This document discusses utilizing open educational resources (OER) for online language assessments in Universitas Terbuka's Indonesian for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) program. It begins by introducing BIPA as a fully online language program and the challenge of online assessment. It then discusses how OER and task-based assessments can provide flexible learning materials and authentic assessments. Specifically, it describes how the BIPA program uses Moodle, a learning management system, to provide various self-assessment activities and resources that allow learners to practice language skills. The conclusion emphasizes that technology and OER enable effective online language teaching, learning, and assessment.
OCWC Global Conference 2013: The Online Assessment for BIPA Program by Utilizing OER
1. The Online Assessment for BIPA
Program
by Utilizing OER
Lidwina Sri Ardiasih
Universitas Terbuka
Bali, October 18, 2012
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2. Outlines
• Introduction
• Utilizing OER as an innovation in offering
online language assessments
• BIPA as an online language program
• The implementation of using OER for BIPA’s
online assessment
• Conclusion
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3. Introduction
• Globalization era technology: communication and
information
• Learning a language necessity : communicate in the
destination country
• UT DE: offering BIPA Program
• fully-online - non-native speakers – CE Program
• fully supported by UT – strategic plan
• Challenge online assessment for language skills
• Using OER as the source for BIPA’s assessment
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4. Aims
1) describe the current online tutorial of the BIPA
Program, particularly its assessment systems, and
2) analyze how far OER supports the assessment
process in the BIPA program.
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5. Utilizing OER as an
innovation in offering
online language
assessments (1)
• assessment = evaluation different in purpose
• Simonson, et.al., 2011 assessment: the process of
measuring, documenting, and interpreting behaviours
that demonstrate learning provide feedbacks
• Learners: 1) recall the needed concepts or skills, and 2)
reinforce themselves to enhance their knowledge
• Instructors: 1) provide remediation, 2) prepare more
appropriate materials based on learners’ needs.
• Bachman (2002) ‘task-based assessment’
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6. Utilizing OER as an
innovation in offering
online language
assessments (2)
• Connecting Point between Teachers, Testers, and Learners
• Learners highly motivated
to practice using the language,
• Instructors responsible to
provide various materials in
order to help learners enhance
their language skills, both
written and spoken.
• testers responsible to provide
authentic materials for assessing learners’ learning outcomes
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7. Utilizing OER as an
innovation in offering
online language
assessments (3)• 2002 UNESCO has introduced the use of Open Educational
Resource (OER)
• Kanwar and Uvalic-Trumbic (2011) OER: “any educational
resources openly licensed content in the forms of streaming
videos, paper-based text, video, audio or computer-based
multimedia that are openly available for educators as well as
students and designed for supporting teaching learning activities”
• UNESCO (2011) “teaching, learning or research materials that
are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property
license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution”
• OER flexibility and accessibility used correctly
• in language online assessment the technology and OER should
be combined properly to gain effective and meaningful assessment
process.
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8. BIPA as an online
language program
• Learning a language practicing the four language skills
• BIPA fully-online language
program
• Designed as a fully-online language
program, BIPA is delivered in an
online platform enables the
instructors provide learners with
1) effective learning activities
2) appropriate assessment package
3) provide opportunities to have
a discussion forum.
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9. The implementation of
using OER for BIPA’s
online assessment (1)
• UT the concept DE Institution: accommodate learners with
self-learning activities & self-assessments.
• Jonassen, et.al. (1999) “one useful role of technology in e-
learning is as a social medium to support learning which
enables students to participate in discussion, collaboration
with others, and supporting discourse among knowledge-
building communities”
• Zuhairi, et.al. (2007) from 2004: UT has applied the
Moodle Software as the mode of tutorial delivery.
• Moodle LMS -- provide documents, graded assignments,
quizzes, discussion forums, etc.
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10. The implementation of
using OER for BIPA’s
online assessment (2)
• Moodle (2013) free to download and use; there is no
licensing fee Characteristics of OER
• enables the tutors to modify the assessment facilities
• BIPA Program
online tutorial: 11 weeks
• The self-assessments
accommodated the learners’
needs to practice the
language skills by themselves.
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11. The implementation of
using OER for BIPA’s
online assessment (3)
• various assessments are available in Moodle to assess the
participants’ reading as well as writing.
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12. CONCLUSION
• Technology important role in education:
in language teaching and learning process.
• Currently, offering a language program through online platform is
possible.
• BIPA Program as a language program that offers fully-online
teaching and learning activities provide effective and
meaningful learning package for the participants
• The use of OER has been taken as one alternative in BIPA
program.
• Using Moodle software enables the instructor or tutor to provide
various activities for learning as well as assessment.
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