Module 6: Innovative Technologies for Assessment Tasks in Teaching and Learning

Lesson 1: ICT and Assessment of Learning

STARTING ACCURATELY

Lesson Introduction

Assessment is very important in student learning. There are many approaches

to assessment in learning with an emphasis on the process of learning along with the
product of learning. The ultimate measure of student’s competence is performance.
Development in the information and communication technology (ICT) has thrown open
numerous possibilities for assessing student learning and providing immediate
feedback.

Lesson 1 on ICT and Assessment in Learning discusses about the basics of

assessment practices, explores how various technology tools can be integrated
effectively for assessing student learning and describes the emerging trends in
technology-based assessment in teaching and learning.

Intended Outcome/Learning Objectives

1. Explained the concepts of the roles of ICT in assessment

2. Evaluated assessment tools using rubrics

STIMULATING LEARNING (MOTIVATION)

Task

1. Look at the figure below, what are the key terms related to
assessment?

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2. How do students know what is expected and are they able to articulate
expectations, share their work and reflect on other's work?

3. What is the role of ICT in assessment in learning ?

4. Visit https://www.wordclouds.com/ and explore it. Try to encode some words

related to ICT and assessment in learning.

INCULCATING CONCEPTS (INPUT/LESSON PROPER)

Assessment is the process of identifying, gathering and

interpreting information about students’ learning. To understand
better the different related terms on assessment especially formative and
summative assessment, please watch this video on YouTube.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nSW3W4MW0

After watching the video, on your own, do the following:

1. Write your reflection about formative and summative assessment, and

then share it in the class

2. After listening to all your classmates’ sharing make a general impression

about formative and summative assessment and the post it on your
personal blog. Invite classmates to comment on your post.

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TYPES OF ASSESSMENT

1. Formative assessment: provide feedback and information during the

instructional process, while learning is taking place, and while learning is
occurring
2. Summative assessment: takes place after the learning has been completed
and provides information and feedback that sums up the teaching and
learning process.
3. Diagnostic assessment: can help you identify your students’ current
knowledge or a subject, their skill sets and capabilities, and to clarify
misconceptions before teaching takes place. Knowing students’ strengths
and weaknesses can help you better plan what to teach and how to teach it.
4. Authentic assessment: describes the multiple forms of assessment that
reflect student learning, achievement, motivation, and attitudes on
instructionally relevant classroom activities.

The Role of ICT in Assessment in Learning

There are new technologies created to provide students with higher level
thinking skills, particularly the aspects of creative and critical thinking, and the
opportunity to teach and assess those skills. The use of ICT in assessment is
very helpful to teachers because students’ information and results of examination
can be recorded and stored and can be easily retrieved. With the use of ICT, the
teachers can right away give feedback to students on the results of assessment.
Feedback from the computer during the use of test material improves student
performance in later use of the same test material.

In educational assessment, the use of technology as an innovation and

support for teaching and learning (Sindhu, 2013), is essential to improve
instruction and increase performance. With an effective classroom assessment
system in place, a valid demonstration of student learning and progress
connected to classroom instruction and experience can be confirmed.

Test play a vital role in traditional learning as well as e-learning and this
helps the teachers and the learners in measuring learning. There are many
freeware where the teachers can create quizzes and evaluate learning
electronically. Online examination systems seek to efficiently evaluate the test
takers thoroughly through a fully automated system that not only saves time but
also gives fast result. It is done in most cases through Web-Based Online
Examination Software. This online examination will also eliminate the need for
monitoring while the exam is being taken.

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One of the advantages of using web-based exam software or an online

examination system is that it gives a high level of transparency as opposed to the
questions and evaluations because they cannot also be influenced. Most online
exams generate their results instantly and it is often possible for the exam taker
to get information on his results immediately. Some of the major advantages of
online examination were: (1) accessibility; (2) time management (3) save cost; (4)
statistical analysis.

Security and confidentiality should be considered. Security needs to be

given top priority for any website that you will add information to. Some schools
utilized software for security and privacy of examinations.

Tasks:

With your peers, do the following:

1. Interview teachers regarding the use of ICT in assessing student learning

2. Create a short video clip about the role of assessment in student learning
3. Present it to the class and rate it using the rubric for video presentation.

Rubric or Video Presentation

Beginning Developing Accomplished Distinguished Rating

1-12 13-24 25-37 38-50
Content and Not organized. Portions may be Fairly well Program shows a
Organization Difficult to follow. poorly documented documented and continuous progression
Poor quality and/or organized. organized of ideas and tells a
shows poor Hard to follow the Format is easy to complete, easily followed
effort. progressions of the follow. story. Well documented
story. Good explanation and organized.
Explanation shows shows good Excellent, well
some effort. effort. throughout explanation
shows superior effort.
Usefulness The usefulness Demonstrated The video is The video is focused and
is in question. development of focused and very informative;
Does not inform; computer informative; promotes the use of
does not stay technology; has promotes the use computer technology to
focused on the problems staying of computer create video and makes
topic. focused on topic. technology to others want to use the
create the video same type of format in
to deliver delivering information to
information an audience.
Creativity Use of elements Minimal use of Good use of Excellence sense of
and detracts from design elements. graphics and/or design
Elements of video. Too many No transitions, other design Effective camera
Design or too gaudy sound is lacking or elements. techniques used for the
graphics; inappropriate or Some transitions video and pictures.
transitions, too scratchy. are Videos and pictures are
many clips. Some pictures or inappropriately in focus and of good
Backgrounds video clips may be placed. Sound quality. Smooth

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and/or sounds out of focus. quality is fair. transitions are

detract from Video clips or appropriate and aid in
content. pictures are clear delivery of the
Pictures or video and in focus. presentation.
clips may be out
of focus
Mechanics Includes five or Includes 3-4 Includes 2-3 Grammar spelling,
more grammatical grammatical punctuation,
grammatical errors, errors, capitalization are correct;
errors, misspellings, misspellings, sources are documented
misspellings, punctuations punctuation correctly and copyright
punctuation errors; some errors; sources law has been followed.
errors; sources sources are documented
are not documented but correctly and
documented. not correctly. copyright law has
been followed.
Oral Great difficulty Some difficulty Fairly fluid Well- Enhanced voice,
Presentation communicating communicating delivery eye contact and pacing
skills ideas ideas Communicates hold interest and
Poor voice Poor voice ideas with proper attention of audience,
projection; no projections; some voice projection; introduced self and
introduction; eye contact; no perhaps one project.
mispronounced introduction; mispronounced Responded easily to
words; stopped mispronounced a work; made eye questions.
or had long few words; long contact;
pauses; pauses; somewhat introduced self
confused. confused. and project.
Respond to
questions.
TOTAL

Current trends in Assessment in Learning

Traditional assessment like objective test; multiple choice, true or false,

matching type and other paper-and-pencil test received criticism by some experts
in assessment. The 21st century assessment includes:

Utilizing multiple measures of assessment

Increasing the use of technology

Focus on growth and development of the learner

Differentiating the roles and responsibilities of the teachers, administrators

and other stakeholders. I the 21st century, educators and students can no longer
afford this disconnect. To help students become college and career-ready, we
need to teach them how to apply what they are learning in School to the practical
and intellectual tasks in their everyday lives (Wolpert-Gawron, 2010)

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The concept of ‘classroom’ has been shifting in recent years with

dedication to purposefully designed learning spaces and seamlessintegrations of
technologies (Williams, 2017). In the 21st century we are facing a global
economy where information travels at the speed of light and knowledge of how to
harness and sift through that information has become vital to our personal and
national well-being. As an educator, we know that our students must graduate
ready to function in this expanded world.

Educational technology is used to increase the efficiency of education in

teaching, learning and assessment. Computers and related technology are
viewed as the future of teaching and learning and also a powerful technological
machine to promote development of learning. Computers are able to create a
more attractive and effective learning environment. (Keser and Ozcan, 2011)

Task

On the web, create an electronic portfolio that contains the following:

1. Reflection about the current trends in assessment;
2. Pictures;
3. Sample alternative assessment; and
4. Sample rubric in rating alternative assessment.
Send the link to your instructor/professor

UPGRADING COMPETENCE (ENRICHMENT PHASE)

Education technology has introduced new, exciting and

innovative ways to engage students in active learning while online.
The teachers can incorporate active learning activities through
technology in fully-online lessons, homework, modules and even in-class online
activities. Roblyer and Edwards (2000) as cited in (Keser & Ozcan, 2011)
suggested that there are important reasons for teachers to use technology in
education: motivation, distinctive instructional abilities, higher productivity of
teachers, essential skills for information age, and support for new teaching
techniques (cited in Samak, 2006).

Online learning initiatives often fail to engage and teach learners because
they are passive in nature - reading PDFs, flipping through sides, listening to long
lectures. One way to improve these experiences is to focus on incorporating
active learning methodologies.

Active learning is any learning activity in which the student interacts or

engages with the material, as opposed to passively taking the information. The

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parents can also help the learners engage in rich learning experiences at home
and during daily activities such as field trip.

The teacher will give learning activities that are intentional, meaningful and
useful. Activities which involve student with content can include listening to
and/or watching a live or recorded talk, engaging with a written or visual text,
engaging with multimidia, or a combination of these.

USING/APPLYING KNOWLEDGE

Task 1

Exploring live leacture

Successful live lectures are not simply those with the most expertise or the
most outgoing personalities. Knowledge of the subject and comfort in public
speaking are helpful, but a live lecture is only successful if it communicates the
natural effectively to the listeners. Please follow the following steps in preparing
your live lecture.

1. Form a group of 12 and select the live lecturer, students camera, and
and technical staff. Follow the steps in preparing the live lecture.

A. Beginning the Lecture

1. Plan an introduction to catch the student's intereet.

2. Provide a brief general overview of the content.
3. Tell student how you expect them to use the materials
4. Define or explain unfamiliar terminologies

B. The Body of the Lecture

1. Organization
2. Allow time within the lecture to summarize key ideas and prepare
relevant examples to illustrate key ideas.
3. Observe non-verbal clues

C. Clossing the Lecture

1. Answer any question raised in the beginning of the lecture and provide
closure for the lecture
2. Restate what you expect to the students to gain from the lecture
material.
3. Give concluding statement.
2. Record/video your live lecture and show/present it in the class

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3. Upload your live lecture video in the YouTube/Facebook and send the
link to your teacher.

Exchange

Assessment has always been an integral part of teaching and learning

process. The information from the assessment can be used for several purposes.
It provides valuable insights into student's learning and serves as a reference
point for their progress. Assessing students with the use of ICT will help teacher
receive feedback right away. The use of computer-adaptive tests is one of the
recents advancements in assessment. It is a design which add a great deal of
efficiency to the testing process.

EVALUATING UNDERSTANDING (ASSESSMENT)

A. Conduct and interview with your teachers regarding their practice on

assessment. Make an unstructured interview guide.

FOR YOU TO ANSWER…

B. Answer the following questions in at least 150 words only. Follow this format in
your discussion: Introduce, discuss and conclude):

1. Cite some advantages and disadvantages of online examination.

2. What is the role of technology in assessing student learning.

C. Directions: Read the following questions carefully and encircle the best answer.

1. The following are major purposes of assessment , EXCEPT.

A. evaluate learner's achievement
B. diagnose a learners prior knowledge
C. provide corrective feedback
D. asses native intelligence

2. Teacher Marie utilizes online assessment to measure student learning specific

topic. What do you call this assessment.
A. Diagnostic
B. Formative
C. Placement
D. Summative

3. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. 21st century learners are technology savvy
B. The use of ePortfolio is always beneficial to the learners

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C. Web based examination may be utilized as formative assessment

D. The use of ICT in assessment gives immediate feedback to teachers and learners.

4. Which is TRUE about portfolio assesment?

A. All teachers utilize portfolio assesment correctly.
B. It is not an alternative assesment
C. It is considered authentic assesment
D. It requires no planning

5. Teachers F assigned her students to create a video presentation about the

current problems in the school. As a student, what will you do first?
A. Conduct survey online on the problem encountered by the students
B. Ask permission for the student affairs to conduct online survey.
C. Make a video presentation right away.
D. Download video from YouTube.