Assessment with ICT in Non-Face-to-Face Environments

Assessment with ICT in Non-Face-to-Face Environments

Overview

This micro-credential equips students to analyze, design, and plan ICT-based assessment processes in university teaching. It addresses the role of technology in the current higher education context, the different models and approaches to assessment in online environments, and the didactic organization of assessment environments consistent with learning objectives.

Goals

Access requirements

To access the microcredential, you will need to:

  • To hold an official Spanish university degree or another degree issued by a higher education institution belonging to another Member State of the European Higher Education Area, which qualifies for access to master's level studies in that State.
  • Holding a degree issued by an educational system outside the European Higher Education Area without a validation or declaration of equivalence. In these cases, the academic director will submit a report to the Academic Committee, which will authorize or deny admission. Under no circumstances will authorization imply validation of the foreign degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than pursuing postgraduate studies at the ULL.
  • Being a teaching and research staff member of the University of La Laguna.
  • Be between 25 and 64 years of age on the date the training begins.

Academic program

Contents

  •  Educational principles and purposes of evaluation.
  • Phases of the evaluation process.
  • The agents of the evaluation process.
  • ICT assessment strategies and techniques.

Methodology and activities

  • Practical classes: sessions of practical application of the content developed in the theoretical classes, through the resolution of exercises, problems or theoretical-practical scenarios.
  • Seminars, workshops, or other complementary activities (discussion forums, simulations, etc.): monographic sessions that encourage student participation. These are supervised by the course instructors.
  • Work: preparation of a study, essay, work… proposed in the subject, either individually or in a group following established guidelines.
  • Independent work: independent and self-regulated activity of the student based on the documentation and guidelines proposed in the subject, preparation of classes and exams, preparation of final reports, internship reports…
  • Tutoring (individual, group…): activity in which the teaching staff attends to, facilitates and guides one or more students in the training process.
  • Assessment: continuous assessment tests and final exams. Tests may be in person or online, and may be written, oral, or consist of practical exercises.

The methodology will be as follows:

  • Individual work: individual preparation of assignments/projects/reports, portfolio, 
  • Personal study: preparation for tests, exams, etc.
  • Tutoring: instruction period in which teachers and students interact with the aim of reviewing and discussing materials and topics presented in class.
  • Active methodologies: cooperative learning, project-based learning, flipped classroom, service learning, game-based learning, case studies, problem solving… These are aimed at making learning a participatory process and are based on student agency.

Evaluation criteria

  • Case studies, exercises and problems: tests in which students must solve, in a reasoned manner, within a certain time, and according to the established criteria, the cases, exercises or problems posed by the teaching staff, with the aim of applying the knowledge acquired.
  • Written works, memoirs, internship reports, and projects: a document prepared on a topic or activity carried out, following the instructions established by the teaching staff.

General information

Credits: 2

Duration: 06/04/2026 – 11/04/2026

Teaching modality: Virtual

Location: Virtual campus of the University of La Laguna

Registration fee: €43.50

Valued at: €145

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The cost of tuition for this Microcredential will be subsidized by the 'Plan for the development of university microcredentials', investment 6 of component 21 of the Addendum to the 'Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan', financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, year 2025.

Flexibility

Short courses available in various formats (in-person, online, or hybrid). Ideal for learning without interrupting your professional life.

Employability

Content created and delivered by professionals and experts in the field, designed for immediate application.

Certification

Endorsed by the University of La Laguna. You will receive an official ECTS certificate, valid in the European Higher Education Area.

Teaching staff

Fatima Margarita Castro Leon

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