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Self-assessment in student’s learning and developing teaching in geoinformatics–case of Geoportti self-assessment tool
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Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Volume 48, issue 3, pp. 414-444
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In successful geoinformatics education, students’ active role in the learning process, e.g. through applying self-assessment, show an increasing interest but the evidence of benefits and challenges of self-assessment are sporadic. In this article, we examine the usefulness of an online self-assessment tool developed for geoinformatics education. We gathered data in two Finnish universities on five courses (n = 11–73 students/course) between 2019 and 2021. We examined 1) how the students’ self-assessed knowledge and understanding in geoinformatics subject topics changed during a course, 2) how the competencies at the end of a course changed between the years in different courses, and 3) what was the perceived usefulness of the self-assessment approach among the students. The results indicate support for the implementation of self-assessment, both as a formative and summative assessment. However, it is crucial to ensure that the students understand the contents of the self-assessment subject topics. To increase students’ motivation to take a self-assessment, it is crucial that the teacher actively highlights how it supports their studying and learning. As the teachers of the examined courses, we discuss the benefits and challenges of the self-assessment approach and the applied tool for the future development of geoinformatics education.
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Funding Information: The contribution of N.K. and V.A. was supported by the Transferring contact, technology- and field-based education to digital: methods and tools for geosciences training (DigiGeo, project no. 2020-1-CZ01-KA226-HE-094425), funded by the European Union within the Erasmus + program. The contribution of R.K. was supported by Open Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Research (oGIIR, grant number 306537), funded by the Academy of Finland. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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Fagerholm, N, Lotsari, E, Nylén, T, Käyhkö, N, Nikander, J, Arki, V & Kalliola, R 2024, 'Self-assessment in student’s learning and developing teaching in geoinformatics–case of Geoportti self-assessment tool', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 414-444. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2251021