Relatore:
RON S. KENETT
KPA Ltd., Raanana, Israel and Dept of Mathematics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Joint work with Ferdinando Arzarello and Ornella Robutti, Department of Mathematics “G. Peano”, University of Turin, Uri Shafrir, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), University of Toronto, Canada and Masha Etkind, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Abstract
The talk will discuss general aspects of MOOC including the concept of “on air” and “on ground” activities. It will then expand on the need to have a structured formative assessment activity providing participants and instructors with feedback on the level of understanding reached by the participants with respect to the key knowledge domain concepts covered by the specific MOOC. We suggest a MOOC quiz based on meaning equivalence reusable learning objects (MERLO) items in a MOOC hybrid format combining “on air” and “on ground” activities. The “on ground” activity provides learners with opportunities to cooperate with their peers in small groups; to compare representations of the conceptual situation under consideration; and to present to the group alternative responses regarding equivalence-of-meaning among different representations. Feedback of individual scores of these formative MERLO assessments identify ‘soft conceptual spots’ in students’ current understanding of important conceptual issues, and guide future class activities to remedy conceptual misunderstandings.
Organizzatore
Prof.ssa Stefania Mignani