Authors:
Felix Kapp
;
Iris Braun
and
Tenshi Hara
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Keyword(s):
Mobile Devices, University Lecture, Teaching Evaluation, Formative Assessment.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Assessment and Accreditation of Courses and Institutions
;
Cloud-Based Learning and Assessment
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Smart Devices as Collaborative Learning Tools
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
;
Teacher Evaluation
;
Ubiquitous Learning
Abstract:
For lecturers at universities timely feedback from their students is very important in order for them to improve
their teaching with adaptations targeted at the students’ requirements. Classical evaluation methods address
overall evaluations at the end of a semester, commonly with paper-based questionnaires. However, this does
not provide direct benefit to the students of that course as adaptations will most likely be carried over into
the next iteration of the same course. For this reason, students’ motivation to participate in these surveys
decreases over time. Therefore, we propose a tool support for continuous evaluation during the conduct
of a course available the whole semester, including direct feedback during the lecture, formative evaluation
during the entire course, and a summative evaluation at the end of the course or semester. For that purpose,
we expanded the functionality of the interactive Auditorium Mobile Classroom Service (AMCS), which was
developed to support stud
ents in self-regulated learning (SRL) processes during classical university lectures.
In the present article the concepts and features of AMCS for evaluation are described. Furthermore, we report
first experiences from a field test in two university lectures.
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