EDCI 337

Category: Assignment 1 – Blog Posts

Blog Post 9: Different Types of Summative Testing

Formative Vs Summative : The User Testing Battle - Usability Geek

I think that summative assessment is what gives a lot of students stress. It’s the big test at the end of the unit where students are cramming all they can and staying up all night to study, but in the end, what they learned may not be reflected in their test score. There are many different ways a student can be tested besides a written test. For example, giving a student an interview with a few questions at the end could be a good way to test a student’s knowledge without making them study for hours and hours. It also gives them a way to show what they know, instead of simply circling a letter without being about to explain themselves. 

Another way is for students to have a final presentation on the subject matter. Students could make a poster board, video, Powerpoint, etc, to show what they know and give them a chance to use the information in a new and more exciting way. Some students also suffer from test anxiety, which means their performance on a test is never good due to the high amount of stress they face. Letting students take hold of the reins a little bit and have some control over how they are tested might take away a lot of the testing anxiety they face. I believe that testing students in this way is much more effective, fun and engaging for the students. 

Blog Post 8: How AR Allows For New Types of Lessons

SKT Jump AR Service enters North American app market - Korea IT Times

AR allows for a whole new type of lesson, and I think that it could be especially useful for science or communications classes where there may be some digital tools being used. One of the videos talked about seeing sound waves through AR, and I think that’s just one great example of what AR could do for classroom learning. Being able to see the soundwaves helped students to literally see what was going on to help them better understand. I could see this being the same for chemistry where students may be able to actually see the experiment happening. I could also see this for communications classes where a lot of digital technology is being used. 

In one of my communications classes, we talked a lot about coding and 3d printing. I think that AR could be woven into 3D printing and students could design something using AR and print it off as their project. I also think AR would be really useful in the medical field/biology or human anatomy classes because it would allow students to see and explore things they wouldn’t be able to without AR technology. Overall, AR technology would be very beneficial in the classroom by giving students hands-on and visual experiences to learn and better grasp the learning topic.

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