Isolina Oliveira

A investigação sobre o feedback e a autorregulação da aprendizagem tem granjeado interesse com a explosão da Inteligência Artificial e os desafios que coloca à educação e, em particular, à avaliação dos estudantes. Contudo, há mais de 30 anos que se estudam esses processos para compreender como os estudantes regulam a sua própria aprendizagem ao nível motivacional, cognitivo e metacognitivo. Ao assumirem um papel proativo na geração e utilização do feedback estão a avaliar o seu próprio trabalho, o que tem implicações na forma como os professores organizam a avaliação e o apoio na aprendizagem. Este artigo elabora sobre os desafios múltiplos que se colocam à IA na avaliação digital da aprendizagem, no que respeita ao feedback e a autorregulação bem como na investigação sobre a avaliação digital. Após a discussão desses conceitos e de modelos enquadradores bem como a sua conexão com a avaliação digital conclui-se que é crucial considerar equipas multidisciplinares na investigação com IA e minimizar ou eliminar situações que podem introduzir enviesamentos em termos de género, etnias, culturas e estatutos económico ou social.

In this article, we present the design of an ongoing training course for teachers in non-tertiary education with the aim of promoting a change in their assessment practices towards digital assessment of competences from a sustainable assessment perspective. Using a qualitative approach, we analysed the interactions that took place in the different virtual forums, as well as the reports produced at the end by the participants. Our aim was to find out what the main challenges were for these teachers, while at the same time trying to understand which dimensions of the training process enabled the teachers involved to design and implement strategies for assessing competences using technology. We found that the participants' main difficulties were in changing the focus of the assessment, going beyond the mere assessment of knowledge, as well as in constructing appropriate rubrics for the assessment of competences. Important aspects of the training programme were i) the dimension of collaboration between peers, ii) flexibility in terms of the technologies to be used, considering different digital literacy profiles and iii) the creation and application of pedagogical strategies by the teachers during the training. In this article, we present the design of an ongoing training course for teachers in non-tertiary education with the aim of promoting a change in their assessment practices towards digital assessment of competences from a sustainable assessment perspective. Using a qualitative approach, we analysed the interactions that took place in the different virtual forums, as well as the reports produced at the end by the participants. Our aim was to find out what the main challenges were for these teachers, while at the same time trying to understand which dimensions of the training process enabled the teachers involved to design and implement strategies for assessing competences using technology. We found that the participants' main difficulties were in changing the focus of the assessment, going beyond the mere assessment of knowledge, as well as in constructing appropriate rubrics for the assessment of competences. Important aspects of the training programme were i) the dimension of collaboration between peers, ii) flexibility in terms of the technologies to be used, considering different digital literacy profiles and iii) the creation and application of pedagogical strategies by the teachers during the training.

In an increasingly connected and interdependent society, collaborative culture emerges as an effective and efficient answer to overcome the complexities that teachers face daily. In turn, the teaching activity requires a continuous reflection on practice, involving the teacher in a constant search for professional development, as a reflective researcher. Now, the action of teaching, understood as a craft and an art that materializes in practice, requires grounding (specific knowledge and skills) and theoretical-practical reflection, aimed at improving the teaching and learning of students. For this purpose, the school must be thought of as a learning organization that expands and innovates with the development of professionals who work in it, which requires a new mode of operation from the leaders, the creation of favorable conditions for the continuous questioning of practices and a culture that values permanent learning and improvement. The study carried out in a group of schools in the Greater Lisbon area had, among others, the following objectives: (1) to identify the perceptions of leaders about supervision and collaboration; and (2) to understand the role of leaders in the professional development of teachers. From a methodological point of view, the investigation assumes the design of a case study, with a mixed approach, based on eight individual interviews with top leaders and twenty-one questionnaire surveys, applied to class directors. The results show different understandings of the concept of collaboration and the role of leaders in the professional development of teachers, perceived as an unfinished process and under permanent reconstruction.

Neste artigo as autoras analisam e refletem sobre as caraterísticas de duas abordagens ligadas a uma epistemologia da prática: Design-Based Research e Investigação-Ação e o seu enquadramento no Paradigma Pragmático da investigação em Educação. A Design-Based-Research engloba um conjunto de abordagens com o objetivo de produzir novas teorias, artefactos e práticas com impacto na aprendizagem em contextos naturais; a Investigação-Ação é orientada para a ação ou ciclos de ações que os membros de uma organização/comunidade, podendo incluir constituintes externos, desenvolvem em torno de uma situação problemática visando o melhoramento de práticas. As raízes e a evolução das duas abordagens são distintas, porém partilham assunções fundamentais e traduzem olhares investigativos sobre a prática com subtis diferenças. A análise dos respetivos traços ontológicos, epistemológicos e metodológicos a elas subjacentes justificam a sua inclusão no Paradigma Pragmático de Investigação em Educação. Palavras-chave: Design-Based Research; Investigação-Ação; Pragmatismo.

The new learning scenarios resulting from technological development and in particular of Web 2.0 make it necessary to rethink the teaching practices in higher education, namely at the level of assessment strategies aligned with more recent paradigms. The assessment of competences requires an approach where knowledge, abilities, and attitudes are integrated, implying the use of a variety of assessment strategies. What models can anchor this new assessment culture? How can one design an assessment program that guarantees the quality of this new approach? Based on a new theoretical framework for e-assessment in higher education, the authors construct and apply a survey aimed to identify the practices and the perspectives of the teachers, and the experiences and the perspectives of the students in public higher education institutions. In this chapter, the authors present and discuss the results obtained and advance a proposal for teacher training.

MOOC “Competências digitais para professores”: uma prática formativa inovadora

Peer assessment in an Online Context: What Do Students Say?: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0531-0.ch013: In this work, making use of Tinoca, Oliveira and Pereira (2013) framework for assessment quality in digital contexts, we discuss the students' perspective

A presente investigação tem como foco de estudo a comunidade de aprendizagem constituída pela equipa docente (docente e tutores), de uma unidade curricular integrada num curso de profissionalização em serviço de professores, promovido pela Universidade Aberta de Portugal. Os objectivos do estudo são analisar e refletir acerca dos processos conducentes a uma e-liderança distribuída e compreender os processos de articulação desenvolvidos pela equipa docente, no que respeita à avaliação digital dos formandos. Este estudo consiste num estudo de caso intrínseco, centrado sobretudo nas interações entre docente e tutores e entre tutores nos fóruns da referida unidade curricular. Os dados foram recolhidos através da análise dessas interações e dos vários documentos que foram objeto de debate nos fóruns de discussão. Os resultados evidenciam uma prática de e-liderança distribuída, tornando a tutoria on line num empreendimento conjunto, que se reflete numa docência de proximidade aos formandos e no desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional da própria equipa.