#assessment
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- 24
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- 3
Writing
2026
- Jan 8, 2026 Ungrading 2.0: Labor, Agency, and the Research Archive
A follow-up on ungrading that argues removing grades is only the beginning; agency requires labor, structure, and support.
- Jan 7, 2026 From Ungrading to Infrastructure: What I Learned When I Stopped Grading
What I learned when ungrading stopped being a rejection of points and became a question of infrastructure, power, and student support.
2025
- May 4, 2025 Exploring Student Perspectives on Generative AI: A New Set of Reflection Questions
How students think about using generative AI in coursework.
- Jan 27, 2025 Exploring Generative AI in Education: Seeking Your Feedback
How generative AI is reshaping education and learning practice.
2022
- Jan 22, 2022 Assessing My First Attempt at Ungrading
What I learned after my first semester of ungrading.
2021
- Oct 30, 2021 Ungrading: Towards a Culture of Vibrant & Equitable Intellectual Discovery
How ungrading can support more equitable intellectual discovery.
- Oct 15, 2021 From Crackpipes to Criteria to Critical Pedagogy
How ungrading feedback pushed me toward more critical pedagogy.
- Sep 30, 2021 Why I’m Exploring Ungrading
Why I started exploring ungrading in my courses.
- Aug 24, 2021 Getting Started With Ungrading
A starting point for rethinking assessment through ungrading.
- Mar 10, 2021 When Planning Becomes Procrastinating
How planning can turn into procrastination when perfection gets in the way.
2020
- Nov 18, 2020 How to Give Accurate & Critical Feedback
Why feedback works better when it is accurate, direct, and constructive.
- Oct 22, 2020 How to Cultivate Self-Awareness
A short guide to cultivating self-awareness through digital identity work.
- Oct 7, 2020 Come Badge With Me
Why digital badges can recognize learning across formal and informal contexts.
2019
- Jun 6, 2019 Six criteria used to describe assessments
What criteria can help you describe and evaluate assessments.
- May 18, 2019 Journaling as a means to scaffold & assess learning
How journaling can support reflection, assessment, and learning.
- May 11, 2019 Formative & Summative Assessments
How formative and summative assessments support learning.
2018
- Feb 1, 2018 Assessing students as they read, research, & respond in Hypothesis
How I assess student work with Hypothesis.
2017
- Dec 6, 2017 Using logic models to organize grant proposals
How logic models help clarify what grant proposals can do.
- Aug 2, 2017 Develop a criteria for critical evaluation of online information
How to help students evaluate online information more critically.
- May 15, 2017 Reflecting on My StrengthsQuest Report
Why we're using Gallup StrengthsQuest across the institution.
2014
- Jul 18, 2014 Building a “Blogosphere” for Program and Student Evaluation & Communication
How blogs can support student evaluation, reflection, and communication.
2013
- Jun 5, 2013 Open Badges Initiatives and Teacher Preparation Programs
How open badges connect to teacher preparation programs.
2012
- May 21, 2012 Google Forms and Online Survey Tools
How Google Forms can be used to build simple online surveys.
2009
- Nov 13, 2009 Syllabus Response Task for my Comprehensive Exams
This is the task I received for one part of my Comprehensive Exams. Below I have embedded my response to this task.
Publications
2015
- 2015 Digital badges: Recognizing, assessing, and motivating learners in and out of school contexts
Journal article · O’Byrne, W Ian; Schenke, Katerina; Willis, James E; Hickey, Daniel T. (2015). Digital badges: Recognizing, assessing, and motivating learners in and out of school contexts. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
2012
- 2012 Online reading comprehension assessment: A preliminary study of online reading comprehension ability in rich and poor schools.
Conference paper · Leu, Don; Coiro, Julie; O'Byrne, Ian; McVerry, J Gregory. (2012). Online reading comprehension assessment: A preliminary study of online reading comprehension ability in rich and poor schools.. Literacy Research Association.
- 2012 Cool Tools: Potential Uses, Assessments, and Methodologies for the Literacy Educator and Researcher
Conference paper · McVerry, J Gregory; O'Byrne, Ian; John, Bartles; Joanne, Rhodes; Katina, Zammit; Devere, Wosley. (2012). Cool Tools: Potential Uses, Assessments, and Methodologies for the Literacy Educator and Researcher. Literacy Research Association.