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Thanks to `Stephen Bright <https://twitter.com/Tipene52>`_ who shared his workshop material. You can find the `downloadable handout <https://wiki.mahara.org/images/a/a4/20140701_bright_assessment.pdf>`_ on the wiki. The content is republished with permission. Slight adjustments were made to fit the general writing conventions of the manual.

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Pedagogy

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When considering the use of ePortfolios for assessment, it is important to understand the underlying pedagogy which matches the software. Mahara is consistent with a social constructivist pedagogical foundation. Anderson & Dron (2011) provide a useful summary of social constructivism:

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"Although there are many types of social constructivism (see Kanuka & Anderson, 1999), all the models have more or less common themes, including the importance of

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new knowledge as building upon the foundation of previous learning,

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context in shaping learners’ knowledge development,

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learning as an active rather than passive process,

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language and other social tools in constructing knowledge,

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metacognition and evaluation as a means to develop learners’ capacity to assess their own learning,

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learning environment as learner-centred and stressing the importance of multiple perspectives,