Assessment Practices in Digital
Learning Environments
Geoffrey Crisp
Dean Learning and Teaching, RMIT
ALTC National Teaching Fellow
Assessment Practices in Digital Learning Environments
Acknowledgements
http://www.transformingassessment.com
Mathew Hillier
Mathew Hillier
Shamim Joarder
Shamim Joarder
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in Digitalemployability
Learning Environments
TableAssessment
1. ExamplePractices
of 21st century
skills (adapted from content by Ripley, 2010)
21st century employability skills
Ways of thinking
Creativity and innovation; critical thinking, problem
solving; learning to learn, metacognition
Ways of working
Communication; collaboration (teamwork)
Tools for working
Information literacy; ICT literacy
Living in the world
Citizenship – local and global; life and career;
personal, social responsibility
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Learning and assessment
• Employers are expecting graduates to be able to
perform appropriately in proactive, task-directed ways
where they implement their discipline specific
knowledge in a context that involves many stakeholders
• Universities are often concerned with students
mastering the conceptual understanding of core
discipline principles and applying these to artificially
constructed tasks designed for assessments that can
be easily delivered and marked
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Teachers
Web 2
Effective
student
learning and
assessment
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Jmol: Open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D
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Interactive tools for assessment
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Second Life examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncj7xokweOc
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Second Life examples - Sloodle
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Second Life examples - QuizHUD
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Augmented reality examples
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Augmented reality examples
Physical hardware can be connected to the Internet
Students can use the equipment 24/7 thus increasing use time
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Augmented reality examples
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Augmented reality examples
Music – drum sequences
Music – band / instruments
Engineering exploded models
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Scenario based learning - SBLi
Timer
Clickable Image
Part
Location
Window
Action
Window
Environment
Window
Configurable by Teachers
Question Release date
Question Feedback Release
date
Moodle Compatible
Maximum Attempt Number
Content
Window
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Serious Games
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Rethinking curriculum design
We need to rethink our curriculum design so that it
facilitates both the development and assessment of
discipline skills and capabilities, as well as the application
of these skills and capabilities in an authentic environment
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