Assessment is one of the key functions of a learning environment, be it formative or summative. I would even claim that implicitly or explicitly, consciously or not, it drives its design.
The definition of e-assessment prepared by Valerie Shute and Yoon Jeon Kim for the TEL Dictionary reminds us the expectation that technology enhanced assessment would be more efficient than assessment, thanks to the power of the computer. I suggest to add: thanks to the possibility of getting more personalised and accurate information on the learner activity.
As a matter of fact, e-assessment, from a research perspective, might not be far from learner modelling, a term which is not mentioned as one of the related terms Valerie and Yoon enumerate. In your opinion, what ontological or semantic relation can be established between "e-assessment" and "learner modelling"?
