Advancing online learning using interactive and authentic assessment

Posted under: Digital Transformation
Date: 2023-12-08
Advancing online learning using interactive and authentic assessment

Integrating technology into education has transformed the learning landscape, but challenges persist in areas like student engagement and online assessment authenticity. While many online assessments tend to oversimplify, Charles Roddie, CEO of Summatic, stresses the need to preserve the quality of traditional paper assessments in online systems. Summatic, an interactive learning platform for university STEM courses, aims to offer effective learning solutions and online assessment tools tailored to students and educators. Roddie emphasizes that fundamental teaching approaches, like effective communication and interactive syllabus design, are crucial for authentic quantitative assessments. The challenge lies in combining traditional content formats with innovative solutions for diverse learning resources and teaching methods. Summatic seeks to bridge this gap and provide a holistic platform for universities to integrate subject-specific tools into their systems.