Die vorliegende Broschüre ist Teil einer Publikationsserie, die einen Überblick über verschiedene Medienformate von digitalen Texten über elektronische Tests und Wikis bis hin zu digitalen Simulationen gibt. Dieses Heft widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig den verschiedenen Formen des E-Assessments, mit deren Hilfe Sie Ihren Studierenden mehr Feedback ermöglichen und Ihre Lehre so verbessern können. Anhand von Ergebnissen einer Online-Befragung im Jahr 2016 und Interviews, die Beispiele aus der Lehre sächsischer Hochschullehrender vorstellen, wird aufgezeigt, welche Einsatzmöglichkeiten derzeit an den sächsischen Hochschulen genutzt werden. Sie bieten Inspiration für die Entwicklung eigener mediengestützter Lehrkonzepte. Hinweise auf Werkzeuge zur Erstellung digitaler Lehrangebote und Antworten zu häufigen Fragen bei der Nutzung der einzelnen Medienformate bieten Anregungen und Informationen, wie der Einstieg in die digital gestützte Lehre möglichst ohne großen Initialaufwand gestaltet werden kann. Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen, praktische Tipps und rechtliche Hinweise geben eine erste Orientierung und Sicherheit bei der Nutzung digitaler Medien. Dabei erfahren Sie auch, wie Sie die einzelnen medial gestützten Formate mit der klassischen Präsenzlehre verbinden und wie unterschiedliche Einsatzszenarien miteinander kombiniert werden können.

Die vorliegende Broschüre ist Teil einer Publikationsserie, die einen Überblick über verschiedene Medienformate von digitalen Texten über elektronische Tests und Wikis bis hin zu digitalen Simulationen gibt. Dieses Heft widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig den verschiedenen Formen des E-Assessments, mit deren Hilfe Sie Ihren Studierenden mehr Feedback ermöglichen und Ihre Lehre so verbessern können. Anhand von Ergebnissen einer Online-Befragung im Jahr 2016 und Interviews, die Beispiele aus der Lehre sächsischer Hochschullehrender vorstellen, wird aufgezeigt, welche Einsatzmöglichkeiten derzeit an den sächsischen Hochschulen genutzt werden. Sie bieten Inspiration für die Entwicklung eigener mediengestützter Lehrkonzepte. Hinweise auf Werkzeuge zur Erstellung digitaler Lehrangebote und Antworten zu häufigen Fragen bei der Nutzung der einzelnen Medienformate bieten Anregungen und Informationen, wie der Einstieg in die digital gestützte Lehre möglichst ohne großen Initialaufwand gestaltet werden kann. Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen, praktische Tipps und rechtliche Hinweise geben eine erste Orientierung und Sicherheit bei der Nutzung digitaler Medien. Dabei erfahren Sie auch, wie Sie die einzelnen medial gestützten Formate mit der klassischen Präsenzlehre verbinden und wie unterschiedliche Einsatzszenarien miteinander kombiniert werden können.

Die vorliegende Broschüre ist Teil einer Publikationsserie, die einen Überblick über verschiedene Medienformate von digitalen Texten über elektronische Tests und Wikis bis hin zu digitalen Simulationen gibt. Dieses Heft widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig den verschiedenen Formen des E-Assessments, mit deren Hilfe Sie Ihren Studierenden mehr Feedback ermöglichen und Ihre Lehre so verbessern können. Anhand von Ergebnissen einer Online-Befragung im Jahr 2016 und Interviews, die Beispiele aus der Lehre sächsischer Hochschullehrender vorstellen, wird aufgezeigt, welche Einsatzmöglichkeiten derzeit an den sächsischen Hochschulen genutzt werden. Sie bieten Inspiration für die Entwicklung eigener mediengestützter Lehrkonzepte. Hinweise auf Werkzeuge zur Erstellung digitaler Lehrangebote und Antworten zu häufigen Fragen bei der Nutzung der einzelnen Medienformate bieten Anregungen und Informationen, wie der Einstieg in die digital gestützte Lehre möglichst ohne großen Initialaufwand gestaltet werden kann. Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen, praktische Tipps und rechtliche Hinweise geben eine erste Orientierung und Sicherheit bei der Nutzung digitaler Medien. Dabei erfahren Sie auch, wie Sie die einzelnen medial gestützten Formate mit der klassischen Präsenzlehre verbinden und wie unterschiedliche Einsatzszenarien miteinander kombiniert werden können.:Grußwort 3 Grundlagen des E-Assessments 4 Gute Gründe für das E-Assessment 6 Elektronische Tests 7 Trend: E-Klausuren 15 Live-Abstimmungen in der Vorlesung 21 E-Portfolio 29 Studentische Medienprodukte 37 Trend: Peer-Assessment 45 Unterstützung, Services, Kontakt 51

Die vorliegende Broschüre ist Teil einer Publikationsserie, die einen Überblick über verschiedene Medienformate von digitalen Texten über elektronische Tests und Wikis bis hin zu digitalen Simulationen gibt. Dieses Heft widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig den verschiedenen Formen des E-Assessments, mit deren Hilfe Sie Ihren Studierenden mehr Feedback ermöglichen und Ihre Lehre so verbessern können. Anhand von Ergebnissen einer Online-Befragung im Jahr 2016 und Interviews, die Beispiele aus der Lehre sächsischer Hochschullehrender vorstellen, wird aufgezeigt, welche Einsatzmöglichkeiten derzeit an den sächsischen Hochschulen genutzt werden. Sie bieten Inspiration für die Entwicklung eigener mediengestützter Lehrkonzepte. Hinweise auf Werkzeuge zur Erstellung digitaler Lehrangebote und Antworten zu häufigen Fragen bei der Nutzung der einzelnen Medienformate bieten Anregungen und Informationen, wie der Einstieg in die digital gestützte Lehre möglichst ohne großen Initialaufwand gestaltet werden kann. Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen, praktische Tipps und rechtliche Hinweise geben eine erste Orientierung und Sicherheit bei der Nutzung digitaler Medien. Dabei erfahren Sie auch, wie Sie die einzelnen medial gestützten Formate mit der klassischen Präsenzlehre verbinden und wie unterschiedliche Einsatzszenarien miteinander kombiniert werden können.:Grußwort 3 Grundlagen des E-Assessments 4 Gute Gründe für das E-Assessment 6 Elektronische Tests 7 Trend: E-Klausuren 15 Trend: Online-Self-Assessment (OSA) 21 Live-Abstimmungen in der Vorlesung 25 E-Portfolio 33 Studentische Medienprodukte 41 Trend: Peer-Assessment 49 Unterstützung, Services, Kontakt 55

The overarching aim of the present thesis is to gain knowledge about how Rwandan university students understand and practice group-based learning. Specifically, this research takes a social constructivist perspective when examining how second year students within the area of Modern Languages reflect on collaborative writing and peer assessment as means to promote academic writing and active learning. Four studies make up this research. Thus, Study I examines how students carry out self-directed group work in writing. Study II investigates how instructor-guided writing groups can help promote students’ collaborative learning. Study III explores in what ways process writing as instruction method can help develop students’ academic writing abilities and Study IV focuses on how students experience peer assessment and peer feedback on group writing. The data, which are qualitative, were collected by means of interviews carried out with groups of students. The findings show that students perceive and conduct group-based learning in different ways, which can impact the quality of their learning. Also, based on initial support and guidance from the course instructor, most students acknowledged having been able to take stock of their common writing abilities and understand in what ways peer assessment and peer feedback can help them improve, and thus enrich their learning. A few students considered the common writing process time consuming though. In conclusion, some strategies are suggested to further improve group-based learning. / Det övergripande syftet med denna avhandling är att söka kunskap om hur universitetsstudenter i Rwanda förstår och praktiserar gruppbaserat lärande. Teoretiskt utgår den från ett socialkonstruktivistiskt perspektiv med särskilt fokus riktat mot hur studenter inom ämnesområdet moderna språk reflekterar över kollaborativt skrivande och inbördes bedömning som ett sätt att främja akademiskt skrivande och aktivt lärande. Avhandlingen består av fyra studier. I studie I undersöks studenters reflektioner över hur deras självstyrda skrivande i grupp genomförs. Studie II belyser lärarens roll i lärarlett skrivande i grupp och hur det kan påverka studenters kollaborativa lärande. I studie III studeras på vilket sätt metoder som synliggör skrivprocessen kan stödja studenters utveckling inom akademiskt skrivande. Studie IV fokuserar hur studenter erfar inbördes bedömning av skrivande i grupp. Data består av kvalitativa intervjuer genomförda med grupper av studenter under deras andra högskoleår Resultaten visar att studenterna uppfattar och genomför gruppbaserat lärande på olika sätt vilket kan påverka kvaliteten på deras lärande. Givet ett initialt stöd och vägledning från läraren som grund, bekräftade de flesta studenterna att de i grupparbetet kunde utnyttja sin gemensamma skrivförmåga och förstå på vilket sätt inbördes utvärdering kan hjälpa dem att förbättra sitt skrivande och därmed berika deras lärande. Vissa ansåg dock att den gemensamma skrivprocessen var tidsödande. Avslutningsvis föreslås strategier som kan användas för att ytterligare förbättra ett gruppbaserat lärande.

Genomförda undersökningar visar att formativ bedömning förbättrar elevers inlärning och förståelse. Den svenska läroplanen från 2011 ger tydliga indikationer på att formativ bedömning ska inkluderas i undervisningen. Vår diskussion i denna uppsats är därför aktuell och den visar hur forskare artikulerar fenomenet formativ bedömning. Litteraturstudien inkluderar information om vad formativ bedömning innebär och förslag på hur man kan arbeta utifrån ett sådant arbetssätt. Vår studie visar att de viktigaste komponenterna inom formativ bedömning är att tydliggöra målen, återkoppling samt själv- och kamratbedömning. Beskrivningarna av dessa resulterar i en analys där vi diskuterar det formativa arbetssättet. Både positiva och negativa aspekter tas upp. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats är att införskaffa djupare kunskaper om formativ bedömning likväl för oss själva som för redan aktiva lärare. Vi har en föraning om att många lärare inte har tillräckliga kunskaper kring ämnet och vår förhoppning är att denna uppsats kan fungera som ett verktyg för lärare som arbetar med eller skulle vilja arbeta med formativ bedömning. / Previous research shows that formative assessments improve pupils’ learning and understanding. Also, the Swedish Curriculum 2011 gives clear guidance that formative assessment should be included in school. Our discussion in this essay is therefore needed and it deals with how researchers articulate the phenomenon formative assessment. The study includes information about what formative assessment means and suggestions for how to work with it are given. The main parts within formative assessment are to clarify learning goals, feedback and self- and peer assessment. The information about these main parts ends in an analysis where a discussion about formative assessment and its positive and negative effects takes place.   Furthermore, the purpose of this essay is to inherit deeper knowledge about formative assessment as well for ourselves as for teachers already on duty. We anticipate that many teachers do not have sufficient knowledge about formative assessment and our expectation is that this essay can function as a tool for teachers who work or would like to work with formative assessment.

Conservatoires all over the world are re-examining their educational roles and practices in a changing cultural and economic context, including re-evaluating their function as sites of relevant learning. This dissertation by publication contributes to this re-examination by investigating understandings of assessment, evaluative reflection, the relationship between know-how and knowledge, autonomous learning, community of practice and the student experience of these pedagogies in one Queensland conservatorium. The study is presented in the form of a synopsis and five publications, with additional data that will form the basis of further post-doctoral publication. It is focused on non-traditional pedagogical processes operating within a bachelor of popular music program, processes that have been intuited by the academic teacher who is also the author of this dissertation. What these processes have in common is the philosophical rejection of teacher-led pedagogy and an insistence upon, and scaffolding of, self-directed student action and reflection. The aim of the dissertation, in keeping with the rationale for a professional doctorate, is to subject this approach to systematic theoretical and empirical scrutiny, and thereby to further refine and strengthen the practices in terms of their capacity to engage young people in self-directed approaches to quality music making. John Biggs's presage/process/product learning model (1999) provides a structure for this systematic evaluation of the pedagogical work. The study understands the learning characteristics that students bring to the program, combined with the structures and pedagogical approaches in place in the program, to be the key presage elements; the learning activities (including assessment as learning) that occur within the program are the key process elements; the key products are the learning outcomes for the students and the ongoing development of the program and pedagogical approaches informed by reflection on empirical data including data collected as part of this research. The study demonstrates the significance of recognising and valuing presage and process elements that enable students to perform from the basis of their intuitive know how while being recorded, and then apply their knowledge-based critical reflection skills to an appraisal of their own work and the work of their peers while hearing the recording played back. While not displacing the teacher as mentor and critical friend, this moves responsibility for learning to the student as a self-monitoring, strategic decision-maker about the nature and quality of their learning products. The program requirement that students write meaningfully about the process appears to encourage the embracing of both conscious and unconscious ways of knowing and doing. As a documentation of this type of teaching, the study presents an argument for a broader incorporation of student-led pedagogy into higher education in general and conservatoria in particular. It concludes that aspects of education that enhance students' abilities to learn, including self- and peer assessment, self-directed learning, reflective practice, and both independent and collaborative work that incorporates program-wide learning, are likely to enhance integrated creative practice. This project has made it possible to disseminate a scholarly engagement with such processes through publication in academic and professional contexts.

Empirical research evidences have confirmed the pedagogical power of formative assessment to improve students‟ learning, particularly in science education. Thus, this study investigated science teachers‟ practice of assessment for learning in second cycle secondary schools at East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State. To meet this objective mixed method research design, particularly concurrent mixed method was used. The subjects of the study were all of science teachers in the randomly selected schools. Questionnaire, semi-structured interview, and observation were used to collect the data. From 186 science teachers, 153 teachers properly filled and returned the questionnaire. Moreover, 8 purposively selected teachers were included in the interview and observation sessions. To analyze the quantitative data, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-sample t-test, multiple regression, MANOVA, and ANOVA were used. For the qualitative data content analysis was used. The results of the quantitative and qualitative data showed that the practice of assessment for learning in the selected schools was very low. Most science teachers administered tests, home works, assignments, and class works at the end of the lesson to consolidate what they taught and to collect marks, but they did not integrate different assessment for learning methods throughout their instruction for the sake of learning. Teachers mentioned lack of science resources, large class size, shortage of instructional time, inadequate school support, lack of appropriate professional development activities, lack of instructional materials, students‟ and teachers‟ negative perception on formative assessment, teachers‟ lack of knowledge and skill about formative assessment, and large content of courses as major factors for not implementing assessment for learning. Besides, this study revealed a significant relationship between teachers‟ perception and school supports with teachers‟ overall practice of assessment for learning. Teaching experience has also significant effect on the combined practice of assessment for learning, particularly teaching experience significantly affects the collection of learning evidences than other factors. However, class size, subject taught, and teaching load per week have no significant effect on the combined practice of assessment for learning. Moreover, the pre-service and in-service assessment trainings have no significant contributions to the practice of assessment for learning. Therefore, comprehensive and relevant assessment trainings should be given for science teachers on a regular basis to integrate assessment with daily instruction to improve learning. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Didactics)

The purpose of this study was to examine the ways by which student learning improvement and the self-regulation of learning are possible through the use of quality formative assessment in the teaching of a university course. In recent years, researchers in educational assessment are showing an increased interest to the improvement of learning resulting from the use of formative assessment. Formative assessment is generally recognised as an improvement oriented assessment. It is believed to result in instructional effectiveness. Quality formative assessment includes formative feedback, self-assessment and peer assessment. Previous studies show the contribution of each of these quality formative assessments to learning improvement. However, less attention has been given to studying the combined effect of quality formative assessments on learning improvement. On the other hand, the predominant use of summative assessment remains a challenge to the improvement in instruction. Thus, the question was to determine the extent to which the use of quality formative assessment improves learning. The literature review in this study show an over reliance upon summative assessment in the context of higher education classrooms. There is also recognition in that formative assessment improves learning and enhances self-regulation. This study followed a mixed-methods research design of the type partially mixed sequential and applied a quasi-experimental intervention, where the educators used quality formative assessment on lessons with the students in the intervention group. The quasiexperimentation was implemented with 378 (214 male and 164 female) first year students of three universities enrolled for “General Psychology” course and six educators who were teaching the course. The students in this study were taken from intact classes, because this is possible in quasi experimental research. Data for the quantitative part of the study were generated using a structured questionnaire and achievement tests. Interviews with the educators, focus group discussions with the students, and classroom observations were used to generate data for the qualitative phase of study. The pretestposttest scores as well as the students’ perceptions on self-regulating learning were compared between the intervention (N =191) and the comparison (N = 187) groups. The quantitative analysis used different inferential statistics, which proved the presence of statistically significant variations between the intervention and comparison groups for the outcome measures (posttest achievement and perception about self-regulating learning). Although the qualitative study showed the presence of positive perceptions towards quality formative assessment, the practice was found to be inconsistent. Perhaps, this may be because of the predominantly summative assessment tradition and the reluctance to use quality formative assessment. Finally, recommendations were made to promote the use of quality formative assessment aiming at the improvement and the self-regulation on learning. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Didactics)

The theoretical-empirical thesis deals with the importance of self-assessment and peer assessment for interpreter self-training. The first part is focused on the theoretical foundations of the thesis. First, the thesis covers the question of interpreting quality, its definition, and the assessment of interpreting in interpreter training. The thesis then presents the expertise theory, both in general and in the field of interpreting studies specifically, and provides recommendations by several theoreticians as to how to apply this theory in interpreter training. The next chapter clarifies certain concepts from learning theory that often appear in literature on interpreting didactics. The theoretical part concludes with a presentation of two types of tools that can be used in interpreter self-training, namely e-learning tools and reflective diaries. The empirical part then analyses data collected in two pieces of research. The first of these is a questionnaire research that aims to map the self-training habits of MA interpreting students at the Institute of Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and to find out whether the students, while self-training, act in line with the expertise theory. The second piece of research is focused on peer feedback that interpreting students give to...