Data Usage and Technology Applications
For this week’s blog, I’ll be discussing data collection and assessment as it pertains to the ability of automated assessment applications to accurately measure satisfactory comprehension of varying concepts. Additionally, I’ll briefly discuss online cheating and academic integrity. Big Data & Text Analysis Apps With a growing reliance on data being used to shape educational endeavors and performance standards, the technology that compiles and measures that information is now to a point of sophistication where automated systems are capable of grading performance. However, the concern over reliability in assessment is a potential hurdle that shift towards relying on technology for automated assessment. According to Cope & Kalantzis (2016): As is to be seen in unfolding developments in the field of technology-mediated writing and writing assessment, big data and education data sciences may in time offer learners, teachers, and researchers new windows into the dynamics an...