TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED ASSESSMENT IN LARGE CLASSES: LEARNING FROM SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Large class numbers make it challenging for educators to provide feedback and mid-term assessment to students, particularly in the situations of relatively limited teaching support. Developments in technology have raised hopes that technology-enabled approaches can solve feedback and assessment challenges arising in large classes. In this session, we seek to share our positive and negative experience of using these approaches to enhance the undergraduates’ learning experience. We will discuss specific tools that help: a) to automate the grading process; b) to use input from peers to assist a lecturer in grading; and c) to transform group-level grades into individual-level grades.