Evaluation of Technology Learning

LESSON 7:EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY LEARNING

JELY JOY M. OLIQUINOIII-BAT-ATE

Bicol UniversityCollege of Agriculture and Forestry

Guinobatan, Albay

“Technology makes the world a new place.”

DEFINITION OF TERMS•EVALUATION•TECHNOLOGY

EVALUATIONis a holistic approach; all the phases of learning must be seen because all of them contribute to the total development of the child.

Evaluation, therefore must judge the strength of the content selected, the strategies employed, and the instructional materials used.

TECHNOLOGYIs the science of the application of knowledge to practical purposes to a particular field.

The standard evaluation of learning must change.

This is justified by the fact that not only has the new generation changed into a digital learners, but the traditional world has metamorphosed into a digital world.

Assessment needs to conform, not with the literacy of the past century but the new literacy of the 21st century.

This is a literacy that uses digital tools in preparing students to face a high-tech world.

Teachers must adopt a new mindset both for instruction and evaluation.

Evaluation must geared to assessment of essential knowledge and skills so that learners can function effectively, productively and creatively in a new world.

It must use evaluative tools that measure the new basic skills of the 21st century digital culture.

This refers to the capacity and creativity in problem solving.

It requires the whole brain thinking executed when students define a problem, design the appropriate solution, apply the solution, and assess the process and the result.

It refers to the ability to think critically while engaging with, creating and utilizing information and technology regardless of format or platform.

Design, Art, StoryCREATIVITY

FLUENCY

The standard paper and pencil tests will prove inadequate in assessing new learning. As students engage in the problem solving process, assessment will also need to focus on the 4 D’s.

THE 4D’S-DEFINE-DESIGN-DO-DEBRIEF

DESIGN•Carefully create a step by step

plan of action to solve the problem•Determine which member of the team will take responsibility individual task•Consider the end result. What will it look like?

DO-EXECUTE THE PLAN!

DEBRIEF•Carefully review the final product•consider what worked well in the plan

The 4 D’s have empower the students to solve the problems using higher-level theoretical and practical thinking.

MASS AMATEURIZATION-a term which implies a mass reach of student outputs.

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