CHANGEE 2015
Facing the Challenges of Assessing 21st Century Skills in the Newly Emerging Educational Ecosystems
Building a Roadmap to Successful Student Assessment
Hotel Beatriz, Toledo, Spain, 18 September 2015 in conjunction with EC-TEL 2015
The new requirements and opportunities arising from current hybrid and scalable educational ecosystems and the rapidly changing and demanding labor market require an adaptation in existing assessment models, techniques and tools. In this workshop we will discuss new forms of assessment, needs and potential solutions, from the perspective of the different stakeholders involved in the assessment process (teachers, learners, policy makers, potential employers, etc.).
Call for Papers
Assessment is a key part of the learning process, whether used for demonstrating the achievement of certain learning outcomes or for formative purposes. Regarding the latter, numerous studies emphasise the importance of quick and personalised feedback for supporting students learning. Regarding the former, in today changing context, where lifelong learning is fundamental and the trend is for personalised curricula with a wide offer of courses (both in formal and informal settings), the demand for reliable certification of skills is increasing.
Both aspects of assessment pose formidable challenges in nowadays education. One key challenge is the new skills and abilities (cognitive, metacognitive, procedural, emotional, etc.) that the knowledge society demands learners to acquire, and, in consequence, have to be evaluated, either for supporting their acquisition or for guaranteeing their accomplishment. Another big challenge is scale, despite the pedagogical support for personalised learning. A notorious example are MOOCs, which promise education at reach for everyone but dilute the presence of the instructor among a sea of learners. Other emergent learning contexts, such as virtual 3D worlds or augmented reality, may also risk student solitude when used outside a formal class without the support of a teacher. In summary, while providing invaluable and undoubtful educational potential, there is also a disturbing tendency towards an evanescent role of the instructor in the newly emergent learning settings. This affects particularly assessment, which is also impacted by additional constraints such as security and identification issues, etc. Additional challenges are inclusion and accessibility, interoperability, etc.
On the other hand, the rapidly evolving educational landscape is experimenting the search for new business models, the evolution of the traditional leading roles (more autonomous students, teachers no longer just transmitters of knowledge), the increasing prominence of other stakeholders, new agents appear on the scene, etc. New requirements and opportunities, challenges and solutions converge, shaping the need for new educational and, consequently, assessment models, techniques and tools.
Workshop Topics
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Assessment challenges and opportunities in current and envisioned learning ecosystems
- Assessment (methods, tools and experiences) in emerging learning models (including, but not limited to: MOOCs, SPOCs, remote labs, serious games, 3D virtual worlds, simulations, etc.)
- New methods, techniques and tools for supporting and improving assessment (including, but not limited to: learning analytics, gamification, etc.)
- Assessment of 21st century skills
Submission formats
Contributions must be submitted through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=changee2015). Submissions must use the LNCS template http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. All submissions will be evaluated by at least two members of the Program Committee. All accepted papers (full and short) will be invited to make an oral presentation at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in CEUR workshop proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/) (pending of confirmation).
- Full papers. 8-10 pages.
- Short papers. 4-6 pages.
Important Dates
- 30 April 2015: Open CFP Call for Workshop Contributions open
- 21 June 2015: Deadline for paper submission
- 20 July 2015: Notification of acceptance
- 30 July 2015: Camera ready versions of papers
- 18 September 2015: Workshop
Organizers
Workshop Chairs
- Raquel M. Crespo-García, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
- Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
- Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
- Armando Fox, UC Berkeley, USA
- Maren Scheffel, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands
Programme Committe
- Linda Castañeda, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
- Manuel Castro, UNED, Spain
- Michael Derntl, RWTH Aachen University
- Yannis Dimitriadis, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
- Ed Gehringer, North Carolina State University, USA
- Davinia Hernández-Leo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
- Alejandra Martínez, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
- Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Henri Pirkkalainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- María Jesús Rodríguez Triana, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Bernd Simon, Knowledge Markets Consulting, Austria
Preliminary Program
| 9:15 – 9-30 | Welcome and introduction to the workshop |
| 9:30 – 11:10 |
Presentation of selected papers
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| 11:10 – 11:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:40 – 12:45 |
Interactive discussion and hands-on workshop about current challenges for assessment and the roadmap to a successful assessment framework that responds to such challenges. |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Final debate and conclusions |