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M-AssIST: Interaction and Scaffolding Matters in Authentic Assessment
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Santos, Patricia; Cook, John; Hernández-Leo, Davinia – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
Authentic assessment is important in formal and informal learning. Technology has the potential to be used to support the assessment of higher order skills particularly with respect to real life tasks. In particular, the use of mobile devices allows the learner to increase her interactions with physical objects, various environments (indoors and…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Interaction, Models
Investigating the Feasibility of Using Digital Representations of Work for Performance Assessment in Engineering
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Williams, P. John – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
This paper reports on the results of a 3-year study conducted at the Centre for Schooling and Learning Technologies (CSaLT) at Edith Cowan University in collaboration with the Curriculum Council of Western Australia which concerns the potential to use digital technologies to represent the output from assessment tasks in the senior secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Photography, Performance Based Assessment
Assessing Scientific and Technological Enquiry Skills at Age 11 Using the E-Scape System
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Davies, Dan; Collier, Chris; Howe, Alan – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
This article reports on the outcomes from the "e-scape Primary Scientific and Technological Understanding Assessment Project" (2009-2010), which aimed to support primary teachers in developing valid portfolio-based tasks to assess pupils' scientific and technological enquiry skills at age 11. This was part of the wider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Video Technology, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Assessment Is for Learning: Supporting Feedback
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McLaren, Susan V. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
This paper describes an action research, school situated project conducted with partnership funding from Learning and Teaching Scotland, Scottish Qualifications Authority and Becta, the UK government's agency for communications technology in education. Based on "e-scape" (e-solutions for creative assessment in portfolio environments),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Feedback (Response), Program Effectiveness
Trends in Media and Technology in Education and Training.
Molenda, Michael; Russell, James D.; Smaldino, Sharon – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1998
Examines trends related to media and technology that are affecting formal education and corporate training/development. Discusses incorporation of audiovisual, computer-based, and telecommunications-based media into mainstream instruction; application of advanced interactive technologies; acceptance/support of educational technology; the home as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (4th, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, July 6-8, 2011)
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Pechenizkiy, Mykola; Calders, Toon; Conati, Cristina; Ventura, Sebastian; Romero, Cristobal; Stamper, John – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2011
The 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2011) brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large datasets to answer educational research questions. The conference, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 6-9, 2011, follows the three previous editions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Logical Thinking, Profiles, Tutoring