LE15

Welcome to Learning Event 15 (#LE15): 🎯

Using Digital Tools for Assessment 🌟

Learning Event 15 focuses on leveraging digital tools to streamline assessment, enhance feedback, and engage students in meaningful evaluation processes. By integrating technology, educators can create dynamic, interactive assessments that provide actionable insights into student learning.

Why It Matters

Digital tools make assessments more efficient and accessible while offering opportunities to personalize learning and foster engagement. By using the right tools, educators can:

• Provide immediate feedback to students.
• Collect and analyze data to inform instruction.
• Create interactive and engaging assessment experiences.

Focus

Digital Assessment Tools:
Technologies designed to support diverse forms of evaluation, from formative checks to summative exams, while providing insights into student performance.

Key Concepts:

1. Choosing the Right Tool:

   • Consider your course objectives, student needs, and teaching context.
   • Match the tool’s features to the type of assessment you aim to create.

2. Exploring Platforms for Assessment:

   • Google Forms: Easy-to-use platform for quizzes, surveys, and feedback collection.
   • Kahoot: Interactive game-based learning tool for formative assessments.
   • Flipgrid: Video-based platform for student reflections and peer feedback.
   • Padlet: Collaborative tool for student contributions and discussions.

3. Evaluating Data to Improve Instruction:

   • Analyze trends and patterns in assessment data.
   • Use insights to differentiate instruction and target areas for improvement.

READ 📖

1. A Review of Digital Formative Assessment Tools: Features and Future Directions – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching
   “This peer-reviewed study provides an in-depth critical review of popular formative assessment tools available on the Internet, analyzing their features and discussing avenues for further research.”

2. Assessment in a Digital Age: A research review – Oldfield, Broadfoot, Sutherland, & Timmis
   “This comprehensive review examines the history and current scope of technology-enhanced assessment, its use in formative and summative assessments, and potential affordances and challenges.”

3. 20 Useful Digital Assessment Tools for Teachers – We Are Teachers
   “These digital formative assessment tools make it easier than ever to check in throughout any lesson or activity.”

WATCH 🎥

1. How to choose digital tools for learning and assessment? (51:02)
2. Using digital tools to transform the classroom(4:56)
3. Meet Khanmigo: The student tutor AI being tested in school districts (13:17)

DISCUSS 💬

How can digital tools enhance the way you assess student learning? What tools have you used, and what has worked well (or not)?

DO ✍️

Experiment with a Digital Tool

Steps:

1. Choose a digital tool (e.g., Google Forms, Kahoot, Flipgrid) that aligns with your course objectives.
2. Design an assessment activity using the tool.
3. Test the activity with a small group of students or colleagues.
4. Reflect on the tool’s effectiveness and how it could be improved.

Create a Digital Quiz or Survey

Steps:

1. Identify a concept or skill you want to assess.
2. Use a digital tool (e.g., Google Forms) to create a quiz or survey.
3. Share the assessment with students and collect responses.
4. Analyze the data to inform your teaching strategies.

Self-Check:

• Does the tool support your assessment goals?
• Are students engaged and able to interact meaningfully with the assessment?
• How will you use the results to improve instruction or provide feedback?

Share Your Work!

We’d love to hear how you’ve used digital tools to enhance assessment in your courses. Email us at hello@digitallyliterate.net to share your experiences!