Michael Holden

Cancelling Congress wounds humanities research - University Affairs Budget squeeze and logistical complexities leave the century-old conference without a host.

Congress & the @federationhss.ca isn’t just an event, it’s a community. Creating strong research communities takes ongoing work, which means Congress needs champions willing to do that work — together.

Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social:

universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...

Join us tonight as Sue Mylde, Rundle College, shares her insight and experience using AI to engage learners. Head over to cafln.ca for more information on how to register. #Assessment #education #teacher

In our latest Life and Legacy episode, I sat down with Dr. Lorrie Shepard, former President of both AERA and NCME, to talk about her work in sociocultural theory, measurement, and partnerships in classroom assessment research. Listen here! classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-9-...

Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.

<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library Teachers' conceptions of fairness influence their approaches to assessment. Perceptions of fairness underpin how teachers legitimate their values and provide reasons for teachers to defend assessment...

You want to be "fair" - but what does that mean? In our latest article, we look at communication, grading decisions, responses to cheating, and holding firm in assessment decisions to understand how 200+ preservice teachers conceptualize assessment fairness. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/berj...

Interested in #assessment? Check out the work Manitoba teachers are doing to support stronger assessment practice in this new grassroots, teacher-led organization:

@uwinnipeg.bsky.social @queenseduc.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social - and a particular shoutout to @saraheaton.bsky.social who lets me grumble about poorly-backed @forbes.com articles touting AI detectors as silver bullets made of tin.

Can you spot #AI work? Repeated empirical studies are telling us No, you can't - not nearly as well as you think you can. Are #AI detectors the solution? Initial findings again suggest No, probably not. Check out my @theconversationca.bsky.social piece for more:

theconversation.com/ai-detection...

AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.

AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift

Have you signed up yet? If not, head over to cafln.ca to register for the first of four CAfLN Conversations. On Feb. 10 our Zoom conversations focus on the Student-Teacher Assessment Relationship. @caflnetwork.bsky.social #assessmentforlearning #assessment #relationships

Spotlight Series Event March 2025

How do you navigate artificial intelligence with ethics, trust, and integrity? Join us March 4 for a @caflnetwork.bsky.social session featuring @saraheaton.bsky.social's leading work: cafln.ca/scheduled_ev... Free for CAfLN members, only $20 otherwise!

Become a member and join our first conversation this upcoming Monday. Existing members can register by visiting our events page cafln.ca/scheduled_ev...
See you there!

#assessment #edusky

Grateful for the conversation tonight with teachers, principals, and BEd students about #inclusive #assessment in Manitoba schools. A lot of passion to do well by students in complex spaces across the province!

I sat down with Dr. Sue Brookhart, a longstanding leader in classroom #assessment, for a chat about her life and legacy and the future of assessment research. Listen in!

classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...

Queen’s announces next dean of Faculty of Education | Queen's Gazette Principal Deane appoints Amy Burns to the role for a five-year term, beginning July 1, 2025.

Thrilled that Dr. Amy Burns has been appointed as the next Dean of @queenseduc.bsky.social! Working with Amy for nearly a decade (!!), I've always been impressed by her leadership, skill, and passion. She *gets it* in a way that makes a real difference. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...

An event poster for a Conversation on inclusive classroom assessment in Manitoba, hosted by the Inclusive Education Professors Round Table (IEPRT). The poster reads: Step into the conversation: Key topics to explore What does assessment mean/look like to you? What is the difference between assessment and grading? Core argument of inclusive assessment ‘Fireside chat’ based on attendees’ burning questions Open forum for discussion and questions Date: February 5, 2025 Time: 5:00-6:00pm Platform: Zoom Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/9NhxDPCNNW The poster is black and light red, with a QR code to the registration URL at the bottom of the page.

#Manitoba teachers, interested in inclusive #assessment? Join us for a conversation on February 5 featuring the fantastic Dionne Potapinski & Jamie Galbraith: tinyurl.com/IEPRT2025

The photo pictures the cover to the book, Designing inclusive classroom assessment in schools. The cover features an image of several hands holding together different pieces to a puzzle, in alternating colours, beneath the book's title and author information. Full details are available at https://t.co/XnUoEzGtC6.

The photo shows the first page of the chapter, Designing inclusive assessment for learning in English language arts. The chapter's abstract and other details are available at https://t.co/XnUoEzGtC6.

Is #assessment an event? Something you occasion? An invitation? @drarnoldlive.bsky.social & I unpack #inclusive assessment for learning in our chapter in this lovely book - doi.org/10.4324/9781...