Innovación en los procesos de evaluación en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior

Abstract

Educational interventions under formal contexts follow historical changing processes. The changes in strategies, techniques and assessment tools along with new alternatives and methodological proposals based on European standards, may be applied to research processes as well as educational interventions in numerous areas.

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) establishes a new deal for educational intervention methodologies based on cooperation and compromise. Under this new model, process focuses on the receptor and the European credit becomes the measuring unit for the total workload. For this reason, the keystone of the system is evaluation of all areas and educational levels.

Innovation in the process of intervention over educational areas cannot be consolidated if similar modifications are not produced in the evaluation process. The tools, techniques and assessment strategies are basic elements to evaluate the achievement of desired results.

Keywords

Evaluation, alternative evaluation, innovation, capability, capability assessment, cooperative learning, evaluative research, learning by doing.