Share Paper: 4th Industrial Revolution?Ready, Tech, Go: Reflecting on Sport Students’ Digital Literacy Skills when Creating Vlogs for Assessment

  1. Liandi Van den Berg, TELIT-SA, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, North-West University, South Africa
Tuesday, June 23 3:30-3:45 PM Room 3

Abstract: The 4th Industrial Revolution has disrupted the sports industry and technological advancements are demanding new skills from graduates. Industry changes necessitates Higher Education Institutions to focus on students’ digital skills development and therefore an adoption of technology enhanced teaching and learning tools have become more prevalent within academic programmes. Likewise, industry’s further need for specific graduate attributes such as creativity and problem solving skills, require assessments to be more complex, open-ended and for students to showcase a deeper understanding of content and application. The paper purposed to evaluate the use of technology (vlog creation) as an innovative assessment tool, to ...