In today's world, teachers no longer have to grade or read long essays themselves. This is where technology comes in. Technology has come a long way from how it is being use now. Today, computer-based grading assessment is an application used in school due to the widespread use of technology. Computer-based assessment may be very appealing to educators due to its ability to ease their grading jobs, receive real-time student data, and provide immediate feedback. Computer-based assessment is a great way to see if students are learning. Teachers can decide the next step they need to take to fill that learning gap students are experiencing.
According to (O’Donnell,2018) A former teacher from Cleveland, Ohio, is concerned that computers may not grade correctly. However, another teacher who is the head of the Federation of Teachers believes that computers can help with grammar and punctuation. There will always be concerns about anything new, like anything else. Yes, computers can make mistakes, but there is always someone there to collect the data. Then, once results are in and teachers see low grades, they double-check to determine what occurred. Was it the students, or was it the computer error? According to (Aken ,2017) he believes that humans must interact with them to analyze the text that is being analyzed. In agreement with Aken, I believe in this statement because computers are essential in this world and no matter how everyone looks at technology, technology will always need humans. A perfect example of this is the use of Canvas. Canvas is an application teacher can use to create outcomes, assignments, quizzes, or tests. Canvas can grade students' work, give feedback instantly, and get notifications when a student submits assignments or tests if the teacher provides that in the system preference. Learning and teaching online are made possible by Canvas's course management system.
Overall, these reading provided me with information on how Computer- Based Assessment works. It gave me an insight on how everything is broken down into sections. If all aspects are done with professional training and effectively, computer-based assessment can help educators with teaching and can support and shape learning. I still need to learn more about computer-based assessment, and I will provide a video ink for future learning.
Reference
Aken, A. (2017). An Evaluation of Assessment -Oriented Computer-Base Text Analysis Paradigms. Higher Education Research, Vol. 2(4), pp. 111-116. doi:10.11648/j.her.20170204.12
Cope, B., Kalantzis, M. (2016). Big Data Comes to School: Implications for Learning, Assessment, and Research AERA Open April-June 2016, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 1–19 DOI: 10.1177/2332858416641907
O’Donnell, P. (2018) Computers are now grading essays on Ohio's State Tests. Retrieved from Cleveland .com
Edith,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that human interaction is needed with computer based assessment. Just like we train kids when using calculators to think about the answer it provided to see if it is reasonable, we should do the same with data provided by computers. Their output will only be as good as our input, and sometimes programming could be bad or there could be a glitch somewhere. Taking the data without question is a bad idea.