Digital Competence

Assessment type Summative assessment
Assessment method/tool Essay
Operationalisation (what is being assessed and why, how to conduct it) Description of the method
The Essay strategy of assessment provides exhaustive information about the learning level of a trainee. The trainee is invited to present, generally in written mode, but can be done by speaking, as well, about a trained topic. The assessment task should clearly specify the conditions of the essay: how large the presentation should be, the level of detailing, the available time ...

The objectives of the assessment method
1. Encouraging the trainees to freely present what they learned about the use of existent digital tools dedicated to teaching and learning processes to manage training strategies and assess learners’ performances.
2. Preparing the trainees to deal with specific conditions of using specific digital tools dedicated to teaching and learning.

Operation An Essay is a presentation with declared level of detailing, in which the trainees present what they already learned about a topic: history, characteristics, processes, phenomena, …
1. Theme: Choosing the appropriate digital tool for teaching a specific information
2. Conditions prior to the evaluation:
a. designing and delivering of a micro lesson to the learners / trainees; the contents should be focused on how to choose between the available digital tools
c. each trainee receives a subject from a specific trained topic, and the conditions for the presentation of the essay
d. the trainer analyses the essay and concludes on the level of learning proved by each trainee.

3. Implementation of the assessment
3.1 Actions:
  • each trainee will receive the task; the task is explained
  • each trainee will receive the conditions;
  • the trainees are invited to present their essays in the specified time
  • the essays are read by the trainer and scores are provided

  • 3.2 Competence to be evaluated from the received answers related to:
    level of understanding of the tasks; level of understanding of the technical situation; level of knowledge regarding the digital tools from which to choose; level of technical knowledge and expertise related to the topics to be taught; the choice; the justification.
    Remarks The information to be taught and the 5 digital tools that are the subjects of the task should be part of the previous micro-lesson.
    All members of the group should return answers to the questions, in order to be able to score them individually.

    Useful LINKS/ATTACHMENTS:

    Video files related to the main digital tools to be used in teaching can be viewed at:
    https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/media/departmental/skillshub/HOWTOWRITEYOUR-ESSAY.pdf

    https://www.scribbr.com/category/academic-essay/

    https://www.scribbr.com/academic-essay/introduction/

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