E-Assessment

What’s the difference between evaluation and assessment?

Often these are confusing terms. In simple words, I’ll try to clarify the difference between them:

• Evaluation implies the idea of “value”. When we evaluate, we engage in a process designed to provide information that will help us make a judgement. We assign a “value” or grade, to the student’s performance in a required task.

• Assessment is an on-going process, aimed to obtain relevant information relative to the student’s achievement of specific learning objectives and goals.
• Useful assessment tools are:concept maps, surveys, oral presentations, rubrics, written reports, case studies, and many more.
  

"An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items - ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc, which 'presents' a selected audience with evidence of a person's learning and/or ability."
Sutherland and Powell (2007)

E-portfolios are products created by learners, a collection of digital artefacts articulating learning (both formal and informal), experiences and achievements. Learners create 'presentational' e-portfolios by using e-portfolio tools or systems.Therefore, e- portfolios become comprehensive instruments to assess learning through the student's presentation.