Sakai and Language Assessment Ken Romeo, PhD :: Academic Technology Specialist :: Stanford University :: http://kenro.web.stanford.edu

Sakai and the Stanford Language Center :: The Present

Assessment Program Methods

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Standards (ACTFL, 1999)

Oral Placement and Exit exams

More face-time for instructors put diagnostic assessment online (CourseWork) Exit Assessment: SOPI Definition

Based on live Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI): Nationally standard format

Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI): Instructions + Image Thinking‎ ‎Prompt Response Next

Software requirements

High stakes: content security and reliability

Enrollment from existing courses (Sakai)

Non-standard roles: Coordinator, instructor

No student control (playback or recording, test progression) = no web delivery

Securely archive audio recordings (Sakai) SOPI Software (Project Manager: Makoto Tsuchitani)

Application (Developer: Casey Dunn)

Sakai Monitor Tool (Developer: Zach Thomas) Technology Integration: Key Points Each part has a pedagogically valid purpose and is not focused on technology. Uses a standalone application with connection to Sakai to do what the web can’t. All instructors create material based on the same standards-based framework. Implementation takes a huge number of human hours and coordination across many different groups.

SOPI Application SOPI Monitor Tool