Workshops - Effective assessment in a digital age
Assessment lies at the heart of the learning experience: how learners are assessed shapes their understanding of the curriculum and determines their ability to progress. At the same time, assessment and feedback form a significant part of practitioners' workloads and, with increased numbers, reduced budgets and higher learner expectations, continue to be a matter of concern for many institutions delivering higher education.
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Technology can support nearly every aspect of assessment in one way or another. However, for technology-enhanced assessment to be effective, pedagogically sound assessments need to be supported by robust and appropriate technology, within a supportive institutional or departmental context.
A series of five workshops ran throughout 2011 exploring how the use of technology in HE and HE in FE, linked to principles of good practice in assessment and feedback, can help promote more effective learning. These workshops drew on the work of recent JISC-funded projects as well as related significant developments in the domain of assessment, and had a practical, hands-on flavour with a focus on how to move from current challenges towards sustainable change.
Aims of the JISC technology-enhanced workshop programme
- Share delegates’ experiences and current practice
- Establish principles of effective assessment and feedback; explore the fundamental relationship between assessment and learning
- Illustrate intervention points where technology can support the enhancement of assessment and feedback practices
- Explore how (and how not to) implement technology-based enhancement: case study demonstrations and hands-on activities
- Ask in what ways technology can help you rethink your curriculum design in relation to assessment and feedback
- Provide opportunities to plan the future direction of your own practice
- Disseminate resources: make use of Effective Assessment in a Digital age publication and supporting online materials.
Workshop materials are suitable for
- Lecturers, tutors and course leaders who design assessment and feedback for their learners on HE-level courses
- Intermediaries with a role in supporting practitioners with assessment, and technology-enhanced assessment (learning technologists, e-learning/ILT champions, staff developers, educational developers, academic registry)