Are You Ready for Authentic Assessment in the Digital Age?

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What is the advantage of using technology for assessments?

  • It allows for more traditional pen and paper exams
  • It offers more realistic and motivating ways to test knowledge and skills (correct)
  • It discourages learners from integrating knowledge and skills
  • It does not prepare students for the future

What is the benefit of authentic assessment?

  • It restricts learners from expressing themselves in natural ways
  • It only focuses on end-products
  • It leads to shallow and less integrative personal learning
  • It allows learners to express themselves in natural ways and prepares them for the future (correct)

What are students being asked to do in assessments that move away from traditional essays and exams?

  • Develop websites
  • Set up online profiles
  • Shoot and edit videos
  • All of the above (correct)

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Study Notes

  • Traditional pen and paper exams are not suitable for students who complete their work digitally.
  • Authentic assessment allows learners to express themselves in natural ways and prepares them for the future.
  • Technology offers more realistic and motivating ways to test knowledge and skills.
  • Authentic assessment encourages learners to integrate knowledge and skills.
  • Assessments are moving away from traditional essays and exams.
  • Students are being asked to develop websites, set up online profiles, shoot and edit videos, and use social media.
  • Assessment design includes the process and end-product.
  • Students gain experience working in teams and in ways they will encounter in industry.
  • Only 40% of FE students and 42% of HE students feel their course prepares them for the digital workplace.
  • Authentic assessment leads to deeper and more integrative personal learning and knowing.

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