Title: Submitting tasks to the teacher
Course: Digivisio - DEMO course template > Section: Activating learners

A traditional way for the learners to show their competences is of course having them do tasks and submitting them to the teacher. This method has may good points, but it is worth thinking if it is the only possible way to demonstrate what the learners have learned on an e-learning course.

Writing and structuring texts are extremely important academic skills, and it must be ensured that the learners have those skills. However, in an individual course, you might also want to consider for example the following methods:

- doing an expert interview, writing a report, and presenting the report in a synchronous session
- video/podcast done in groups > different groups may have different topics so the learners can also teach each other
- having the learners create learning materials
- writing an article in groups
- summarising in the learners’ own words – but the potential of AI must be considered in tasks like this
- reflection tasks submitted as audio instead of text

Evaluating video and audio requires more time from the teacher than reading and commenting text, so their use should be considered carefully. However, they enable different types of learners to better demonstrate their competences, and for example learners with dyslexia can greatly benefit from their use. It is also important to think about what is being evaluated: if the aim is to learn how to encounter clients or professional communication, is an essay the best way to evaluate those skills?