Constructive Alignment

Meta-Patterns

Pattern Name

CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT (Bergin et al., 2015b, p. 3)

Pattern Language

Assessment-Driven Course Design Foundational Patterns

Category

Meta-Pattern

Active Role

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Summary

To match the learning and assessment objectives of a course and therefore providing authentic assessment activities, teachers use learning outcomes as a basis for developing assessment processes and assessment criteria (Bergin et al., 2015b, p. 3).

Example for Technological Support

ATS2020 provides a macro-design template which supports constructive alignment. Examples how it is used can be found at the ATS2020 Resource Portal.

Literature

Bergin, J., Kohls, C., Köppe, C., Mor, Y., Portier, M., Schümmer, T., & Warburton, S. (2015b). Assessment-driven Course Design Foundational Patterns. In Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs. New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2855321.2855353

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