Information and Communication Technology (Ict) and Its Role in Educational Assessment

Abstract

This paper identifies the role of ICT in assessment practices in education. The significant factors that schools and teachers should consider include the benefits it can provide to improve and enhance assessment. The primary focus of this paper is: What are the roles ICT can provide to support assessment in education? ICT has several roles and supports in educational assessment practices. This paper emphasizes its roles in two parts: testing, and tasks. ICT can be used in testing to administer tests, to score the tests, to analyse the result and to facilitate teachers in assessing learning outcomes. Besides, ICT can be integrated in completing student's task such as portfolio and project-based assessment. ICT provides opportunities for students to create electronic versions of their portfolio. ICT can also support students to complete their project. It is essential for teachers to realise that the rubric used to assess e-portfolios and projects must also assess students' technology use.

Project-Based Assessment for Esp (English for Specific Purpose) Students: Lecturers' Perspective

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“…Another example of a project is producing a short video. Tiene & Ingram (2001) Projects provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge in creative and productive ways and educators need to design projects that support constructivist learning (Marina, 2015).…”

Economics Teachers' Integration of ICT for Enhanced Economics Curriculum Implementation

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Perception of Indonesian Teachers and Learners on the Use of Edubox for Language Assessments

“…The use of technology in language assessments brings many benefits both for teachers and learners. The integration of technology could enhance language assessments [3]. Technology applications assist learners to be more independent.…”

“…If a lot of teachers have used technology as a way to acquire more complete materials than got in a textbook for a long time, because of numerous benefits found, many experts develop the use of technology for language assessment purposes [1] in order to enhance assessment activities [2]. That view appears since findings of several researches show that technology could assist assessment practices [3]. The incorporation of technology in language assessments is expected could promote assessments that afford a wide variety of opportunities for learners to produce target languages [4].…”