No Such Thing as Failure, Only Feedback: Designing Innovative Opportunities for E-Assessment and Technology-Mediated Feedback

• In Event: Extreme, Adventure, Scenario, and Game-Based Learning: The Future of Hybrid and Online Education

Abstract

In this paper we challenge designers, researchers, teachers, and students to re-assess and re-envision the value of technology-mediated feedback and e-assessment by examining the innovative roles feedback and assessment played in the design of two contemporary web-based learning environments. These environments include 1) an e-assessment system for postsecondary American Sign Language learners, and 2) a hybrid environment for teaching geography through the use of geospatial technologies. For each design we share a brief overview of the instructional problem, audience, and initial design challenge, followed by a description of the specific feedback and assessment design opportunities. We conclude with suggestions to consider when designing future opportunities for online feedback and assessment.

Authors

• Charles DeVaughn Miller, University of Minnesota

• Aaron Doering, University of Minnesota

• Cassandra Scharber, University of Minnesota