1. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
assessment as a strategy to
promote teaching and learning
quality in blended contexts
project SPEAQ@UA seminar
17 May 2013
2. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
objective
interaction
case 1
case 2
case 3
case 4
case 5
final thoughts
topicstopics
3. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
share experiences/
reflections
objective
blended learning
http://edbuzz.org/sroner/2009/07/blended-learning-boosts-achievement/
http://cronicasparamaistarderecordar.blogspot.pt/2009/08/redes-sociais-era-da-partilha-digital_04.html
objective
4. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
creating, managing and sustaining
interaction
critical aspect
interaction
http://www.userlike.com/article/online-customer-interaction
http://www.dren.org/online_learning.65.php
5. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirointeraction
learners interact
blended learning contexts
6. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirointeraction
“ba - shared context in which knowledge is (…) created and utilised” (Nonaka et al., 2000)
Source: Rai (2011), adapted from Nonaka et al., (2000)
7. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirointeraction
Quality interaction involves critical thinking and reflection (assessment)
http://theunboundedspirit.com/how-to-improve-critical-thinking-and-decision-making-in-discussions/
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8. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
should provide opportunities to learn and cultivate community sense
• continuous participation (posting)
introductory biographical posts (personal pages – Web 2.0)
familiarization sessions with the technology (face to face)
! no posting doesn’t imply no learning (lurkers interact with content)
• social presence/community sense (belonging, respect, …)
integration of stories (personal episodes)
use smiles, affective expressions, humor …
• cognitive involvement
task should meet students needs, authentic learning -> flexibility,
negotiation
thread discussions
• mix synchronous and asynchronous tech.
• feedback
interaction
9. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
educacional tech.
(initial teachers’ education)
thread discussions
(teachers-led)
ICT integration
Internet security
…
case 1
10. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
assessment criteria
• quantity as well as quality
relevance, correctness, deepness, critical thinking, reference to
peers posts, participation
teacher assessment
• helped students to auto-assess their contributions
• increased the:
participation
quality of the interaction
case 1
added-value
11. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
professional
education
social network
- thread discussions
(students-led)
share problems/
questions
“I had problems to
install software X, can
you help me?”
- blogs
(reflection)
case 2
12. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
assessment categories
questions
teacher assessment
improved participation
relevance of the questions
peer feedback
improved problems
specification:
“… explain the situation …”
Questions Open Closed
Professional
relevant 9 16
Academic 1 5
case 2
some students felt uncomfortable
students’ lack of written communication competencies
added-value
constraint
13. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
MsD post-graduation
(EvalEducSoftware)
5 weeks, 2 face-to-face
sessions (12h each) and
group work at a distance
blogs
http://ase07.blogspot.com/
auto, peer and teacher
assessment
case 3
14. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirocase 3
students’ perceptions
students’ reflections 1
students’ reflections 2
auto + hetero - assessment
hetero - assessment
15. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
Activities and explored tools
0 4 8 12 16
Activities' framework
Organization of the face-to-face sessions
Suitability of the activities
Suitability of the theoretical framework
Intra-group interaction
Inter-group interaction
Relevance of the communication tools
Relevance of the discussions
Suitability of the assessment strategies
Duration of the module
Topics
Number of students
completely disagree disagree agree completely agree don't know
case 3
N=19
16. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirocase 3
The relevance and dificulties of the tasks
0 4 8 12 16
Survey of perceptions
Reading of bibliography
Discussion and synthesis of reading
Self-assessment
Group work
Presentation and discussion of group work
Self- and hetero-assessment
Concept maps
Hetero-assessment of collaboration competences
Proposedtasks
Number of students
dificulty
relevance
N=19
17. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
post-graduation (EAD)
wiki
http://ead0809.wetpaint.com/
assessment strategies
(similar to the previous
case)
peer-assessment of the
progress (1th
version work)
compulsory
some students felt
uncomfortable
assessment activities are not
valued
case 4
constraint
18. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
post-graduation
(Evaluation and quality in
education)
LMS forums
auto and group
assessment
(learning strategies/online com)
assessment activities
valued
increased interaction
and reflection level
case 5
0 5 10 15 20
a1
a3
a5
a7
a9
a11
a13
Níveis de participação passiva e activa
% mensagens
% acesso
added-value
19. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
have we promoted learning (online interaction) quality?
teachers and/or peers assessment is essential
cases 1, 2, and 5
students perceptions about evaluation and assessment
cases 3 and 4
time consuming if teacher centered
compatibility with diversity of task both of students (part time) and HE
teachers
shouldn’t be explored in a single module/discipline
final thoughts
20. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
thank you for your attention
mjoao@ua.pt
21. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveirocase 2
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22. Maria João Loureiro
assessment as a strategy to promote online interaction
CIDTFF, DE, Universidade de Aveiro
assessment categories
Interação – referencia a outro(s) participante(s) ou a mensagens de outros
participantes. Existe ainda algum nível de interação quando numa mensagem se solicita
o contributo de outros participantes (“Aceitam-se contributos (…)”).
Partilha de informação – mensagens em que se emite uma opinião, se faz uma
afirmação, se avança uma proposta (“(…) uma forma de ultrapassar a dificuldade que
acabaram de relatar, poderá passar por (…)”) se partilha leituras ou experiências. Nesta
categoria incluíram-se também as mensagens em que se partilhava informação de
forma sintetizada (embora não envolvendo avaliação e reflexão).
Discussão – mensagens em que existe identificação de problemas ou dissonâncias
(“penso que será necessário em primeiro lugar refletir (…)”) ou questionamento
(formulação de questões), distingue-se da categoria “interação_incentivo”, dado haver
solicitação com questões concretas.
Reflexão – agruparam-se nesta categoria as mensagens em que existe análise do
percurso (“Senti uma necessidade imediata de repartir, comunicar e refletir (…)”) ou
avaliação.
Case 5