The Locked Cabinet - On Modal Validity and Resources to Learning and Assessment

The Locked CabinetOn Modal Validity and Access to Resources for Learning and Assessment

Mats [email protected]

Lecturer in Media Technology at Södertörn University

The project – UNGMODsUngas multimodala gestaltningYoung People's Multimodal Expressionsmt.sh.se/ungmodsPM: Patrik Hernwall ([email protected])

Södertörn UniversityStockholm, Swedenwww.sh.se

KK-stiftelsen(The Knowledge Foundation)www.kks.se

This presentation• Digital tools in education• Access to tools• Assessment of multimodal expressions -

modal validity• Examples• Propositions - discussion

The Locked Cabinet

What’s locked-in?

Why is it locked?

How to unlock?

Laptops and their use;physical and mental tools,pupils’ competences

MultimodalitySocial semiotics (Kress, G.)

Mode: “…a socially and culturally shaped resource for meaning making.”

Distinct affordances of modes

Multimodality: sets of comprised modal expressions

(Multimodal expressions: signs of learning)

Modal ValidityWhich forms/modes are valid for (re)presentation of ‘the learned’?

Modes traditionally valid for assessment: Written text (and speech)

Methods and models for assessment of other modes?

The locking-in of conditions for learning and competences

Access to toolsmental -

technologicalResourcesinfrastructure

tutoringtime

space‘external’ skills

...

Learnerexpression

Educatorassessment

modal validity

School project - samples

School project – pupils have access to technological resources

Designated classes ~ 4 hours a week over a four week period

Subject: The war in Afghanistan and the participation of the Swedish army

Pupils’ task: “Produce a factual, digital presentation…”

Propaganda slide show

Relating the product to educational goals

Research of facts

Selection and representation of facts

Abstraction and discussion of subject

Relating of issue to familiar contextInterpretation and expression of moral dilemma and personal standpoint

Use of genre-specific attributes as support for expression

From Swedish national curricula

When assessing, the teacher should

“[…] make use of all available information about the pupil’s knowledge in relation to the national requirements available for each course […]”

and

“[…] also pay attention to knowledge that the pupil have acquired in other ways than through the current education […]”

(SKOLFS 2011:144, Swedish national curricula for upper secondary school)

The Locked Cabinet - Discussion

What’s locked-in?

Why is it locked?

How to unlock?

The teachers lack operational competence?

The teachers lack methods for assessment of expressions?

Shifts in modal validity – a wider range of modes valid for assessment?Digital (assessment) literacy?Look at methods for assessment used in i.e arts, crafts, sports?

Laptops and their use;physical and mental tools,pupils’ competences

Thank you