TITLE:
Learning Assessment in On-Line Training
AUTHORS:
Moussa Kone, Baba Kabore
KEYWORDS:
Assessment, E-Learning, Digital, On-Line Training, Connectivism, Instrumental Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
15,
2024
ABSTRACT: This is
a study in the field of learning assessment. It has made a typology of
assessment tools in online training while determining their functions. To reach
that goal the study is based on the connectivism and the instrumental approach
as conceptual frameworks. It’s a qualitative study referring to literature review and direct
observation. The results have shown that there is a diversity of online assessment
instruments that have various advantages at instrumental, organizational,
financial and social levels. Thus, connectivism considers that computer processes as a mean of successful learning process achievement
and a great opportunity for humanity. However, the choice of the tools depends
on the subjects, the objectives and the capacities of the users to handle them.
Despite these advantages, online assessment showed shortcomings, essentially of
an instrumental nature, which vary from the lack of mastery of computer devices
to the digital divide. The study also showed that, though the new paradigm era,
the social and pedagogical functions of assessment still exist and they are
even reinforced with interactions through network considerations in online
training.