Imagine you are blindfolded and you are asked to throw paper balls into a basket. How successful would you be if you didn’t receive any feedback? It would be quite challenging to impossible. What if you were graded on only two tries? Quite frustrating wouldn’t you say. How much easier would it be if you gave additional tries and you provided course-correcting feedback. The chances for success are much greater.
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In this episode, we are continuing our exploration of online quality reviews. We are continuing to look at a specific tool called OSCQR. It is a rubric for reviewing online courses.
We will be focusing on the 7 Assessment and Feedback standards.
OSCQR Standards
These standards will encourage you to add clarity to your instructions and grading policies. They also share ways to help students practice skills and concepts for improved performance.
When we create online courses, we need to think about it from the perspective of an online student. We must recognize that they are in the dark. As instructors, we light their path.
The specific standards include:
- Course grading policies, including the consequences of late submissions, are clearly stated in the course information area or syllabus.
- Course includes frequent and appropriate methods to assess learners’ mastery of content.
- Criteria for the assessment of a graded assignment are clearly articulated (rubrics, exemplary work).
- Learners have opportunities to review their performance and assess their own learning throughout the course (pre-tests, automated self-tests, reflective assignments, etc.).
- Learners are informed when a timed response is required. Proper lead time is provided to ensure there is an opportunity to prepare an accommodation.
- Learners have easy access to a well designed and up-to-date grade book.
- Learners have multiple opportunities to provide descriptive feedback on course design, course content, course experience, and ease of online technology.
In this episode, I will discuss each of these standards.
Resources
Here are some of the resources I talked about in this episode:
- OSCQR Rubric
- OSCQR – Assessment and Feedback Standards
- RubiStar
- RCampus Rubrics
- ITC: 8 – What Is Universal Design for Learning?
- ITC: 9 – How Multiple Means of Representation Can Help Your Classroom
- ITC: 10 See What Your Students Know Through Multiple Means of Action and Expression
- ITC: 19 – Exploring the Overview and Information Standards for an Online Course Review
- ITC: 20 – Exploring the Technology and Tools Standards for an Online Course Review
- ITC: 21 – Exploring the Design and Layout Standards for an Online Course Review
- ITC: 22 – Exploring the Content and Activities Standards for an Online Course Review
- ITC: 23 – Exploring the Interaction Standards for an Online Course Review
This episode of the podcast was put together with the assistance of:
- Music credit: Purple Planet
- Sponsored product: Audible
- Editing Assistance: Lost Recording Studio
- Photo by Mark Harrington from Flickr, CC=BY-SA
Adapted from: The OSCQR Rubric, Dashboard, and Process are made available by Online Learning Consortium, Inc. (OLC) under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC By 4.0).
