Case study - database of assessment timings on course improves usefulness of feedback - glamorgan uni

'student voice' processes identify assessment bunching as key issue in using feedback to improve next assignment. A database was cated to highlight this and help spread assessment and types of assessment over the whole course.

This uni also used a bottom up approach to managing this change.

See www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess

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Jisc - effective assessment in the digital age - notes

There are ideas here but little discussion on the problem of motivation for strategic students who won't engage unless there are marks

Enhancing formative assessments using vle-based quizzes to receive instant feedback. Motivation for students is well documented here www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/case-studies/tangible/derby

Look up - open source quiz question system by open university called open mark

The case study - exploring science, open university Here they use mcq to help direct learning as well as test it. Students use it to direct them to areas of weakness

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We have finally got David Nicols coming to LJMU

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nice use of timelines to help design assessment activities

Reminds me of many other similar processes, but the video really helps to explain the issues

http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/30631817/ESCAPE%20-%20Assessment%20timelines

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Ridgway (2003) argued that users are likely to adopt some new way of working if

_ It solves a problem they know they have got

_ It makes life more interesting and more fun

_ It makes life easier

_ It has a measure of social approval.

Ridgway, Jim (2003) The evaluation of complex competencies. Invited keynote at the V Seminario de

la Redu (focussed on the responses of Spanish Universities to the Bologna accord), Madrid. (paper

available from author).

From Jisc report http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/projects/raeatfinalreportpdf.pdf

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Jisc - effective assessment in a digital age

this recent publication by jisc brings together very succinctly some of the work done in this area.
Reap project features heavily, but there are some recent studies that I need to follow up on.

2009 review of advanced e-assessment technology www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/raeat
This reviewed practice across the sector and contains 90 case studies.

2009 jisc report on summative e-assessment quality. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/reaq
Covers all the quality issues Effecting sustainable change in assessment practice and experience www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/curriculumdelivery/escape -Raise awareness of nk between feedback and learning -Share ideas
-link between strategic drivers and grassroots innovation -provide evidence
Case study
BSc sports studies has 4 individual written assessment. Redesign lead to groupbased wiki activity, that tutors gave feedback on. The next assessment was a mark for how well the groups that used feedback to rewrite the first assignment. The there is a section of peer assessment activities.

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videopad - free video editing - good for AVCHD

The department recently got a mini HD camera. The results were great but the file type is really frustrating. The AVCHD, makes it very difficult with the free tools I have been using e.g. moviemaker and imovie. Basically you have to convert the file type in order to import it into one of these editing packages. Videopad http://videopad-video-editor.en.softonic.com/ has a free home use version. It does all that the others do and more. Big recommend this one. Also can run it of a flash drive.

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