The emerging concept of validity as a social imperative highlights some areas of focus in traditional validation frameworks, whereas some characteristics appear unique to HPE and move beyond traditional frameworks. The study reflects the importance of embedding consideration for society and societal concerns throughout the assessment and validation process, and may represent a potential lens through which to examine the quality of complex and programmatic assessment approaches.
The COVID‐19 pandemic provoked an urgency for many educators to integrate digital information and communication technologies in their educational practices. We explored how faculty members tackled the task of adapting their assessment practices during the pandemic to identify what is required to sustain and favour future quality development and implementation of e‐assessment in higher education. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach, we conducted semi‐structured interviews with thirty‐one individuals six months into the COVID‐19 pandemic. We identified four major themes in participants' discourse about the integration of e‐assessment during the COVID‐19 pandemic: (a) the considerations they had for the potential consequences on students and how they considered this while deciding how to move forward, (b) the preoccupations for the potential for cheating, (c) the importance of pedagogical alignment, and (d) the affordances available to them. While the COVID‐19 pandemic highlighted the fact that higher education institutions were not prepared for a pivot to‐ or greater integration of‐ e‐assessment, it also provided the tipping‐point to do so. In other words, it offered an unprecedented opportunity to critically appraise and change assessment practices, this opportunity was also a very challenging balancing act of considering the social consequences of assessment, and the alignment within set affordances. Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic The advantages of e‐assessment include the opportunity for rapid‐, even immediate‐, feedback. The integration of digital information and communication technologies to assessment practices is a source of stress and anxiety for some students. The move towards e‐assessment increases faculty members' workload. What this paper adds How cheating, anxiety and workload were considered in the context of a forced and rushed change to e‐assessment because of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The COVID‐19 pandemic offered an opportunity to faculty members to take a critical look at their assessment practices and increase their alignment with learning outcomes. Faculty members considered the consequences of their decisions on students when making changes to their assessment. Implications for practice and/or policy Moving to e‐assessment is an opportunity to align the assessment practice with students' future professional practice, or in other words it is an opportunity to increase the authenticity of the assessment. A better integration of information and communication technology to assessment practices will require to provide educators with skills, time, evidence‐informed recommendations, and institutional support among others.
Manuscrit soumis le 18 mai 2011 ; commentaires éditoriaux formulés aux auteurs le 26 juillet 2011 ; accepté pour publication le 21 décembre 2012 Résumé -Contexte : La pratique infirmière en traumatologie est complexe. Pour cette raison, la formation continue (FC) s'avère essentielle au développement et au maintien des compétences des infirmières oeuvrant dans ce champ de pratique. But : L'étude visait à développer et évaluer une activité de FC pour les infirmières oeuvrant en traumatologie au service des urgences. Sujet/Matériel/Méthode : Un devis qualitatif, inspiré de l'approche de quatrième génération de Guba et Lincoln, a inclus des données qualitatives et quantitatives. L'étude repose sur le cadre conceptuel de Le Boterf. Après avoir identifié les besoins de formation de 30 infirmières du service des urgences d'un centre hospitalier universitaire lors d'entrevues de groupe, une activité de FC a été élaborée. Les connaissances générales et reliées aux procédures ont été évaluées avant, immédiatement après et trois mois après l'activité par le biais de questionnaires et d'entrevues de groupe. Nous avons évalué la satisfaction des participant(e)s à l'aide d'un questionnaire. Des analyses statistiques et qualitatives ont été effectuées. Résultats : L'analyse des besoins a donné lieu à la co-construction d'une activité de FC « sur mesure » pour les infirmières. À la suite de cette formation, les connaissances générales et reliées aux procédures, concernant les soins donnés aux personnes polytraumatisées se sont améliorées et se sont maintenues jusqu'à trois mois après la formation. L'élaboration d'une activité de FC « sur mesure », selon les besoins exprimés, constituait une nouveauté dans le domaine des soins infirmiers en traumatologie et a favorisé la participation. Conclusion : L'approche participative novatrice utilisée dans cette étude a contribué au développement des connaissances, à la mobilisation des ressources personnelles ainsi qu'au sentiment d'implication vécu par le personnel infirmier tout au long du processus de construction et de mise en oeuvre des activités de FC. RECHERCHE ET PERSPECTIVES
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