Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Reporting
Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Reporting refers to how schools lead, enable and support the use of ICT to transform learning and teaching, extending learning opportunities and improving learning outcomes by:
- supporting teachers to recognise and integrate a variety of rich uses of ICT in curriculum planning and delivery underpinned by statewide student learning initiatives
- using ICT for improved, more timely and relevant assessment
- collecting, communicating and collating student assessment data to inform curriculum design and report on student progress
- using digital environments to provide access to digital resources for improved curriculum planning
- using ICT to deliver curriculum, extending and differentiating student learning opportunities and supporting students to manage and direct their own learning
- building a culture of ethical, safe and responsible use of ICT.
Focus questions
Curriculum Planning
What new ways of learning and teaching are developing where the integration of ICT adds value and makes a difference to students and their learning?
Are a variety of ICT tools and resources used to engage students in learning activities across all VELS domains and other curriculum frameworks?
How is ICT used to integrate curriculum planning, delivery and assessment and reporting?
Curriculum Delivery
How is ICT contributing to personalising learning?
How do students influence and manage their own learning and contribute to the creation of learning content?
How does ICT support students to become more aware of who they are as learners?
What opportunities do students have to work together, to collaborate, share, communicate and also work independently?
Student ICT Capabilities
How are students supported to use and develop their ICT capabilities for effective learning?
What are students’ expectations for the use of ICT in the curriculum?
ICT Safe and Ethical Behaviours
How does your school assure ethical use and support safe practices in the use of ICT at school and at home?
Assessment and Reporting
How is ICT used to support assessment for, as and of learning?
How is ICT used to store and access student work for reflection, assessment and reporting purposes?
How is ICT used to manage and communicate student information, assessment and reporting?
How is ICT used to support a variety of types of assessment, including peer and self-assessment?
Reporting to Parents
How is ICT used to improve reporting to parents?
Developing your eLearning Plan
Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Reporting sub-elements:
- Curriculum Planning
- Curriculum Delivery
- Applying Student ICT Capabilities
- ICT Safe and Ethical Behaviours
- Assessment and Reporting
- Reporting to Parents
Locate the Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Reporting element and sub-elements in the eLearning Planning Matrix (A4 version) (Word - 119Kb) or (A3 version) (Word - 368Kb).
Resources
ePotential ICT Capabilities Survey
Find where you are on the continuum and explore the resources, including teacher and student work samples, getting started advice and professional learning resources.
ICT eLearning Showcase
Provides examples of the potential of ICT to enable powerful teaching and learning
ICT Domain Page
Contains links to: Victorian Essential Learning Standards; ICT-related learning and teaching support materials such as publications, websites and other online resources; ICT assessment maps and sample tasks; professional learning support, including links to ICT teachers’ associations; and identifies current research in the area of ICT education.
DEECD Kahootz and Digital Content and Creation Resources
Digilearn online portal of digital learning resources
Kahootz
Connect
Connect provides schools and families with access to relevant, informative and exciting online educational resources from around the world. Connect is an evolution of the Victorian Education Channel.
DEECD Software for Education Program (S4E)
The S4E Program makes available software titles widely used in Victorian educational institutions at significantly reduced prices.
Literature review of E-assessment
MCEETYA Pedagogy Strategy: Learning in an Online World
Published in 2005, this document outlines pedagogy enabled by ICT.
Futurelab article: Using wikis to assess collaborative achievement