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This article analyses the assessment of competence development among the first graduating classes trained under the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The paper focuses on what teachers of seven Spanish universities in the following bachelor's degrees say: primary education, pharmacy, computer engineering and electrical engineering. Following a thorough bibliographic and documentary analysis, we conduct a mixed study using a qualitative methodology based on different data collection instruments: narratives, focus groups and interviews. The results of this article form part of the research project titled "The impact of educational assessment on the development of competencies in higher education. Perspectives of the first graduates" (project reference EDU2012-32766) and reflect the knowledge and implementation of competencies in the EHEA. The scientific and technical contributions of this study can serve to improve the quality of university teaching, particularly with regard to the assessment of the acquisition of competencies and learning assessment in terms of transversal and specific competencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We are always hearing how technology is everywhere, but has it arrived and become part of the practicum and external work placements, in general, and, particularly, in the assessments? That is our key question in order to determine the presence and use of emerging technology in pre-professional practice. We therefore present bibliometric research on papers produced in International Symposiums about placements and the Scielo and Dialnet data bases over the last twenty years. Responding to some criteria, 84 studies are analysed. The results show that although studies on work placements are abundant, in this context of practical training rather than talking of "emerging technology", we should be saying that "technology is emerging", since that has been an increasingly used cliché over the years. We conclude with a consideration of the need and relevance of emerging resources in a formative context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We are always hearing how technology is everywhere, but has it arrived and become part of the practicum and external work placements, in general, and, particularly, in the assessments? That is our key question in order to determine the presence and use of emerging technology in pre-professional practice. We therefore present bibliometric research on papers produced in International Symposiums about placements and the Scielo and Dialnet data bases over the last twenty years. Responding to some criteria, 84 studies are analysed. The results show that although studies on work placements are abundant, in this context of practical training rather than talking of "emerging technology", we should be saying that "technology is emerging", since that has been an increasingly used cliché over the years. We conclude with a consideration of the need and relevance of emerging resources in a formative context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]