfolio online to view students’ work-ready skills and celebrate their accomplishments.

The table of artifacts is a document where I can view the outputs for each module. The table has two columns, the first column has the title of the assignments, and the second column has the objectives of the assignment. The table is a working document where I will add more details as the course progress. Slutsky (2014) emphasized using tables in a research paper to present and organize data. Tables also help readers to the crucial details compared in text. I use tables when I am reading articles for school, as it helps organize my thoughts, which is beneficial in writing a synthesis of the related article.

I was thrilled with the last two outputs for this week: the assessment rubric for reflection and the blog. These outputs are connected to one of the classes I took the last term and one class I took this term. A blog is a form of a journal that authors share on an online platform. According to Morris (2018), teachers should start their blogs or read other educators' blogs. Teachers can share their experiences with the online community, an excellent resource for the home-school community and other teachers. Blogs evolved from teachers' journals to sharing literacy skills and strategies (Morris, 2018). As a scholar, I have a social responsibility to share practical ways to help other educators improve their way of life, and the online community is a great venue to do it (Morris, 2018). One of my classes this term focuses on reflective practice. It gave me a different perspective on reflective practice as I plan to use a structured reflective model to reflect on an event.

References:

Ducker, M. J. (20211). Finding your strengths [Unpublished manuscript]. American College of Education

Morris, K. (2018, January 3). Ten reason why every educator should start blogging. https://www.theedublogger.com/ten-reasons-every-educator-should-start-blogging/

Slutsky D. J. (2014). The use of tables. Journal of wrist surgery, 3(4), 219. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1395165