MODULE 6: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2.
Increasing the use of technology
ASSESSMENT TASKS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING 3. Focus on the growth and development of the
learner
TYPES OF ONLINE ASSESSMENT TOOLS
4. Differentiating the roles and responsibilities of
EPORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT is also presented as
the teachers, administrators and other
an alternative way that can provide learners the
stakeholders
chance to reflect how they learn.
Educational technology is used to increase the
ONLINE EXAMINATION SOFTWARE AND
efficiency of education in teaching, learning and
APPLICATIONS designed to assess and gather
assessment. It introduced new, exciting and innovative
data afford the teacher ample chance to give
ways to engage students in active learning while online.
immediate feedback on student learning.
Online learning initiatives often fail to engage and teach
learners because they are passive in nature-reading
LESSON 1: ICT AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS
PDFs, flipping through slides, listening to long lectures.
TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
Active learning is any learning activity in which the
1. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – provides feedback
student interacts or engages with the material, as
and information during the instructional
opposed to passively taking in the information.
process, while learning is taking place, and
while learning is occuring.
LESSON 2: CRITERIA IN CHOOSING APPROPRIATE
2. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – takes place after
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
the learning has been completed and provides
Assessment methods are the strategies,
information and feedback that sums up the
techniques, tools and instruments for collecting
teaching and learning process.
information to determine the extent to which
3. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT – can help you
students demonstrate desired learning
identify your students' current knowledge of a
outcomes.
subject, their skill sets and capabilities, and to
The ff. may be considered in choosing
clarify misconceptions before teaching takes
appropriate assesment tools:
place. Knowing students' strengths and
1. Goals of assessment
weaknesses can help you better plan what to
2. Methods of assessments, either direct or
teach and how to teach it.
indirect
4. AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT – describes the
3. Interval in giving assessment
multiple forms of assessment that reflect
the teacher may consider the ff. characteristics
student learning, achievement, motivation, and
in selecting appropriate assesment tools
attitudes on instructionally relevant classroom
whether conventional or ICT-based assessments
activities.
1. measure the desired level of performance
The Role of ICT in Assessment in Learning
2. cost effective in terms of effort, time and
One of the advantages of using a web based exam
money
software or an online examination system is that it gives
3. useful that will produce results that will
a high level of transparency s opposed to the traditional
provide information that can be used in
method or remote method. It is almost impossible to
making decisions to improve student
compromise exam questions and evaluations because
learning
they cannot also be influenced. Most online exams
4. reasonably accurate and truthful
generate their results instantly and it is often possible
5. dependable, consistent responses over time
for the exam taker to get information on his results
6. evidence of being on-going, not once and
immediately. Some of the major advantages of online
done
examination are : (1) accessibility and flexibility; (2) time
Creating and Utilizing Rubrics
management; (3) save costs; (4) statistical analysis
RUBRIC- set of criteria used to determine scoring for an
assignment, performance or product.
Current Trends in Assessment in Learning
2 TYPES OF RUBRIC
The 21st century assessment includes:
1. Utiliing multiple measures of assessment
1. ANALYTIC RUBRICS – describe work on each
criterion separately
2. HOLISTIC RUBRICS – describes the work by
applying all the criteria at the same time and
enabling an overall judgement about the quality
of the work.
CBA – COMPUTER BASED ASSESSMENT
-Electronic examination
CBT – COMPUTER BASED TESTING
-e-exam
-a test conducted using a personal computer
Paper and pencil testing
-most common assesment procedure utilized by teacher
to gather formal evidence about pupil learning.
Paper and pencil instruments
-refer to general group of assessment tools in which
students read questions and respond in writing
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO
-eportfolio, digital portfolio, online portfolio
-a collection of electronic evidence assembled and
managed by a user, usually on the web
TYPES OF EPORTFOLIOS
1. IDEAL PORTFOLIO – contains all work of
students. It is not given to provide students a
grade
2. SHOWCASE/PROFESSIONAL EPORTFOLIOS –
primarily a way to demonstrate(showcase) the
highlights of a student's academic career
3. DOCUMENTATION PORTFOLIO – It involves a
collection of work over time showing growth
and improvement reflecting students' learning
of identified outcomes
4. LEARNING EPORTFOLIOS – typically created by
a student as part of learning activity as way to
demostrate learning and the learning process.
5. EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT EPORTFOLIOS - the
teacher may utilize this for both formative and
summative assessments feedback
