Traditional assessment methods are far from being a fair indicator of intelligence, knowledge, skills, or effort. And they don't reflect whatsoever the abilities and preparedness for work life.

Poor performance in an exam has nothing to do with incompetence or lack of knowledge. Many students suffer from attention deficit, hyperactive disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and other forms of attention and learning disorders. Other students just suffer from anxiety, stress, and fear of judgment and evaluation. Others have just bad luck.

The pandemic situation and the abrupt shift of schools and universities to remote teaching are finally opening our eyes: the way we assess students’ knowledge and skills needs to change. We have to think about more appropriate assessment methods that encourage reflection, learning, and skills development.

In this episode, I discuss different effective methods for assessing students’ learning outcomes both online and offline.

Also, you can check a full article with more assessment techniques here: 10 alternative assessment methods for the online classroom.

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Links to Apps mentioned in this episode

Synth for micro podcasting and private class audio channels: https://gosynth.com/

Mote for audio messages: https://www.mote.com/

Flipgrid for video channels and social platforms: https://info.flipgrid.com/

Wakelet for class topic boards and collections: https://wakelet.com/