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A blended MOOC: ‘Classroom-based assessment in primary English education’

The Classroom-based assessment in primary English education bMOOC has been developed by researchers and teacher educators at CETAPS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and LE@D, Universidade Aberta, Portugal with support from Direção Geral de Educação and APPI – Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês.

The bMOOC is for primary English teachers in Portugal who are teaching children in Grades 3 and 4. It has the following aims

DEVELOP

To develop primary English teachers’ formative assessment literacy

BRIDGE

To bridge the theory-practice gap

FOSTER

To foster a desire for professional transformation and improvement

CONTRIBUTE

To contribute to combating professional isolation through online communities of practice

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

At the end of this bMOOC, primary English teachers will be able to

Identify age-appropriate activities and assessment tools for listening and speaking activities

Select, adapt and develop their own assessment tools

Justify approaches to and criteria for classroom-based assessment in their contexts

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The bMOOC in detail

This bMOOC is an innovative asynchronous, massive [closed] online course which alternates theory as input and hands-on experimentation contemplating the participation of 150 primary English teachers and involving 10 teacher educators as online facilitators.

It has nine modules, each lasting a week, with activities estimated to take around 4 hours. The theory modules involve putting theory into practice and planning for listening and speaking activities with embedded assessment approaches. The practical modules entail teachers trying out the activities and their formative assessment approaches. 

The course fosters a reflective approach to practice, and assessment is undertaken through an e-portfolio which includes individual reflections, the creation of artefacts (e.g. activities and assessment tools) and peer-assessment documents.

Upon successful completion of the bMOOC and its e-portfolio, participants receive an accreditation certificate of 35 hours.

The bMOOC Modules

0

An introductory Bootcamp

3 hours

1

Assessment and classroom learning

4 hours

2

Classroom-based assessment and listening: the theory

4 hours

3

Classroom-based assessment and listening: the practice

4 hours

4

Classroom-based assessment and speaking production: The theory

4 hours

5

Classroom-based assessment and speaking production: The practice

4 hours

6

Classroom-based assessment and speaking interaction: The theory

4 hours

7

Classroom-based assessment and speaking interaction: The practice

4 hours

8

Classroom-based assessment practices: Future implications

4 hours

Total

35 hours