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: DrAshokBanerji@gmail.com

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