Use of Video For Student Assessment

The article : VIRTUAL REALITY TESTING: THE USE OF VIDEO FOR EVALUATION IN LEGAL EDUCATION (from the recent Assessment conference) and reinforces the educational  importance of the student video recordings that one professor is dong this semester. 

Each week, students sign up with a partner to practice and improve their legal counseling skills. Each student keeps a copy of the video to self-assess their performance while in class, the professor shows several video clips to point out key elements of legal counseling.

Only one series of recordings have been done so far, but the professor points out that the students have a lot to learn and this seems to be an effective way for their to learn this real-life skill.

Legal Education at the Crossroads III: Conference on Assessment

Several of our professors attended this conference and reported that it was very worthwhile. Looking at the presentation topics, it is not surprising that technology and assessment fit together.

Many of this blog’s posts have focused on  the value of frequent and summative assessment using “Clickers” (See  June 3, 2007 , October 16, 2007, May 19, 2008,  February 26, 2009, March 31, 2009, May 13 2009  posts).

I have also blogged about our use of video recorded practice client counseling and negotiating sessions that give students real-life practice and critique (See October 7, 2008,  November 21, 2008,  March 9, 2009 posts).

I look forward to reading the materials and listening to the videos from the conference presentations in hopes of further linking technology to assessment and finding innovative ways to do it.