Using innovative assessment tools in teacher education for quality improvement.

1. INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT IN
TEACHER EDUCATION
Professor Ramakanta Mohalik
Regional Institute of Education
Bhubaneswar
email-rkmohalik@riebbs.ac.on
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

2. Concept of Assessment
• Assessment an integral part of teaching
learning in teacher education.
• It is the process of gathering, analyzing,
interpreting and using information collected
from students for quality improvement of
learning.
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

3. Purposes of Assessment
• Providing feedback on learning,
• Facilitating improvement,
• Measuring achievement,
• Motivating learning and
• Maintaining standards.
• Overall quality of teaching and learning in
teacher education.
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

4. Purposes of Assessment
Providing feedback on learning
Facilitating improvement
Measuring achievement
Motivating learning
Maintain standards
Certifying trainees
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

5. Assessment in Teacher Education
• Theory papers
• Practicum activities
• Internship
• Community related activities
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

6. Approaches to Assessment
• Teaching Oriented Assessment
• Learning Oriented Assessment
• When an assessment is constructed so as to
maximise opportunities for meaningful
student learning.
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

7. Learning Oriented Assessment
Certification Learning
Assessment as
Learning Task
Trainees Involvement
(Peer & Self)
Feedback as
Feedforward
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8. Observation
Written
test
Portfolio
Artifacts
Peer
Assessment
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Discussion
Self
Assessment
Presentation
Project

9. Assessment
Tasks
Done by
Trainees
Graded by
Teachers
Self/Peer/Tr
Review
Learning
Resources
Essay/Project/Assign
ment/Dissertation
Peer Review
Learning Oriented Assessment
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

10. Online Assessment: Innovation
• It involves use of digital devices and
applications to assist in the construction,
delivery, storage or reporting of students
assessment task/responses, grades/feedback.
• It can be part of LMS like Moodle, Sakai and
BlackBoard.
• It can be independent like Mentimeter,
ExamSoft, Kahoot!
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

11. Benefits of Online Assessment
• Efficiency: Timeliness, Flexible delivery, Auto
processing of responses, storage of result.
• Effectiveness: Immediate feedback, new
question types
• Authenticity: Access to people & responses,
stimulate real world, complex problem solving
task.
• Engagement: Multi modal format, use virtual
world, use self & peer review
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

12. Online Assessment Formats
• MCQ
• Free text-Short & long essay
• Hot Spot-Drag & drop
• Cloze
• Ordering
• Blog
• Discussion Forum
• Self/peer review
• Online group project-Google doc/wiki
• e-Portfolio
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13. Online Assessment Tools
• Hot Potatoes
• Kahoot!
• PaperShala
• Socrative
• Google Forms
• Goformative
• Quizizz
• TCExam
• Mentimeter
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14. mentimeter.com
• It is very good presentation and assessment
tool used in online class.
• Log in to mentimeter.com
• Put the number code show
• Then answer
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15. Kahoot!
• Go to Kahoot!
• Create Game –questions
• Play with students
• Students enter the PIN to participate and
answer
• Teacher can see the answering pattern on line.
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

16. e-Portfolio
• Google sites
• Google slides
• Weebly
• Seesaw
• Evernote
• Canvas
• Wordpress
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

17. e-Portfolio
• Edublog
• Mahara
• PebblePad
• Rcampus
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18. For Innovative Assessment
• Learning outcomes must be clearly defined
• Teaching must be based on learning outcomes
• Teachers and students must be informed and
oriented in assessment task.
• Public perception of examination result must
be changed
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

19. NEP 2020 & Assessment
• More regular & formative
• Competency based-core capacities
• Measures HOT
• Holistic assessment -360 degree
• Board exams at two levels-standard/higher
• Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

20. Assessment to Educational Reform
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Quality
Improvement
Input Curriculum Teaching
Process
Innovative
Assessment