The digital portfolio as an assessment strategy for learning in higher education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Paulo Marinho ◽  
Preciosa Fernandes ◽  
Fernando Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Assessment Strategy ◽  
Digital Portfolio

scholarly journals Enjeux et tensions de l’implantation et de l’utilisation du portfolio numérique en enseignement supérieur

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Petit ◽  
Nicole Monney ◽  
Christophe Gremion
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Enseignement Supérieur

Ce numéro spécial repose sur différentes études liées au portfolio numérique en enseignement supérieur. Ce texte de cadrage propose un survol des visées et des cadres de référence des articles qui y sont réunis, en plus d’établir un éventail de contextes d’implantation du portfolio numérique au Canada et en Europe. Divers enjeux émanant de cette publication sont également identifiés afin de contribuer à la réflexion de ceux qui utilisent cet outil de près ou de loin, ou qui songent à son implantation dans un cours ou un programme de formation. This special issue is based on various studies related to the digital portfolio in higher education. This scoping text provides an overview of the aims and conceptual frameworks of the articles that are brought together, as well as establishing a range of digital portfolio implementation contexts in Canada and Europe. In addition, various issues emanating from this publication are identified to contribute to the reflection of those who use this tool from near or far, or who are thinking about its implementation in a course or a training program.

scholarly journals The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10904
Author(s):  
Soledad Domene-Martos ◽  
Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego ◽  
David Caldevilla-Domínguez ◽  
Almudena Barrientos-Báez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Time Uncertainty ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The University

This study is focused on the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital portfolio to improve the learning and evaluation processes in the initial teacher training of 4th-year students in the University of Seville (Spain). One of the interests of this research was to compare the learning capacities perceived by the students to improve their learning process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was applied, identifying the most relevant dimensions, categories and codes for the analysis, management and interpretation of the opinions of the students, with a research triangulation (Cohen’s kappa coefficient) and a coding performed using the ATLAS.ti 8.4 software. The results show that the advantages with greater percentage correspond to the following categories: learning, usefulness of OneDrive, autonomy and evaluation. The greatest disadvantages detected were: time, uncertainty, usefulness of OneDrive and autonomy. There are differences in the perceptions of the students, between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the learning capacities developed with the use of digital portfolio, since they consider that they have acquired more significant learning, greater self-regulation of their learning and greater reflection capacity.

scholarly journals Methods of Teaching Centered on Learning and Formative Assessment in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Vaz Oliveira ◽  
Maria Alves ◽  
António Costa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Effective Feedback ◽  
Assessment Strategy ◽  
Teaching Learning

We analyse the importance of meaningful learning and the use of a formative assessment strategy, promoted by peer learning methods centred on the students, in a curricular unit (CU) pertaining to a degree in Exact Sciences, in a Higher Education Institution. Five students from the CU were questioned, through a focus group; the teacher was interviewed. Data of 12 hours of lessons was analysed and categorised using webQDA. We conclude that emphasising the students’ engagement in teaching, learning, and evaluation, has the power to drive the methodological teaching options to incline towards active methods that involve students in activities that foster meaningful learning. And the use of systematic formative assessments, integrated in the teaching-learning process, by using effective feedback, is most likely to make students and teachers responsible for an overall improvement in learning.

scholarly journals AN ONLINE EVENT AS A PRODUCT OF THE ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGY: AN EXPERIENCE VIA PBL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA-BRAZIL

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-257
Author(s):  
Ari Melo Mariano ◽  
Joao Mello da Silva ◽  
Simone Borges Simão Monteiro ◽  
Adriana Regina Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Production Engineering ◽  
External Agents ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Real World Problems

The objective of this study was to suggest an alternative for managing the knowledge gained and resulting legacy from the application of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) method in a higher education context. The legacies of the PBL method are found to be more profound and diverse than those related to either the students' experience or the projects developed to solve real-world problems presented by external agents (the partners of the UnB Production Engineering course). The Production Engineering course has, since 2011, adopted the PBL method as an active learning methodology. Although each semester presents new opportunities in the process of consolidating this method, it’s been perceived that the many phases and results of this process are often utilized in real time only, contributing to the participating individuals exclusively as they occur. This is seen as a type of temporal result, seen only at a given "T" moment in the discipline’s lifecycle. Correspondingly, part of this knowledge is currently seen as perishable, since it is not possible to store it for future moments. In an attempt to extend this experience, starting in 2016 the University of Brasilia’s Production Engineering course has begun to develop an extension of PBL products by means of distinct events. The results haven been satisfactory, thus far involving 458 students and 7910 participants. As a legacy, it was possible to create a platform for the presentation of active learning methodologies and the exchange of experiences. Thus, the project presentations, once seen as distinct landmarks, became part of a legacy through a specific event, assisted and accessed as a course memory and a student’s digital portfolio.

Pedagogy of New Assessment, Measurement, and Testing Strategies in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Elena Aurel Railean
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Educational Assessment ◽  
Metacognitive Training ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Assessment Strategy ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Measurement And Testing ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
And Behavior

This chapter investigates correlations between learning theory and outcomes. Based on the hypotheses that in university pedagogy the assessment strategy should be interrelated with desired learning outcomes of the student, it is clear that assessment directly impacts student minds and behavior. Therefore, within the global context of assessment, measurement, and testing strategies, this chapter critically explores novel educational assessment methodology as a response to the following research questions: What are the main issues, controversies, and problems in the educational assessment? What are the most effective solutions for the development of life-long competence through an affordable assessment strategy? This study presents insights into the assessment theory concerning deviations in the acquisition settings between training and testing. It also provides an outlook for the potential of transfer assessment methodologies to metacognitive training of a particular target group.

Dynamic, Online, Objective Assessment for Continuous Assessment

2019 ◽  
pp. 220-242
Author(s):  
Justin Hatt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Assessment Strategy

Continuous assessment can be helpful in getting students to practice what they are learning throughout a course. However, the task of administering continuous assessment, especially in a higher education setting, can require a significant amount of effort from teachers and lecturers; as a result, it is possible the quality of tasks encompassed in a continuous assessment strategy will be weakened or lessened. Good online assessment applications can help teachers and lecturers create suitable assessments whilst also providing relevant statistical information that helps them understand the progress students are making in their courses. This chapter will explore the potential for implementing objective, online assessment as a continuous assessment strategy in higher education. Focus will be given particularly to an application known as Maths (previously Mathletics) to explore the features that can exist to support and enhance the learning environment for students in higher education.

ALIGNING COURSE ASSESSMENT METHODS TO PROGRAM ASSESSMENT STRATEGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pestovs ◽  
Sandra Zariņa ◽  
Jelena Badjanova ◽  
Dzintra Iliško ◽  
Lyubomira Popova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Course Assessment ◽  
Assessment Strategy
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