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Keynote addressEducation, assessment and
Technology – the converging grounds
Ashok Banerji, PhDHonorary Faculty, University of Liverpool Online
3 November, 2016, Hotel Hindustan International, Kolkata
45th Annual Conference of COBSE
Performance Support for Staff & Students
Performance Support for Staff & Students
How technology can support assessment of learning and
in examinations?
PotentialNeed Indian students to raise
standard of education in EU - European Higher Education Fair
ProblemsCheating in ExamPoor quality learning reported
Challenges'India to take 126yrs to reach global
education level‘ – ASSOCHAM
.. and yet !!!Failing Exams not the biggest fear for IIT Bombay students - It's Monkeys
Population Pyramid – India, China, USA 2015/2050
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Graphs/DemographicProfiles/Population in Millions
50 50 10
Some Challenges of current practices
Systemic issues:Question paper leakagesStudent cheating/copying/impersonation
Environmental challenges:Shortage of qualified examiners Delays in paper correction Delays in tabulation of marks Discrepancies and manipulation of scores Delays in results processing and declaration
Where technology can help?
Instruction
Curriculum
Assessment
Teachers
Management
Facilities
Quality
Quantity
Resources
Students
Technology in aid for whole spectrum Performance Support
Tackle issues ofTimeCostQualityQuantity
CISCE: LICR (Live Ink Character Recognition)
e-CBSE: Digital textbooks
e-CBSE: Digital textbooks
Rethinking assessment for the learning society - David Boud
Whatever else we do in assessment we must Promote desirable learning by students now
and into the future, and Assure the learning that occurs
Everything else is subordinate to this!
Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised)
Slide rule
Suggested strategyHelp students to develop comprehension and understanding using computer-based system
Design question papers and calibrate them for all levels of Blooms’ taxonomy
Gradually move into computer-based examination system
Real world challenge for teachers
TimeLarge class sizeWorkload in addition to teaching
Time is the biggest challenge for teachers.
How technology can help?
Example 1: Technology to support teacher
https://writeandimprove.com/
Example of feedback
Tracking progress
Example 2: Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)™
http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/cpr_info/index.asp
Call for actionWe need to rethink assessment designConsider computer-based tests
Otherwise,we will continue to educate the followers of yesterday rather than leaders of tomorrowtests will continue to fail to indicate who will be successful in life and who will be not
If we think of our children as plants …
Summative assessment of the plants is the process of simply measuring them.
It might be interesting to compare and analyze measurements but, in themselves, these do not affect the growth of the plants.
Formative assessment is the equivalent of watering, providing nutrients and taking care of the plants appropriate to their needs.
This directly affecting their growth.
The Garden Analogy
Concluding thoughts in the words of Swami Vivekananda
“Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. ”
Reference siteshttp://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/free-resources/write-and-improve/https://www.writeandimprove.com/ http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/adult-courses/cambridge-english-empower http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/cpr_info/index.asp
Ashok Banerji: [email protected]
A Test Write what you see on the paper