Navigating Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Innovation in Educational Assessmentin Nigerian Higher Institutions
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https://doi.org/10.66545/rr9dnx64Keywords:
Navigating, opportunities, challenges, digital innovation, educational assessmentAbstract
Assessment is a means to evaluate performances, adjudge assimilation levels and knowledge impartation of students at all levels of education. Thus, innovative approaches to monitor students’ learning and progress have been offered by digital technological innovation, which has changed the assessment process in recent years. This positional paper examines navigating opportunities and challenges of digital innovation in educational assessment in Nigerian higher institutions. Related literature is reviewed to examine the variables of the study. Descriptive research methodology is employed to guide the study. The study identified various opportunities of digital innovation in educational assessment, such as improving educational performance assessment, preparing students for life in the digital world, enabling students to build the digital skills and revolutionising students' learning experiences. However, the challenges identified as obstacles to digital innovation in educational assessment include budget constraints, lack of professional training, poor network infrastructure, resistance to change, no cleartechnology integration strategy, unreliable devices and software, administrators' lack of awareness, data privacy and security concerns, the digital divide and students’ engagement issues. The study discussed seven types of educational assessment, such as diagnostic assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, peer assessment, ipsative assessments, norm-referenced assessments and criterion-referenced assessments. It was recommended that training and retraining should be employed as strategies to aid students and teachers to be digital innovation user-friendly.
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