Learning outcomes based assessment in distance higher education. A case study

This study focuses on an analysis of assessment methods according to expected learning outcomes in courses taught at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Spain. Based on the European Higher Education Area and its learning-centred approach, the TALOE webtool has been used to an...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Gil Jaurena, Inés, Domínguez Figaredo, Daniel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/12930
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12930
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:assessment
learning outcomes
assessment method
higher education
distance education
Descrição
Resumo:This study focuses on an analysis of assessment methods according to expected learning outcomes in courses taught at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Spain. Based on the European Higher Education Area and its learning-centred approach, the TALOE webtool has been used to analyse the internal coherence of 10 Bachelor’s and Master’s courses. The TALOE tool was developed in a European project and is free and publically available. The article gives a detailed explanation of how the courses’ analysis has been carried out. The results indicate that, in general, the courses analysed are internally coherent. Nevertheless, we do indicate the mismatches in both the way the learning outcomes are written and the choice of assessment methods, conditioned by the mass character of certain courses. Finally, we give an example of improvements made in a course and we evaluate the utility of the TALOE tool in course design.