Module 6.

Innovative Technologies for Assessment Tasks in Teaching and Learning

Lesson 1: ICT and Assessment of Learning

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Task:

1. Look at the figure below, what are the key terms related to assessment?

The key terms related to assessment are electronic portfolio, summative, formative,
technology, offline, online, digital, future, trends, and ICT.

2. How do students know what is expected and are they able to articulate expectations, share
their work and reflect on other’s work?

Students will know what is expected, able to articulate expectations, share their work, and
reflect on other’s work through learning outcomes and assessment of learning. These two
guides, measures and manipulates learning inside the classroom. It somehow helps the teacher
to facilitate well the progress of his/ her teaching.

3. What is the role of ICT in assessment of learning?

The role of ICT in assessment of learning is to be a tool for teachers to easily measure
progress, score the tests, stored results, and analyze the students’ learning outcomes. This can
be also integrated to complete tasks or assignments necessary for the additional performance
inside the class. In addition, it provides valuable feedback with digital platforms that supports
educational progress.

4. Visit https://www.wordclouds.com/ and explore it. Try to encode some words related to ICT
and assessment in learning. (Own word cloud at the next page)
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After watching the video, on your own, do the following:

1. Write your reflection about formative and summative assessment, and then share it in the
class.

Educators use various types of assessments to determine what and how much information
students have learned. Formative assessments are beneficial because it evaluates how someone
is learning the material throughout the instructional period. Some examples of this are quizzes,
group activities, games, projects, and presentations. So, as the course ends, the teacher could
have an idea of how class are learning with the subject. Does he/she need to adjust the current
strategies for the next meeting or he/she will just stick to what is effective and productive.
Meanwhile, summative assessments are beneficial to the education process because it shows
how much an individual learned throughout a long series of lesson. Teachers can look at from
this to know the strengths and weaknesses of students including the effectivity of their applied
curriculum as a whole. Common examples of summative assessments include formal exams,
reports, papers, tests, and end-of-class projects. That’s why if we teach introductory courses,
these are perfect to set the class up. When they are prepared and well- equipped, it would be
easy for them to succeed in the future. Therefore, as a whole, both formative and summative
assessments are important in the evaluation of student’s knowledge and growth. Yes, they
played different role, but act as one in the teaching- learning process.

Task:

Conduct an interview with your teachers regarding their practice on assessment. Make an
unstructured interview guide.

Interview Questions for Teachers:

1. Do you use any ICT tools in assessing your student’s understanding about a certain topic or
lesson? What are they?

2. Did you find these difficult to use or incorporate inside the classroom?

3. Why do use these tools in assessing your students learning?

4. Did it help you to evaluate your student’s strengths and weaknesses?

5. How often do you use these tools?

6. Is ICT necessary for a 21st century education way of teaching? How do you say so?

7. What is the importance of having a technology as a teacher?

8. In your own experience, can you give me some advantages of using ICT in assessment in
learning?

9. As a teacher, how did technology shifted your practice of assessing learning from a
traditional one?

10. Did the integration of technology improved the quality of assessment? Can you cite some
circumstances or situations that proves it?

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Task
A. Answer the following questions.

1. Cite some advantages and disadvantages of online examination.

Advantages of Online Examination Disadvantages of Online

Examination

The examination can be done and Distractions. There can be many

scored anywhere. The item tests are
access to an electronic device and a
good internet connection.
Saves time and effort as you do not
need to physically travel to a place to get
the exam.
The tests are quite accessible. The
questions or files can be downloaded or
answered directly.
Item tests can be shared fast and
easily. Students can open it with a link
coming from their teachers or
classmates.
physical distractions such as noisy
environment or your family asking for
a help. Aside from this, social media
and entertainment applications could
also affect or ruin concentration.
Internet connection problems.
When there is a poor connection, the
accessibility rate of the exam
decreases. Students could get stressed
of their server and sometimes they
may click it many times without
knowing that the exam is already
closed or done.
Health Issues. Online exam requires
the students to face the computer,
cellphone or any gadgets for a long
period of time. This may cause
eyestrain and back pains.
Susceptible to Cheating. Students
may get external help via smartphones
and google apps. They can also copy
their classmates answer since that they
are not guarded by their teacher or
facilitator.

2. What is the role of technology in assessing student learning?

The role of technology in assessing student learning is to be a tool for teachers to easily
assess or find out the knowledge and understanding with regards to the given lesson or topic.
So through this, they can now determine the strengths and weaknesses of the class that needs
intervention or reinforcement. What’s also interesting here, is it makes the process or
evaluation more light, quick, and accurate. In addition, technology can be used to track
performance and facilitate communication between the teachers and students about the growth
and development.
B.

1. D

2. B

3. B

4. C

5. B

Lesson 2: Criteria in Choosing Appropriate Assessment Tools

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Task:

With your group answer the following questions and share them with the class.

1. Enumerate and discuss the different assessment methods and tools utilized by your teachers
in elementary and high school.

When it comes to the assessment methods, my teachers in elementary and high school
always utilized diagnostic assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment in
their instruction. These are the common ways they did to assess knowledge and understanding
of their learners. On the other hand, they used various tools like written reports, concept maps,
portfolios, oral presentations, open- book exams, and poster presentations to measure
academic abilities, skills, and fluency in a given subject. As a whole, they administer this
assessment method and tool to enhance as well as evaluate student’s learning progress.

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these assessment methods and tools? Cite
concrete example.

Diagnostic Assessment
Assessment Methods
Advantages
Can help teachers identify
their students’ current
knowledge, skills, sets, and
capabilities.
Can clarify any
misconceptions before
Disadvantages
Pretests can cause anxiety in
students who aren’t sure of
the material.
Interviews can be time
consuming.
 teaching takes place.
Knowing student strengths
and weaknesses can help in
the better lesson planning.
Formative Assessment It is not a graded
assessment, so it takes the
anxiety away from students.
Help students spend more
time on challenging tasks,
develop an ability to assess
their own work, and become
effective evaluators of the
work of their peers.
Helps identify students who
are struggling with particular
tasks or operating under
misconceptions.
Summative Assessment Generally evaluative, rather
than diagnostic.
It evaluates the effectiveness
of educational programs.
Measures progress towards
improvement goals.
Assessment Tools
Advantages
Written Reports Have the potential for
measuring knowledge of
experimental procedures, and
analysis of results.
Concept Maps They can be used as a quick
assessment in class to chick
students’ conceptions of a
topic.
Portfolios Have potential for developing
Self-assessments are not true
assessments.
Some teachers complain
about sacrificing time to
assess during the lesson and
fear that they may not even
finish the lesson.
Hugely time consuming.
Difficult to measure how best
to do it with groups of
students who may be at
different stages of
development.
Not always the most accurate
reflection of learning.
They do nothing to identify
and remedy instructional
problems before they
become critical.
Having one big test makes
everyone anxious, and is
disruptive to school life.
Disadvantages
Variations between markers,
without structured forms, can
be high.
Time is needed for setting
and explaining clear
assessment criteria to both
students and assessors so
that they are fully aware of
how the performance will be
judged.
Students may put focus on

Oral Presentations
Open- book Exams
reflective learning if students
are trained in these
techniques.
Can assess students’
understanding, capacity to
structure information and
oral communication skills.
Provide an opportunity for
students to acquire
knowledge during the
preparation process.
the presentation rather than
the actual content.
Difficult to set up and
administer, especially with
large classes.
A lot of students are
unfamiliar with open- book
examinations.
Students may spend too
much time on finding
answers from the book
instead of applying the
knowledge, practical skills,
and reasoning ability.

Poster Presentations Extensive feedback can be There is a danger of focusing

generated from teaching unduly on presentation
staff, tutors, and peers. methods.

Marking for grades is

relatively fast.

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Task:

1. What is the role of ICT in assessing student learning? Cite some specific examples.

The role of ICT in assessing student learning is to enable both teachers and students to
provide their valuable feedback on each learner’s progress. It also supports teaching discussion
with digital platforms in line with the rapid development of education.

2. As a future teacher, how will you assess your future students?

As a future teacher, I will assess my future students through direct or indirect method.
Examples of direct methods that I will utilized are examinations, written assignments, oral
presentations and performances, capstone projects, theses and dissertations, internship
supervisor’s rating of student skills, portfolios, and scores between entry and exit tests. Indirect
methods on the other hand, provides a useful supplement and check on the findings from direct
measures. Some example of this are interviews, surveys, and reflective essays which is good in
measuring one’s knowledge and understanding.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using ICT in assessment? How about
conventional assessment methods?

The advantages of using ICT in assessment are it improves student engagement and
promotes deeper learning, improves authenticity and alignment with learning outcomes, and it
easily access or spread the assessments for staff and students. On the hand, the disadvantages
include accessibility issues, health issues, distractions, and sense of isolation. Meanwhile, the
advantages of ICT in conventional assessment methods are innovative ways to interact and
communicate with students, higher engagement rates, faster learning, and improvement of
teaching. But when it comes to the negative side, it has disadvantages like it takes a lot of
preparation time, unsafe privacy online, and a high chance of having work or answer with
plagiarism.

4. Cite ways of selecting appropriate assessment tools.

Ways in Selecting Appropriate Assessment Tools

1. What are the goals and what is the purpose for using the tool? It’s always a good
idea to have an end goal in mind so you can zero- in on what tool would be the best.

2. What should be measured in tool? All of the competencies and skills measured in the
tools should be job- relevant and be needed at any entry. A job analysis is a method that can
be conducted to determine what skills are important for the target job position.

3. How should you measure the important skills identified? There are several methods
that can be utilized when assessing skills and abilities. The type of toll used can be influenced
by volume of candidates, administrative concerns, time requirements for candidates, and
suitability of proctored vs. unproctored tests.

4. What is the validity of tool or how can this evidence be generated? Before using any
tool, it is critical to know how well the tool works. Some assessment tools have been utilized
previously, and therefore you may be able to make inferences based on this information.
However, for other tools, it may be necessary to gather this evidence in your organization.

Additional Task:
Research some online assessment tools and report them to the class. (Choose only one.)

Padlet

What is Padlet all about?

Padlet- is a digital tool that can help teachers and students in class and beyond by offering a
single place for a notice board. This digital notice board is able to feature images, links, videos,
and documents, all collated on a “wall” that can be made public or private. This means that
both teachers and students can post on it.

Components or features of Padlet

1. Easy and Intuitive

 Add posts with one click, copy- paste, or drag and drop.
 Changes or autosaved.
 Simple linking sharing allows quick collaboration.

2. Universal and Inclusive

 Available in 42 languages, with more being added.

 Collaborate on padlets from around the globe.
 Working towards greater accessibility every day.

3. Perfecting the art of collaboration

 Works with unlimited contributors

 Give read- only, writing, moderator, or admin access; revoke at any time.

4. Supports (almost) every file type

 Upload files from your computer, take a picture or video from your phone, or link from
the web.
 Post images, documents, videos, music, and files from Photoshop, illustrator, Autocad,
and more.
 Attached links and files will appear with a gorgeous contextual preview to give viewers a
hint of what you’re showing them.

5. Apps for most any device

  Available on iOs (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android, and kindle devices.
 Post instantly across devices.
 Take photos and scan OR codes from with each app.

6. Beautiful and fun

 Beautiful attachment previews (rather than boring links) show off the content you want
to share.

7. Private and Secure

 From each option, choose who can view, write on, or moderate your padlets.

8. Flexible and Versatile

 From sticky notes to essays, encompasses all types of writing.

To whom Padlet is administered?

Padlet is administered to students in order to encourage all of them to reflect on their

learning. Teachers are the one who facilitates the assessment through links, videos, images,
and document files.

How to use Padlet?

Process:

Step 1. Go to padlet.com and create an account. Use either your Iowa State University email
and/ or another account that is associated with your name.

Step 2. Create a new padlet wall by clicking on Create New Padlet.

Step 3. Start working on your padlet wall by clicking Modify This Wall. Place the team’s project
Title and a small Description about the project into appropriate places.

Step 4. Change the wallpaper and layout on the Modify This Wall Page. Add a preset or
customized w allpaper and change the layout to stream, grid, or freefrom.

Task: Individual Work

1. Explore at least three (3) methods of assessment in the net.

a. Observations. Information can be collected while observing “events” such as classes, social
gatherings, activities, group works, study sessions, etc. Observation can provide information on
student behaviors and attitudes.

b. Performance. Students can be evaluated on participation in campus and / or community

events, volunteer work, presentations, clinical, internships, musical or art performances, etc.
The performance on students is rated/ rated scored using rubric/ scoring guide.

c. Reflective Student Essays. Reflective essays can be used as an assessment method to

determine student understanding of course content and/ or issues as well as students’ opinions
and perceptions.

2. Comment on each method.

Observation assessment method. This method is usually administered or use inside the
classroom or in any tasks and researches. It is very accurate since that it involves personal
observation about the learning difficulties and weaknesses of the students. After this, a record
of examiner’s or teacher’s observation will be kept for later interpretation.

Performance. This is usually used when teachers need to evaluate students’ knowledge and
creativity through a presentation which is guided by a given rubric. Common examples of this
are debate, puppet show, drama, oration, declamation, and many more.

Reflective Student Essays. This method of assessment is utilized to determine student’s

understanding about the course topic or lesson. Most often, this is done after the discussion or
reading to get the class personal reaction and perception about a given situation.

3. Make a reflection on the different assessment methods.

These three different assessment methods are essential in assessing students’ knowledge and
skills in learning a course lesson or topic. As a student, we already experienced this set- up
inside the school. Well, when there is an education, there’s also a presence of it. These play a
major role since that it helps teachers to determine the weakness, strengths, difficulties, various
skills, and progress of an individual. Without it, maybe there might be a problem and confusion
between and among the class. The students as well as their teachers could not have a proper
benchmark of learning. Why? It is because there is no thing called identification and
intervention. With this, reinforcement of teaching cannot be also raised or applied. Therefore,
as a whole, I can say that the different assessment methods are the key for an effective and
productive development of learning.

Task:

After watching the video, on your own, do the following:

1. What is paper- pencil test?

Paper- pencil test is the most common and systematic way of gathering information about the
learner’s behavior and performance. Here, the class reads the material and respond through
writing.

2. Why is it important to include higher- level thinking questions in their instruction and in their
assessments?

It is important to include higher- level thinking questions in instruction and assessments to

encourage students to think beyond the box. With this, they will be exposed to a list of tasks
where it requires them to analyze, apply, synthesize, and evaluate information instead of just
simply recalling the facts. Eventually, this promotes critical thinking skills and will lead to a
sharper, equipped and creative mind. In short, it is necessary to provide and administered a
challenging, but useful tests or activities.

3. Make a reflection and upload it in your blog.

Paper- pencil test is a common assessment utilized inside the classroom. As a student, this is
the procedure we’ve faced and experienced every day. Well, it stimulates our minds with the
various tests that does not only requires us to recall what we’ve read, but at the same time, lets
to dig deeper and create something away from what is obvious or literal. By this, it promotes
critical- thinking skills and other abilities that is useful in our learning progress. Meanwhile, it
challenges every student to answer the questions based on the course material and sometimes
just on their understanding and perception. So, I can say that paper- pencil test is important in
the development and assessment aspect of education. Without it, there would be a lame in the
teaching- learning process for both teachers and the students.

4. To understand on how to design test questions, you may access this site:
www.utc.edu/Administration/WalkerTeachingResourceCenter/FacultyDevelopment/Assessment/
test-questions.html
 1. Why is it important to include higher- level thinking questions in their instruction and in
their assessments?

It is important to include higher- level thinking questions in instruction and assessments to

promote critical- thinking skills and other abilities within the students. If they will be exposed to
this series of situation which requires them to deeper evaluate information instead of just
simply recalling the facts, surely, they will have a sharper knowledge and understanding.

2. What should teachers keep in mind when writing test items?

Teachers should keep in mind the level of their learners when writing test items. Why? It is
because students cannot answer questions if their knowledge and understanding are not
inclined or suited with it. In addition, they should make sure that the tasks promote higher
order thinking skills to develop a much creative and productive mind. With this, teaching-
learning process will be effective enough in preparing students for their future success.

Task:

For whole class conversation:

1. What are the advantages of creating an ePortfolio?

The advantages of creating an ePortfolio are it gives students the opportunity to be more
intentional and deliberate in integrating their personal, academic, and professional goals with
learning, stimulate deeper understanding and transfer of skills and knowledge, promotes
reflective and critical thinking skills and lastly gives everyone a vehicle to articulate how their
educational experience prepares them for future academic and career goals.

2. What technology tools can we use to construct an ePortfolio?

The technology tools we can use to construct an ePortfolio are evernote, seesaw, google
slides, google sites, three ring, wordpress, easy portfolios, wikispaces for education and weebly.

3. What evidence is there that ePortfolios are beneficial to student learning.

The evidence there that ePortfolios are beneficial to student learning is the fact that it ties
experiences, showcase skills, tracks growth, and creates an effective work for everyone. Like for
example, a onefile site ePortfolio which has built in gap analysis and dashboards that determine
how much is the progress of the whole class. With this, every student will be knowledgeable of
their development as well as with the criteria which can even improve the learning process.

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Task:

Answer the following questions:

1. Give examples of assessment tools useful to 21 st century teachers.

The examples of assessment tools that is useful to 21 st century teachers are exams, oral
presentations, exams, poster presentations, knowledge survey, concept tests, written reports,
rubrics, portfolios, peer review, think- pair- share, class discussions, observation checklists, and
journals.

2. Select assessment methods and create a digital rubric for the methods selected.

Summative Assessment Rubric

10-8 7-5 4-1

Content There is an excellent There is a good and The student shows a
knowledge and understanding of the well supported basic understanding
understanding content knowledge. understanding of the of the content
content knowledge. knowledge.
Use of Evidence There is an excelle The student makes The student makes a
nt use of the sources good use of the limited to no
presented in the sources presented in reference to the
different lessons of the different lessons sources presented in
the inquiry, with of the inquiry with the various lessons of
reference to the reference to other the inquiry.
other sources. sources.

Formal Typed or well-written Generally typed or Not typed or written

Presentation and in clear and lucid written in clear in clear paragraphs,
Organization paragraphs, uses paragraphs, uses correct spelling,
correct spelling, correct spelling, grammar, and
grammar and good grammar and good sentence structure.
sentence structure sentence structure. There is also a little
throughout the supporting evidence
writing. that is not cited
There is also a clear correctly.
introduction that
outlines briefly the
main elements of the
 student’s answer.
The writing includes
a concise conclusion
with at least three
body paragraphs that
present good
evidence.

Formative Assessment Rubric: An Entrepreneur Poster

Poor/ Needs Good Excellent

Improvement
Researching Information comes Information Good
Skills from a single comes from comprehension is
source and is multiple sources evident from the
overruled with that are reliable. student’s ability to
students’ opinion, Student has obtain information
over facts. No presented their from a variety of
evidence of ability to analyze sources and
evaluation is and evaluate effectively analyze
present. information. its reliability.

Written Work Multiple Minimal No punctuation

punctuation errors. punctuation errors. Written
Student has errors. Student work and images
directly copied has written in are accurately
information from their own words referenced, and all
sources. No but haven’t sources are
evidence of referenced where acknowledged
referencing. the information is
coming from. The
data is also clear
and concise.

Poster Format Poster does not Poster includes Poster includes

include name, name, photo, and name, photo, and
photo, and business of the business of their
business of their entrepreneur. entrepreneur. The
entrepreneur. It is Student has poster
messy and its presented the presentation is
format cannot be information and well considered
followed. images in a way with the written
that is easy to work and images
follow. positioned in an
eye- catching way.

Quality of Student reads Student presents Student is

 Presentation directly off the their work in a engaging to the
poster with no eye clear voice and audience with their
contact to the gives eye contact minimal reliance
audience. to their audience. on notes, clear and
loud voice, and
good eye contact.

Teacher’s
Comment:
Student’s
Comment:

Directions: Read the following questions carefully and encircle the best answer.

1. A

2. D

3. A

4. A

5. B