MicroCPD: Sustainable Assessment
This week Yan Huo talks about sustainable assessment, and encourages the use of e-portfolios
This week Yan Huo talks about sustainable assessment, and encourages the use of e-portfolios
This week Yan Huo talks about sustainable assessment, and encourages the use of e-portfolios
Further Reading
"Students are increasingly engaged in a broad range of activities that make up the wider student experience: engaging in activities, volunteering, …Graduates want and need the ability to communicate these skills and experiences to their future employers." Wes Streeting (2007)
“A fundamental change is needed in the way we think about education’s role in global development, because it has a catalytic impact on the well-being of individuals and the future of our planet. … Now, more than ever, education has a responsibility to be in gear with 21st century challenges and aspirations, and foster the right types of values and skills that will lead to sustainable and inclusive growth, and peaceful living together." Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
“Education can, and must, contribute to a new vision of sustainable global development.” (UNESCO, 2015)
What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
What are e-portfolios?
They are digital presentations of a student’s experiences, achievements and aspirations for a particular audience – the digital equivalent of a paper portfolio – but the term often refers also to the underlying tools and systems.
However, it is the learning that really matters. Creating an e-portfolio involves skills essential for 21st century learning – organising and planning material, giving and receiving feedback, reflecting, selecting and arranging content to communicate with a particular audience in the most effective way.
It is these rich and complex processes that are of most interest and value to educators.
What are e-portfolios used for?
Different sectors, disciplines and professional bodies have their own approaches, but our research shows that e-portfolios are valuable at all stages in the learning lifecycle.
A well-managed approach to e-portfolios offers students, staff and employers ways of:
References:
David Boud (2000) Sustainable Assessment: Rethinking assessment for the learning society, Studies in Continuing Education, 22:2, 151-167, DOI: 10.1080/713695728
JISC (2008) Effective practice with e-portfolios, JISC, UK. http://www.ssphplus.info/files/effective_practice_e-portfolios.pdf
UNESCO (2017) Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives, available at: https://www.unesco.de/fileadmin/medien/Dokumente/Bibliothek/unesco_education_for_sustainable_development_goals.pdf