scholarly journals The Digital Transformation of Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anžela Jurāne-Brēmane ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Learning Environment ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Digital Assessment ◽  
Timely Feedback ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Time Required

In the education sector, the digitization of the learning process has been a topical issue for several decades. It includes various components of the learning process, including assessment, which is an integral part of the learning. Innovative educators have been using technology in assessment for several years, but since March 2020, all educators have been forced to use it. Some educators started using technology without sufficient skills and adequate training, so the forced transformation was not always successful. In most cases, educators learn by doing, as well as developing skills and finding the best technologies for assessment. The aim of this research is to identify opportunities and challenges in the application of technologies in assessment. To achieve this goal, the results of a survey of educators (n = 181) and interviews, both individual and group (26 respondents), were evaluated. The main results are related to the findings of new ideas in assessment, and an exploration of the possibility of providing more frequent and timely feedback. At the same time, there is the challenge of developing needed technological skills, as well as coping with an increase in the amount of work and time required to adequately prepare for the assignments. Having knowledge concerning digital assessment can complement an educator’s practice. It gives an insight into a wider study – the post-doctoral research project “Models of Assessment in the Digital Learning Environment (MADLE)”.

scholarly journals Étude de l’utilisation d’un environnement numérique de formation : méthode de remise en situation à l’aide de traces numériques de l’activité

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Flandin
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Learning Environment ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Screen Capture ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Empirical Contribution ◽  
Different Time Scales

This article is an empirical contribution to the field of educational technology but also — and above all — a methodological contribution to the analysis of the activities enacted in this field. It takes account of a pilot study conducted within the framework of doctoral research and consisted in describing, analysing and modelling the activity of a trainee teacher in a situation of autonomous use of a video-based digital learning environment (DLE). We were particularly careful to describe the method in great detail. Two types of data were collected and processed within the framework of “course-of-action”: (i)activity observation data (dynamic screen capture) and (ii) data from resituating interviews supported by digital traces of that activity. The findings (i) validate the method’s relevance in relation to the object and issues of the research; (ii)show different levels of organization in the activity deployed in the situation of use; (iii) highlight four registers of concerns orienting use of the DLE. We conclude from a perspective of educational technology, by discussing how, according to certain conditions and different time scales, the findings inform a process of continuous DLE design.

scholarly journals DIGITAL GAMES IN DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; WHAT MAKES THEM EFFECTIVE IN EMBODYING VOCABULARY MASTERY?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ririn Ovilia
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Learning Environment ◽  
Selection Of

The rapid development of technology has triggered several changes in the realm of education which significantly contribute to language instruction. One of the changes is the integration of digital games in vocabulary learning. Digital games, either online or offline, have become inseparable from students’ daily life. A number of students playing games are exceptionally growing in many countries. Due to this fact, the researchers and practitioners have been stimulated to investigate the effects of digital games on language learning, particularly in vocabulary learning. Thus, a lot of studies have been carried out to find out the effectiveness of this integration. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned studies as the insights to give empirical evidence on how digital games enhance students’ vocabulary mastery and what makes them effective to be used in the learning process. Besides, it also attempts to succinctly delineate the challenges, the threats that might occur during the learning process, and some considerations to be noted by the teachers such as the selection of the games, the tasks, and the rules in using the technological devices.

Research on mixed learning mode based on MOOCs and micro class in internet background

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zhang Zhehua
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
New Form

In the era of education information and globalization, a new mode of teaching and micro class has emerged in the background of the Internet, which brings new challenges and opportunities to the teaching of the classroom. MOOCs has been piloted and applied in many universities in the form of SPOC. As a new form of curriculum, micro course has been applied to the teaching and learning process. The integration of Moor and micro class resources helps to turn the classroom into a mixed mode. This article will focus on this hot topic to analyse the characteristics of the class, the characteristics of the micro class and the influence on the students and teachers, to improve the quality of teaching and to realize the individualized and active study of the students. The article summarizes the results of blended teaching mode at home and abroad, and explores the development and application of MOOC and micro class resources.

scholarly journals Learning with Friction—Students’ Gestures and Enactment in Relation to a GeoGebra Simulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Solvang ◽  
Jesper Haglund
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Representational Competence ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Digital Learning Environment ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Collaborative Learning Environment ◽  
Why Questions

AbstractThe present study contributes to the understanding of physics students’ representational competence by examining specific bodily practices (e.g. gestures, enactment) of students’ interaction and constructions of representations in relation to a digital learning environment. We present and analyse video data of upper-secondary school students’ interaction with a GeoGebra simulation of friction. Our analysis is based on the assumption that, in a collaborative learning environment, students use their bodies as means of dealing with interpretational problems, and that exploring students’ gestures and enactment can be used to analyse their sensemaking processes. This study shows that specific features of the simulation—features connected with microscopic aspects of friction—triggered students to ask what-if and why questions and consequently, to learn about the representation. During this sense-making process, students improvised their own representations to make their ideas more explicit. The findings extend current research on students’ representational competence by bringing attention to the role of students’ generation of improvised representations in the processes of learning with and about representations.

Opinions to Adapt Workplace Learning in The Time of Coronavirus and After

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-285
Author(s):  
Ileana Hamburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Alternative Activities

Workplace learning supports the acquisition of knowledge or skills by formal or informal methods and means that occurs in the workplace. It contributes to the learning of employees, employers and the organization as a whole. As a response to COVID-19 disease, workplace learning had to be changed and many usual activities in this context have been postponed or canceled. Digital learning solutions and alternative activities have to be found in order to continue the learning process. Workplace learning is often incorporated into workplace social interactions and everyday practices, but it can include also formal elements and be supported by mentors and tutors. In this presentation, first some forms, benefits and requirements of workplace learning are described as well as steps and approaches like learning scenarios which have to be developed to ensure social distancing and promote digital learning at the workplace as a solution. Second, some learning methods are proposed which can be applied within workplace learning and have been tested by the Study Group Lifelong Learning of the IAT within a European project.

scholarly journals Impact of Google Classroom as an Online Learning Delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of a Secondary School in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Oyarinde, Oluremi Noah ◽  
Komolafe, Olaide Gbemisola
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Structure Interview ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Achievement Attitudes

The teaching and learning process is rapidly becoming technology driven with the integration of digital learning using of online learning platforms to facilitate instructional delivery. Google classroom learning platform is one of the effective ways of enhancing student active engagement in an online learning environment. The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of Google classroom as an online learning delivery platform in secondary school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. A mixed method approach was used in the study. Online questionnaire on Google Classroom Attitude Scale (GCAS) was used and online Semi-Structure Interview Guide (SSIG) developed by the researcher for data collection on the students’ perceptions on Google classroom. The researcher used Statistical Package of Social Science programme to calculate and analyse arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test. Content analysis was used for analysis of qualitative data. The participants were 140. The results showed that Google classroom platform as an online learning delivery positively affected students' academic achievement, attitudes and their perception during the pandemic in Nigeria’s secondary school. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that education stakeholders should effectively prepare students for the use of this platform for their learning activities during the pandemic. The platform is capable of assisting both students and teachers to connect, work together, create assignments, grade students and post learning materials. Likewise, students can also ask questions about the areas they do not understand. Hence, the advantages of the platform can be brought into usage for achieving quality in the teaching and learning process at all levels of education during the pandemic.

scholarly journals SETTING UP A DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN A PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (34) ◽  
pp. 624
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Ivanov ◽  
Ekaterina A. Ilyina ◽  
Alexander A. Kirillov ◽  
Galina A. Alexandrova ◽  
Nikolay I. Stepanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Learning Environment

Este artigo tem como objetivo descobrir as particularidades de desenvolvimento do sistema de gerenciamento de universidades digitais da Rússia na Rússia no contexto da digitalização universal e identificar as oportunidades para o desenvolvimento de elementos do ambiente de aprendizado digital das universidades. O principal método de pesquisa da questão é uma análise comparativa do nível de competências digitais de estudantes de educação profissional na Rússia e nos estados membros da União Europeia. Os autores do artigo descobriram as particularidades dos processos transformacionais da educação moderna, revelaram o papel principal do desenvolvimento das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação, determinaram o lugar da Rússia no espaço de aprendizado mundial e analisaram a dinâmica da posição das instituições de ensino superior russas no país. a classificação mundial da universidade.

scholarly journals Promoting Metacognitive and Linguistic Skills: Digital Learning Logs in Pre-Service Teacher Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Ana Otto ◽  
Beatriz López-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Linguistic Skills ◽  
Learning Logs ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Learning Log

This paper reports on the implementation of digital learning logs in the context of pre-service teacher training in a distance university in Madrid. The learning log, which had been previously implemented in the subject as a learning tool, has proven to be especially useful in Covid-19 times since the students had to work more independently and could use it to reflect upon their learning without the conventional teaching they were used to. The paper has a two-fold aim: first, to analyze whether the learning logs helped in promoting students’ autonomy and self-reflection, and second, to observe whether they contribute to the development of their linguistic competence in English as a foreign language. Participants of the study (n= 47) are students of the Primary and Infant Education degrees, specializing in English teaching, whose L2 level ranges between B1 and C2. At the end of half term, they were given the possibility of completing a learning log to record their learning process, review concepts and be aware of potential learning gaps and needs, and act accordingly. For this purpose, and to encourage participation, L1 or L2 could be chosen as vehicular languages. Participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire on their experience using the logs, answering questions regarding the suitability of this tool to enhance their language skills and promote effective strategies to become independent learners. The data drawn from the questionnaires submitted (n=29) were later analyzed through SPSS. In addition, individual semi-structured interviews were carried out to collect information on those participants who had not completed the learning log (n=11). The findings of the study show that the vast majority of participants agree on the potential of learning logs as a useful tool to keep track of their learning process and to develop metacognitive awareness and linguistic skills.  

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