The Online Assessment for BIPA Program

by Utilizing OER

Lidwina Sri ArdiasihUniversitas Terbuka

Bali, May 8, 2013

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Outlines

• Introduction• Utilizing OER as an innovation in offering

online language assessment• BIPA as an online language program• The implementation of using OER for

BIPA’s online assessment• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Globalization era technology: communication and information

• Learning a language necessity : communicate in the destination country

• UT DE: offering BIPA Program• fully-online - non-native speakers – CE

Program• fully supported by UT – strategic plan• Challenge online assessment for language

skills• Using OER as the source for BIPA’s assessment

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Aims

1) describe the current online tutorial of the BIPA Program, particularly its assessment systems, and

2) analyze how far OER supports the assessment process in the BIPA program.

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Utilizing OER as an innovation in offering

online language assessment (1)

• assessment = evaluation different in purpose

• Simonson, et.al., 2011 assessment: the process of measuring, documenting, and interpreting behaviours that demonstrate learning provide feedbacks

• Learners: 1) recall the needed concepts or skills, and 2) reinforce themselves to enhance their knowledge

• Instructors: 1) provide remediation, 2) prepare more appropriate materials based on learners’ needs.

• Bachman (2002) ‘task-based assessment’

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Utilizing OER as an innovation in offering

online language assessment (2)

• Connecting Point between Teachers, Testers, and Learners

• Learners highly motivated to practice using the language, • Instructors responsible to provide various materials in order to help learners enhance their language skills, both written and spoken.• testers responsible to provide authentic materials for assessing learners’ learning

outcomes

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Utilizing OER as an innovation in offering

online language assessment (3) • 2002 UNESCO has introduced the use of Open

Educational Resource (OER) • Kanwar and Uvalic-Trumbic (2011) OER: “any

educational resources openly licensed content in the forms of streaming videos, paper-based text, video, audio or computer-based multimedia that are openly available for educators as well as students and designed for supporting teaching learning activities”

• UNESCO (2011) “teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution”

• OER flexibility and accessibility used correctly• in language online assessment the technology and

OER should be combined properly to gain effective and meaningful assessment process.

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BIPA as an online language program

• Learning a language practicing the four language skills • BIPA fully-online language program • Designed as a fully-online language program, BIPA is delivered in an online platform enables the instructors provide learners with 1) effective learning activities 2) appropriate assessment package 3) provide opportunities to have a discussion forum.

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The implementation of using OER for

BIPA’s online assessment (1)

• UT the concept DE Institution: accommodate learners with self-learning activities & self-assessment.

• Jonassen, et.al. (1999) “one useful role of technology in e-learning is as a social medium to support learning which enables students to participate in discussion, collaboration with others, and supporting discourse among knowledge-building communities”

• Zuhairi, et.al. (2007) from 2004: UT has applied the Moodle Software as the mode of tutorial delivery.

• Moodle LMS -- provide documents, graded assignments, quizzes, discussion forums, etc.

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The implementation of using OER for

BIPA’s online assessment (2)

• Moodle (2013) free to download and use; there is no licensing fee Characteristics of OER

• enables the tutors to modify the assessment facilities • BIPA Program online tutorial: 11 weeks• The self-assessment accommodated the learners’ needs to practice the language skills by themselves.

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The implementation of using OER for

BIPA’s online assessment (3)

• various assessment are available in Moodle to assess the participants’ reading as well as writing.

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CONCLUSION

• Technology important role in education: in language teaching and learning process. • Currently, offering a language program through online

platform is possible. • BIPA Program as a language program that offers fully-

online teaching and learning activities provide effective and meaningful learning package for the participants

• The use of OER has been taken as one alternative in BIPA program.

• Using Moodle software enables the instructor or tutor to provide various activities for learning as well as assessment.

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