Online Project based learning driven by competencies: A systematic strategy proposal for assessment

The adoption of project based pedagogy in the traditional learning has always serves to enhance the knowledge of learners and develop their disciplinary and cross-curricular skills. In e-learning field, the use of this pedagogy presents even several challenges to the accomplishment of educational goals, in terms of design, planning, implementation and evaluation of learning. This work provides, at first, a preview of the obvious characteristics of project based e-Learning directed by competencies, throw highlighting its competency and assessment aspects, and then explain some constraints which can be encountered during the evaluation process of learner's skills. A strategy for systematic e-assessment of skills is proposed next, by illustrating different stages of assessment: pre-assessment, formative assessment and post-assessment. The technological core of this model is based on a trace based system which uses a repository of competencies and evaluation criteria in combination with information extracted from the virtual learning environment and provides the external observer, or the assessor, a feedback of relevant information.