How to evaluate with Networked Educational Technologies? Dimensions of a strategy for an Open Virtual Learning Environment

Abstract

Currently, and especially due to the pandemic crisis, Networked Educational Technologies assume a particular relevance, given that virtual learning environments are a reality at all levels of education. It is also important to highlight that these technologies have become unavoidable elements as a way to complement either totally virtual teaching or hybrid teaching. In this context, we identify the digital assessment model adopted in a Doctoral Course entirely taught at a distance, specifying the assessment component in the adopted Networked Educational Technology. The assessment proposal outlined is segmented in a macro dimension, identifying the assumptions made at the institutional level, meso, looking at specific issues at the level of the Curricular Unit, and micro, considering the specificities of the Open Virtual Learning Environment. So, first, we characterize the context, which we understand as an Open Virtual Learning Environment in a blended (e)learning scenario. Afterwards, we explain the dimensions of the evaluation strategy of the Curricular Unit, for which it was designed and where it was implemented. And, we conclude by systematizing the particularities inherent to the mechanism of assessment assumed in the Networked Educational Technology used.