Konferenzbericht,
Closing the Loop: Exploring the Links between Formative Assessment and and Social Software in Distance Education
EDMEDIA 2007, (2007)In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 2531-2538). Chesapeake, VA: AACE..
Zusammenfassung
The paper explores the relationship between social software and formative assessment. Formative assessment practices though beneficial for student learning become marginalised and constrained in open and distance learning environments. Feedback is a key factor in formative assessment and can potentially benefit from the deployment of emerging technologies and the opportunities for participation and dialogue afforded by social software. This paper explores and proposes a conceptual framework for this relationship. The claim is that the social dimensions of emerging technologies allow for formative assessment practices to be re-invented or at the very least facilitated by essentially participative and student focussed interventions. A comparison of these technologies against formative assessment mechanisms will help identify the types of processes that these new tools might best support to encourage effective feedback approaches that both empower the learner and enhance their learning experience.
