Empowering 21st-Century Assessment Practices: Designing Technologies as Agents of Change

• In Event: Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: Classrooms of the Future

Abstract

The overarching question guiding this research study is How might new assessment technologies help teachers visualize learning and how might these visualization approaches inform teachers’ changes in classroom assessment? One component of this interprofessional designed-based research explored how new assessment software tools might change elementary teachers’ assessment practices of 21st Century learning in the classroom. Participants included seven primary school teachers and two intermediate school teachers. Across the data collected, all participants reported the importance and challenges of capturing learning artifacts which were interactive, personalized, collaborative, creative and innovative. Reflecting on their experiences, these teachers reported more confident using the software while working within an interprofessional team. For teachers, this study provided opportunities for ‘in-the-moment’ professional development to occur.

Authors

• Deb Carter, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

• Susan E. Crichton, The University of British Columbia