Going Beyond Metrics and Numbers: Humanizing Education through Authentic Assessment and the Ethics of Learning Analytics
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https://doi.org/10.55927/ijems.v3i5.16Keywords:
Educational Evaluation, Reflective Assessment, Learning Analysis, Authentic Assessment, Humanistic LearningAbstract
The rapid development of digital technology in the last two decades has fundamentally changed the global education paradigm. In this context, the learning evaluation process can no longer be simplified to numbers and scores alone. Conventional assessment models that emphasize quantitative outcomes such as standardized tests, achievement indexes, or academic rankings are increasingly questioned for their relevance in describing the quality of 21st-century learning. The old paradigm fails to capture the complexity of thinking, reflective skills, and human values that should be at the core of the learning process. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a new evaluation approach that is more contextual, inclusive, and process-oriented, a shift that is referred to as an effort to "go beyond metrics and numbers." This study uses a systematic literature review approach to various recent scientific publications that examine innovations in the digital education evaluation system. The main focus is directed at the integration of learning analytics, authentic assessment, project-based learning, augmented reality, and reflective assessments as measurement instruments that not only assess outcomes, but also capture learning dynamics holistically
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