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- Formative assessment of teachers in the context of an online learning environmentPublication . Oliveira, Isolina; Tinoca, LuísThis case study looked at how an assessment strategy designed for an online learning environment can support teachers’ professional development. More specifically, we intended to evaluate how a particular online assessment design can help the participating in-service teachers to recognize the added value of formative assessment, and promote their own use of formative assessment in their professional classroom practices. The presented assessment design consists of a combination of different, non-standard assessment methods in an online environment. We analysed data from 494 questionnaires, the participants’ critical reflections about their learning and the participants’ produced artefacts. The findings illustrate the participants’ recognition of the formative character of the proposed assessment design, reflected not only by the high scores reported in seven of the eight themes explored, but also from the qualitative analysis of the participants’ reflections and artefacts. Suggestions are offered for the improvement of the proposed assessment design, so as to better promote the formative character of assessment. In particular, implications for the development of formative assessment in online professional development are discussed taking into account its potential to promote the participants’ self-regulatory learning processes.
- Evaluating continuous assessment quality in competence-based education online : the case of the e-FolioPublication . Relvas, Maria de Jesus; Pereira, Alda; Oliveira, Isolina; Tinoca, Luís; Amante, Lúcia; Pinto, Maria do Carmo Teixeira; Moreira, DarlindaThe pedagogical model, in use at Universidade Aberta (UAb) since 2007, is based on four cornerstones: student-centered learning; flexibility; interaction; digital inclusion. The cornerstone of digital inclusion is particularly important in the context of a fully virtual learning environment such as the one offered at UAb. The article was the result of a research project developed at the Distance Education Laboratory (LE@D – Laboratório de Educação a Distância) of UAb, focused on assessment issues, namely the two main types of instruments (e-folios and p-folios) used in undergraduate fully online courses at UAb. The research work developed by the team (Alda Pereira; Isolina Oliveira; Luís Tinoca; Lúcia Amante; Maria de Jesus C. Relvas; Maria do Carmo T. Pinto; Darlinda Moreira), whose members produced this paper, was particularly focused on the e-folio which a) is a short digital document; b) should clearly demonstrate the student’s acquired or developed given competence; c) may include a critical reflection about the student’s own learning, or a report about field work, or a problem solving activity, or a reading review, or the production of an artifact. Two main research questions were therefore asked, as a basis for both the whole project and this paper: 1) what relationship is there between the concept of competence being used in the e-folios and our current working definition? 2) what are the main characteristics of the e-folios? The research is based on the analysis of a pool of 35 e-folios collected within a sample of volunteer teachers, representing seven different scientific areas (education; languages; culture; literature; natural sciences; economy; documental sciences), preceded by a group discussion and clarification period around the concept of competence, and followed up by the creation of an analysis grid centered on the following criteria: the course competences; the e-folio competences; types of competences; the assignment; types of task; assessment criteria; instructions; resources; timetable; and structure. From the analysed e-folios, it becomes clear that the assessed competences were all framed by the concept of competence assumed by this research group, although they are not always presented with a clear formulation; it also becomes clear that the most valued type of competence was “problem solving”, with a recurrent use of textual based resources, and that there were several interpretations of what an e-folio may be.
- Desafios da avaliação digital no ensino superiorPublication . Pereira, Alda; Oliveira, Isolina; Tinoca, Luís; Pinto, Maria do Carmo Teixeira; Amante, LúciaA obra que aqui se apresenta consubstancia uma parte da investigação desenvolvida no âmbito do projeto “Avaliação e eLearning no Ensino Superior “(@ssess.he), financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). Este projeto desenvolveu-se entre 2011 e 2013, e teve como foco a investigação em torno da avaliação digital no Ensino Superior. O projeto visou estudar as estratégias de avaliação digital, adequadas e válidas aos ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem no Ensino Superior, contribuindo para a clarificação de processos e visando a definição de indicadores que garantam a sua autenticidade e validade na avaliação de competências em contextos de elearning.