Interactive e-assessment - Practical approaches to constructing more sophisticated online tasks

Abstract

This paper will explore some of the practical options that are available to teachers as we move towards Assessment 2.0. Assessment 2.0 describes an environment in which the teacher sets tasks that allow students to use more dynamic, immersive and interactive environments for exploring and creating responses to sophisticated assessment tasks. Assessments will become more like sophisticated games incorporating role-playing and scenarios; they will replicate many of the complexities of the real world, allowing students to explore and describe the consequences associated with their responses. This paper looks at how teachers can begin this journey through the use of simple interactive tools incorporated into familiar question types available in common learning management systems.