{"id":89,"date":"2026-09-22T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:11:50","slug":"effective-use-of-digital-in-learning-teaching-and-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/educator-development\/effective-use-of-digital-in-learning-teaching-and-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective use of digital in learning, teaching and assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment<\/h3>\n<p>HGIOS provides a suite of quality indicators that support staff in all sectors to look inwards, to scrutinise their work and evaluate what is working well for learners and what could be better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/school-improvement-planning\/how-good-is-our-school-hgios\/\">Find out more about HGIOS with this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does HGIOS say about learning, teaching and assessment?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff access and apply <strong>relevant findings from educational research<\/strong> to improve learning and teaching<\/li>\n<li>Learning resources <strong>clearly identify what is to be learned<\/strong> and assessed<\/li>\n<li>Assessment approaches are matched to the learning needs of learners and are used to support them to <strong>demonstrate where they are in their learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A <\/strong><strong>quality body of evidence<\/strong> is used to support assessment judgements and decisions about next steps<\/li>\n<li>Learners receive <strong>high-quality feedback<\/strong> that is\u00a0<strong>effective in informing improvements<\/strong> in learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TPACK<\/h3>\n<p>TPACK is a model to support the effective use of technology in learning and teaching. It splits educator knowledge and skills into three broad categories:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\">content knowledge<br \/>\npedagogical knowledge, and<br \/>\ntechnological knowledge<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/technologiesandinnovationearning\/uploads\/sites\/11135\/2026\/09\/10124503\/tpack.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/technologiesandinnovationearning\/uploads\/sites\/11135\/2026\/09\/10124503\/tpack-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_113\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div id=\"builder-section-text_113-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>The intersection of all three categories is technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK).<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about TPACK with this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Technological_pedagogical_content_knowledge\">TPACK page on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical knowledge <\/strong>is defined by the Digital Skills for Scottish Educators toolkit (mentioned above): <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/11\/21\/digital-skills-for-scottish-educatohttps:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/digital-skills-for-scottish-educators\/rs\/\">this is the link for the guidance on educator digital skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Content knowledge<\/strong>\u00a0is provided by the Experiences and Outcomes in Curriculum for Excellence:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/curriculum-for-excellence\/experiences-and-outcomes\/\">use this link to view the Experiences and Outcomes documents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pedagogical knowledge<\/strong> can be based on Education Scotland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/educator-development\/digital-pedagogical-knowledge-based-on-hgios-and-tpack\/\">learning, teaching and assessment cycle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_177\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div id=\"builder-section-text_177-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3>Next steps<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.gla.ac.uk\/366744\/\">View the digital learning and teaching toolkit (UofG)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"builder-section-text_177-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/educator-development\/digital-pedagogical-knowledge-based-on-hgios-and-tpack\/\">View examples of digital pedagogical knowledge based on HGIOS and TPACK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/new-home\/static-bottom-pages\/upcomingwebinars\/\">View upcoming webinars on the DigiLearn site<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment HGIOS provides a suite of quality indicators that support staff in all sectors to look inwards, to scrutinise their work and evaluate what is working well for learners and what could be better. 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