Diana Di Maria is developing an E-Portfolio that combines course contents and results digitally. Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Diana Di Maria is developing an E-Portfolio that combines course contents and results digitally. Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena) - Romance languages scholar at the University of Jena wins award for digital assessment format When exams are drawing near or assignments are due, many students become anxious. There can be many reasons for the tension - one factor being that with exams, only the student's performance on the day counts and the result is final. For the final grade, students' learning processes and whether or not they were attentive and active in seminars are often irrelevant. However, change is in sight. Digitisation is throwing up many creative ideas for ways in which universities, with the help of digital media, can move away from traditional but rigid forms of assessment. One such idea has been developed by the Romance languages scholar Diana Di Maria of Friedrich Schiller University, Jena.
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