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Assessing activity–based learning for a networked course
Author(s) -
Macdonald Janet,
Twining Peter
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00295
Subject(s) - tutor , scope (computer science) , course (navigation) , reflection (computer programming) , computer science , course evaluation , mathematics education , pedagogy , knowledge management , engineering ethics , higher education , psychology , engineering , political science , law , programming language , aerospace engineering
Networked environments offer new scope for presenting activity based courses, in which activities and reflection form the central backbone of course pedagogy. Such courses promise an enriching approach to study, but there are also challenges for the design of assessment. This paper describes a qualitative study of student and tutor perspectives on the assessment of an innovative undergraduate course at the UK Open University which has employed an activity–based approach. It discusses the relationship between assessment, student participation, and the development of skills, and then outlines the priorities for the design of assessment for such courses.