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Session Description:
Research on assessment tells us that feedback without grades is the most effective mechanism for developing a student’s learning. This session will look at a variety of ways to embed formative assessment and feedback within the confines of communication in a digital medium and will focus on how electronic spaces can become conversational assessment opportunities to develop our students’ skills.

Presenter Bio: Dr. Konrad Glogowski, Toronto, Canada
Konrad is a former middle school English teacher whose doctoral research focused on the use of blogging communities in education. His principal research interests lie in the field of middle school and adolescent literacy, and teacher education and development, with a specific focus on practitioner inquiry and communities of practice.

His future research plans are to build on the foundations of his PhD research to further explore the effectiveness and impact of computer supported learning environments and knowledge building in online communities both in teacher professional development and adolescent literacy. Given the focus of his doctoral research, he has a particular expertise and interest in activity theory and cognitive apprenticeship models.