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COAS: Drexel University

COAS: Drexel University. waypoint online assessment and structured peer review. Andrew J. McCann visiting professor of english, drexel university founder and president, subjective metrics, inc. www.gowaypoint.com ajmccann@subjectivemetrics.com 215.713.9393. Agenda. Background

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COAS: Drexel University

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  1. COAS: Drexel University waypointonline assessment and structured peer review Andrew J. McCann visiting professor of english, drexel university founder and president, subjective metrics, inc. www.gowaypoint.com ajmccann@subjectivemetrics.com 215.713.9393

  2. Agenda • Background • Introduce waypoint • Brief overview • Drexel applications • Live Demonstration • Evaluate • Manage • Libraries

  3. Problem: Feedback • Handwritten and/or manually typed • “Lost” • Little accountability • Consistency issues • No data • Needed: not AI – but a technological tool

  4. Waypoint: Evaluation Tool • Encourages pre-written feedback: clearer, more detailed explanations of key concepts • Facilitates sharing of assessments amongst instructors • Quantifies evaluations by skill • Archives all feedback • Web-based: • cross-platform • backed up • zero maintenance

  5. Waypoint Process

  6. Develop Assessment

  7. Develop Assessment

  8. Receive Paper or Exam(Hard copy shown here)

  9. Receive Paper or Exam(Hard copy shown here)

  10. Evaluate Against Skills

  11. Evaluate Against Skills

  12. Respond to Student

  13. Respond to Student

  14. Snapshot Analysis

  15. Snapshot Analysis

  16. Longitudinal Cohort Analysis

  17. Process Summary

  18. Drexel Applications • tDec Humanities (Dr. Valarie Arms) • Evaluation of all major writing assignments (600 students) • Writing Center (Harriet Millan) • Customized assessments for WITs • College of Engineering (Kevin Scoles & Adam Fontecchio) • Evaluation of lab reports with WITs and TAs • College of Business (Frank Linnehan) • Structured response to student writing & accreditation data generation • Engineering Management (Mike Scheuerman) • Peer review

  19. Demonstration • www.gowaypoint.com • Evaluate • “Final Report” • Peer Review • “Final Report” • Manage • Quantification • Sorting • Data analysis

  20. Additional Features • Self-assessment • Collaborative assessment • Multiple instructors can contribute to evaluation

  21. Questions and Discussion

  22. Testimonials • “I've been doing this for twenty years and have my own system of grading and commentary…and found little need to improve. And then Waypoint came along. Somehow--and I really can't even explain it--but my grading time has been cut down by more than half and my students are actually thanking me for the in-depth commentary.” • Professor Ken Bingham • “Usually I have trouble criticizing a peer’s paper if I’m not given certain criteria to judge. During this peer review, I was actually focused and excited about judging a peer’s paper.” • Erin Williams, COE 2008 • “If this peer review program was available in high school, I would have probably done a lot better in English.” • Ed Itaas, COE 2008

  23. Testimonials • “An innovative teacher-friendly, student-friendly, efficient approach to grading writing—the most creative and time-saving method for evaluating writing I have ever found or used.” • Gayle, a high school English teacher with 35 years’ experience • “I don’t know how I ran a writing program for three years without it.” • Harriet Millan, Director of the University Writing Program

  24. Quantitative Data • Anonymous survey of Peer Review process • 114 freshman engineers: 51 use waypoint, 63 the ‘old’ method

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