Demonstration and Discussion
Dec 13, 2015
Pre-digital Quasi-Digital
Digital
Computers a disruptive innovation in classroom practice
ICT used to support learning in established subject areas
Learning and assessment predicated on student computer use.
Step 1: Replicate pen-on-paper testing
Step 2: Include digital advantages into assessments◦ Video scenarios◦ Audio (music demonstrators, voice in literacy)
Step3: Some assessments require the use of digital tools◦ Spreadsheet-based models◦ Mind-mapping◦ Computer-algebra systems
Web-based testing Testing on personal computer
Pros Adaptive testing
Auto-marking of simple knowledge-based questions
Fully digital assessment – all applications are available
Cons Not resilient to communications or server failures
Restricted to in-browser assessment tasks
Logistics & reticulation (equivalent to current paper-based systems)
Schools in Norway (Year 10+)
UTAS since 2007 – now a strategic project across all Faculties◦ Law◦ History◦ English - Children's Literature ◦ Business, AMC, Sociology, Indonesian …
Schools in England (mostly web-based)
Britain…as of last summer (2008), … fewer than one in 10 schools and colleges in England, Wales or Northern Ireland used e-assessment in … their students' GCSEs or A-levels.Warwick Mansell http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jul/21/online-exams-schools
http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/Final_regulatory_principles_document_-_PRINTED.pdf