ERIC Number: EJ1345349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Crisis and Changes in Learning Behaviours: Technology-Enhanced Assessment in Language Learning Contexts
Journal of Further and Higher Education, v46 n4 p461-474 2022
The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed a sudden and unprecedented change to the educational system. This study investigated the impact of this sudden change on EFL learners' perceptions of assessment in a technology-enhanced learning environment. Assessment dimensions such as affective factors, validity, reliability, practicality, security and pedagogy were explored through an online questionnaire administered among 345 Iranian EFL learners and a focus-group interview with 17 learners. In addition, through a quasi-experimental design, the study compared the learners' academic achievements of online and in-person classrooms during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings revealed that the flexibility of online assessment, immediate feedback and encouraging self-regulated learning are among the advantages and technical problems, technology dependence and technology literacy are among the challenges of technology-enhanced assessment. The findings indicated that while technology-enhanced assessment has a positive impact on learners' performances, learners have various attitudes towards e-assessment that need to be addressed in future studies.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Technological Literacy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Online Courses, Academic Achievement, Metacognition, Futures (of Society), Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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