USING INSTAGRAM AS AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN SUPPORTING INDONESIAN NATIONAL CURRICULUM

Authors

  • Lies Budyana

Keywords:

Instagram, authentic assessment, Indonesian National curriculum, assessment tools

Abstract

Indonesian National Curriculum implementation guideline implies that authentic assessment is the most useful technique which effectively supports learning. Nevertheless, applying this kind of assessment is quite challenging for teachers since they have to directly examine and collect the evidence of students’ progress and achievements. Social media has recently brought considerable developments in ‘close-to-real’ authenticity by posting, sharing, capturing, and broadcasting images and videos as the real life events. This research found that Instagram’s photo and video sharing could be incorporated into assessment and feedback. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the use of Instagram as an alternative tool for authentic assessment, especially Instagram which has rapidly increased in popularity among urban teenagers worldwide. This paper adopted a quasi-experimental approach to examine whether this technology tool not only provide teachers a space for independent judgment and interpretation of student performance, but also increase the learning experience of high school students. Results found that utilizing Instagram as an assessment tool was effective in supporting the design of an authentic assessment and that an affordable approach to supporting the alignment of technology usage as innovative assessment tool with a particular pedagogical design.

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Published

2016-08-07
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