Monday, December 10, 2007

Bus Test, Embarrassment Test, Pride Test, Student Engagement Test, ...

Bus Test: If a teacher gets hit by a bus, can another smart and well-prepared teacher replace the first one and achieve similar learning outcomes with the students?

Embarrassment Test: Do colleagues and/or students prefer to hide a course from the public because they are embarrassed by the teacher or some aspect of that course?

Pride Test: Do colleagues and/or students want to tell the world about a course because they are proud of the teacher or some aspect of that course?

Student Engagement Test: Do the course design and the actions of the teacher facilitate and support student engagement in significant learning?

Learning Outcome Tests: ......

Other Tests: ....????

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