Topic: ICT Education and it’s Outcome Assessment

Process

Name: Israt Jahan Roti

Id: 17.01.02.022
Semester: 3.2
Section: A
School of Business
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
Submission Date :30.08.2020
Executive summary

For developing countries ICTs have the potential for increasing access to and improving the
relevance and quality of education. It thus represents a potentially equalizing strategy for
developing countries.

However, the reality of the Digital Divide—the gap between those who have access to and control
of technology and those who do not—means that the introduction and integration of ICTs at
different levels and in various types of education will be a most challenging undertaking. Failure
to meet the challenge would mean a further widening of the knowledge gap and the deepening of
existing economic and social inequalities.

The potential of ICTs to promote the acquisition of these skills is tied to its use as a tool for raising
educational quality, including promoting the shift to a learner-centered environment.

Introduction

ICT Assessment plays a major role in student learning. There are many new approaches to
assessment with an emphasis on the process of learning along with the product of learning.
Performance based authentic assessment is emphasized world over. In Bangladesh also there is an
emphasis on continuous and comprehensive evaluation of students’ learning. Development in
information and communication technology has thrown open numerous possibilities for assessing
student learning and providing feedback.

This unit on ICT in Assessment discusses about the basics of assessment practices and explores
how various technology tools can be integrated effectively for assessing student learning. The
concept map below gives an overview of how ICT can be used for assessment.
 Mechanism/working process

Technology has a vital role to play in effective and efficient assessment of learning. Modern
technology offers educators a variety of new tools that can be used in the classroom. Technology
can help teachers assess their students' learning as well as their performance in the classroom. Use
of ICT in assessment involves the use of digital devices to assist in the construction, delivery,
storage or reporting of student assessment tasks, responses, grades or feedback.

Teachers can use computers to construct their assessment tasks, to deliver these tasks to relevant
students and to record and provide feedback and grades to these students. Computers can also be
used to analyse students' responses, both to provide feedback to the student on the quality and
relevance of their response, as well as to provide feedback to the teacher on whether the task can
differentiate between students with different abilities. ICT based assessment can be used to test
many different capabilities and skills that are developed by students. There are only a few tasks
that might not be suitable for completing and recording electronically, but the number of such tasks
is rapidly diminishing as technology becomes more sophisticated and widespread. In many
disciplines laboratory equipment can be manipulated remotely and students can undertake real
time physical performances that are able to be recorded and used for assessment purposes. We are
quickly approaching the stage where our imaginations will be the limiting factor in designing e-
assessment tasks.

There are different types of information systems and each has a different role. Business
intelligence (BI) systems, for instance, can turn data into valuable insights.

This kind of technology allows for faster, more accurate reporting, better business decisions and
more efficient resource allocation. Another major benefit is data visualization, which enables
analysts to interpret large amounts of information, predict future events and find patterns in
historical data.
Organizations can also use enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to collect, manage and
analyze data across different areas, from manufacturing to finance and accounting. This type of
information system consists of multiple applications that provide a 360-degree view of business
operations. NetSuite ERP, PeopleSoft and Intacct are just a few examples of ERP software.

Like other information systems, ERP provides actionable insights and helps you decide on the next
steps. It also makes it easier to achieve regulatory compliance, increase data security and share
information between departments. Additionally, it helps to ensure that all of your financial records
are accurate and up-to-date.

In the long run, ERP software can reduce operational costs, improve collaboration and boost your
revenue. Nearly half of the companies that implement this system report major benefits within six
months.

At the end of the day, information systems can give you a competitive advantage and provide the
data you need to make faster, smarter business decisions. Depending on your needs, you can opt
for transaction processing systems, knowledge management systems, decision support systems and
more. When choosing one, consider your budget, industry and business size. Look for an
information system that aligns with your goals and can streamline your day-to-day operations.

Assessment is the process of identifying, gathering and interpreting information about students'
learning. Assessment involves using wide variety of methods and tools to evaluate, measure, and
document the student learning. Assessment basically helps one to improve learning and also set
direction for ongoing teaching and learning process.

Assessment can be classified in to various types or approaches based on the purpose for which it is designed.
It can be classified as follows:
Formative Assessment: Formative assessment provides feedback and information during the instructional
process, while learning is taking place, and while learning is occurring.

Summative Assessment: Summative assessment takes place after the learning has been completed and
provides information and feedback that sums up the teaching and learning process.

Diagnostic Assessment: Diagnostic assessment can help you identify your students’ current knowledge of
a subject, their skill sets and capabilities, and to clarify misconceptions before teaching takes place.
Knowing students’ strengths and weaknesses can help you better plan what to teach and how to teach it.

Authentic Assessment: The term authentic assessment describes the multiple forms of assessment that
reflect student learning, achievement, motivation, and attitudes on instructionally relevant classroom
activities. It Emphasizes what students know, rather than what they do not know or requires students to
develop responses instead of selecting them from predetermined options. An authentic assessment usually
includes a task for students to perform and a rubric by which their performance on the task will be evaluated.

Performance Assessment: Performance assessment is one which requires students to demonstrate that they
have mastered specific skills and competencies by performing or producing something.

Applications in Business

Information and communications technology systems include desktop computers, laptops and
tablets, fixed and mobile telephone systems, communications networks and software – even
wearables. Your business can use ICT systems to benefit from improvements such as reducing
costs, increasing efficiency, improving decision-making and increasing your competitiveness
in the marketplace.

Better Decision-Making
ICT systems allow your business to store, process, analyze and share vast amounts of data. The
information available from corporate data enables managers and employees to make decisions
quickly and accurately so that they can manage operations effectively and respond rapidly to
business opportunities or threats. Communication networks also enable decision-makers in
different locations to work together easily when they need to take joint decisions

Increased Manufacturing Productivity

By automating business processes and giving employees ICT tools, your business can improve its
individual and overall productivity. On the production line, for example, solutions such as
computer-aided design can help to reduce set-up times and improve manufacturing accuracy so
that employees spend less time on reworking. Access to manufacturing data enables managers to
plan production more effectively, making better use of resources and reducing lead times.

Improved Customer Service

Quality of customer service is an important differentiator for businesses. Your company can use
ICT solutions to offer faster response to and higher standards of service to its customers. If you
run a call center, for example, your agents can access databases that provide comprehensive
customer information, including purchase history and product preferences. The information helps
them deal quickly and efficiently with inquiries, boosting customer satisfaction. Service personnel
working in the field can access customer, service and product databases using smartphones with
secure Internet connections. This enables them to fix problems quickly and effectively, again
boosting customer satisfaction.
Greater and Virtual Collaboration
Communication networks enable your project teams to collaborate effectively. By using
videoconferencing or web conferencing over the Internet, teams can hold virtual meetings that
bring together members from different locations, or different organizations, such as suppliers or
business partners. This helps to create stronger project teams and enables the teams to maintain
progress on important projects, rather than waiting for members to meet in a single location. In a
product development program, for example, teams can reduce overall project time and get new
products to market faster, giving the company a strong competitive advantage.

Improved Financial Performance

ICT solutions can help your organization reduce costs, increase revenue and improve profitability.
Using videoconferencing to host meetings between members in different locations, for example,
reduces travel costs. Production data can help staff identify quality problems, reducing waste and
reworking costs. Call center agents can use information available on their customer databases to
increase revenue by identifying opportunities for selling additional products or services. Cost
reductions and revenue gains make an important contribution to overall profitability

Advantages

1.Communication - Speed / time – money can be saved because it’s much quicker to move
information around. With the help of ICT it has become quicker and more efficient.
2. Globalization - Video conferencing saves money on flights and accommodation. ICT has
not only brought the countries and people closer together, but it has allowed the world's economy
to become a single interdependent system to contact either a business or family member.

3. Cost effectiveness - It feels free to send an email (although it isn’t); it’s without doubt
cheaper than phone calls. ICT has also helped to automate business practices, thus restructuring
businesses to make them exceptionally cost effective.

4.Greater Availability - ICT has made it possible for businesses to be automated giving clients
access to a website or voicemail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

5.Bridging the cultural gap – Greater access to technology has helped to bridge the cultural gap by
helping people from different cultures to communicate with one another, and allow for the
exchange of views and ideas, thus increasing awareness and reducing prejudice.

6.Creation of new jobs - Probably, the best advantage of ICT has been the creation of new and
interesting jobs.

7.Education – Computer’s along with their programs and the Internet have created educational
opportunities not available to previous generations.

8.Through ICT , images can easily be used in teaching and improving the retentive memory of
student.

9.Complex structure - through ICT, teachers can easily explain complex structure ,instruction and
ensure students comprehension.
10.Through ICT , teachers are able to create interactive classrooms and make the lesson more
enjoyable.

Disadvantages

2.Lack of job security – Experts in a wide variety of fields believe that ICT has made job security a big
issue, since technology keeps on changing nearly every day. This means that individuals need to be
constantly studying or at least keeping up with changes in their profession, if they want to feel secure in
their jobs to be secure.

3.Overriding Cultures - While ICT may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one
culture consuming another weaker one. For example, it is now argued that teenagers in the US influence
how most young teenagers all over the world now act, dress, and behave

4.Privacy - Though information technology may have made communication quicker, easier, and more
convenient, it has also brought along privacy issues. From cell phone signal interceptions to e-mail hacking,
people are now worried about their once private information becoming public knowledge.

5. Reliance on Technology – Professor Ian Robertson, a neuropsychology expert based at Trinity

College Dublin who carried out the study, said: “People have more to remember these days, and they are
relying on technology for their memory but the less you use of your memory, the poorer it becomes. . people
don’t bother learning to spell because they use spell-checker, or need a calculator do perform minor addition
or subtraction.

6. Reliability of Information – Anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection internet
can start a blog or post something up on a website, so just because something’s on the web doesn't mean
it’s reliable. A prime example of this is the open source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, although considered a
good source of information it is not recognized by academic institutions as a trustworthy reference.

7.Computer viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, spam, phishing- any or all can cause chaos and disrupt our
daily lives

8.Setting - setting up the device can be very trouble some.

9.Expansive - too expansive to afford.

10.Lack of experience - hard for teachers to use with a lack of experience using ICT tools.

Conclusion

Concludes that under certain conditions, information and communication technologies (ICTs) can
significantly enhance people’s human and social capabilities and have a positive impact on their
well-being. ICTs can enhance people’s individual and collective agency; strengthen their existing
individual or community assets; and enhance their informational capabilities. ICTs receive
meaning only if people use and enact them for specific purposes and if l communities can exert
control over their use by interpreting and appropriating them for their specific sociocultural
realities. The study illustrated that the most immediate and direct impact of ICT programs on
people’s well-being is the personal empowerment of the most marginalized groups, such as
indigenous women, whereby the newly acquired ICT capabilities provide women with a sense of
achievement, significantly strengthening their self-esteem.
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