e-Assessment for learning and performativity in higher education: A case for existential learning

Title
e-Assessment for learning and performativity in higher education: A case for existential learning
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Charteris, Jennifer
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-6730
Email: jcharte5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jcharte5
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Parkes, Mitchell
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7226-023X
Email: mparkes2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mparkes2
Fletcher, Peter
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-471X
Email: pfletch2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pfletch2
Reyes, Vicente
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.14742/ajet.2595
UNE publication id
une:19493
Abstract
This paper provides a critical and contextualised exploration of assessment for learning (AfL) as an important area of scholarship in higher education, particularly in online learning environments. Although AfL can speak to a range of education discourses, the specific focus here is on the performativity and experiential learning discourses around individual and collective notions of AfL in online settings (e-AfL). We argue that e-AfL practices that emphasise performativity and are used primarily for technicist purposes impoverish their potential to promote learning. We explore the existential notion that e-AfL can transcend formulaic and procedural interpretations of formative assessment in higher education. Rich, divergent approaches to e-AfL can support students in higher education courses to develop their funds of identity, thereby enhancing learner reflexivity and agency.
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Citation
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 32(3), p. 112-122
ISSN
1449-5554
1449-3098
Start page
112
End page
122

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