{"id":2920,"date":"2022-07-12T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/as4odfl\/?page_id=2920"},"modified":"2022-07-12T03:50:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:50:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/as4odfl\/startup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PPODL-Screenshot.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e3\/PPODL-Screenshot.png\/400px-PPODL-Screenshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\"><\/p>\n<p>This section provides information about the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, and the <b>Assessment skills for open, distance and flexible learning<\/b> (AS4ODFL) online course.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_the_Pacific_Partnership_for_Open.2C_Distance_and_Flexible_Learning\">About the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\/about\/\">Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/a> (ODFL) in the Pacific is a 5-year project (2020 \u2013 2025) funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs &amp; Trade to support enhancing capacity and efficiency of education sectors in the Pacific through greater use of innovative delivery mechanisms and technology.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth of Learning (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.col.org\/\">COL<\/a>), together with the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacfoldlearn.org\/\">PACFOLD<\/a>) are implementing the initiative.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_the_AS4ODFL_online_course\">About the AS4ODFL online course<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i>Assessment skills for open, distance and flexible learning<\/i> (AS4ODFL) was developed by Saide <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saide.org.za\/\">[1]<\/a> for the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning.\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Summary\">Summary<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/as4odfl\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru-course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Learning outcome<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>On successful completion of this short course learners will design online activity-based assessment to support teaching and learning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Course code<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>AS4ODFL\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Duration<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>3 weeks\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Workload<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>3 &#8211; 5 hours per week\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Badges<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Partial completion badge and\/or<\/p>\n<p>Assessor badge\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Certification<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Certificate of Completion\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_will_I_learn.3F\">What will I learn?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this short online course you will:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Understand assessment for learning, assessment of learning and assessment as learning in relation to summative and formative assessment\n<\/li>\n<li> Reflect on the relationship between assessment and activity-based teaching and learning\n<\/li>\n<li> Appreciate the value of feedback in meaningful assessment\n<\/li>\n<li> Explore ways of providing meaningful feedback\n<\/li>\n<li> Design alternatives to formal, summative assessment\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What.27s_involved\">What&#8217;s involved<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is a hands-on, activity-based course in which you will complete:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> <i>Activity-based learning<\/i> covering: definitions of assessment, activity-based learning, formative and summative assessment, integrated activity-based assessment.\n<\/li>\n<li> Two <i>learning challenge quizzes<\/i> as formative assessment of your understanding:\n<ul>\n<li> Activity example quiz\n<\/li>\n<li> Summative or Formative quiz\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> A final Integrated Activity to apply what you have learned\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Certification_options\">Certification options<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Partial_completion_badge\">Partial completion badge<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> There is a learning challenge quiz at the end of Week One and Week Two. The learning challenge quizzes mark your progress through the course. They serve as formative assessment for you to check your understanding.\n<\/li>\n<li> The consolidated formative assessment quiz is based on the learning challenge quizzes in Week One and Week Two.\n<\/li>\n<li> Participants who successfully complete the consolidated formative assessment quiz at the end of Week Three will receive a <b>partial completion badge<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Assessor_badge\">Assessor badge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Participants who successfully complete the consolidated formative assessment quiz <b>and<\/b> an integrated activity at the end of week three will earn an <b>assessor<\/b> badge and a PDF Certificate of Completion.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The consolidated formative assessment quiz is made up of the learning challenge quizzes in Week One and Week Two.\n<\/li>\n<li> You will complete the integrated activity at the end of Week Three.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Digital badge\n<\/th>\n<th>Requirement\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Partial completion badge\n<\/td>\n<td>Complete the consolidated formative assessment quiz at the end of Week Three.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assessor badge\n<\/td>\n<td>Complete the consolidated formative assessment quiz <b>and<\/b> an integrated activity at the end of week three.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Prerequisites\">Prerequisites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Any teacher is free and welcome to participate in this course. 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We recommend that you have:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Access to a personal computer for 3 \u2013 5 hours per week\n<\/li>\n<li> Basic computer skills (saving files in different formats, setting up and deleting folders, starting programs, etc.)\n<\/li>\n<li> Access to the internet for 3 \u2013 5 hours per week while working online on the course.\n<\/li>\n<li> Basic skills in navigating websites using a browser\n<\/li>\n<li> Ability to install, or have access to a colleague or friend to help you install Free and Open Source Software programs (we will provide links to free downloads of the software).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.037 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.039 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 161\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 868\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 1986\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 372\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:189800-0!*!*!!en!2!* and timestamp 20220712074605 and revision id 1098412\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/as4odfl\/startup\/start-here\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/as4odfl\/startup\/sitemap\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/AS4ODFL\/About\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"5b5ac44bd639005b8be9bf426c72865e\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/AS4ODFL\/About\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"5b5ac44bd639005b8be9bf426c72865e\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section provides information about the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, and the Assessment skills for open, distance and flexible learning (AS4ODFL) online course. 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