Lesson 7:Evaluation of Technology Learning

Content

            This lesson entails about how to determine if the technology is appropriate and enhances the teaching and learning process. Evaluation is used in Ed Tech and its means considering the merits of the material used. Its strength and weaknesses as a tool for learning. It emphasizes the role of digital instructions in the modern times especially in evaluating student outputs. The student standard evaluation of learning must change. As efforts are exerted to go digital in instruction, we need to also go digital in learning. Today, students are expected to be not only cognitive, but also flexible, analytical, and creative. Students must have the six important fluencies that reflect process skills.

Mass amateurization is the change of evaluation approach, from the amateur creator of outputs to professional creator of outcomes and products. It gives an impression to the teachers and learners that high technologies are very essential for the learning and evaluating process.

Experience

           During our EdTech 1, we were tasked to make a short film, it would be so hard for the teacher to evaluate the output through a paper-pencil test so we made a short film by doing like a cinema thing. Our teachers nowadays tend to evaluate us in an appropriate way possible catering all our basic digital skills.

Reflection

            It is a need for teachers to evaluate the use of technology in the teaching-learning process to be able to check its appropriateness. And employing technology for evaluation is a must nowadays since there are softwares that could be used to evaluate learning.

Application

            Teachers must adapt new mindset both for instruction and evaluation. Evaluation must be geared to assessment of essential knowledge so that learners can function effectively, productively and creatively in the new world.