e-assessment landscape and trends

Grainne Hamilton, Jisc RSC Scotland

e-Assessment Landscape and Trends

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e-Assessment Landscape and Trends 20/03/2014 2

PROGRAMME

10.30am – 10.45am: Hearing the Student Voice: SQA’s experience

Martyn Ware, SQA

10.45am – 12.30pm: How to include students in assessment decisions

Mike Williamson, SPARQS

12.30pm – 1.30pm: Lunch

1.30pm – 1.45pm : e–Assessment landscape and trends

Grainne Hamilton, Jisc RSC Scotland

1.45pm – 3.30pm: Embedding student involvement in assessment

decisions / managing this process / developing institutional strategy

Jacquie Kelly and Marianne Sheppard, Jisc infoNet


ETNA 2013 Report

»e-Assessment has increased since the 2009 ETNA survey, however, usage is still relatively low

»54% of academics responded that students engage well with e-Assessment tools

»Just under half of academics reported that they felt e-Portfolio systems enhance the learning experience but many felt that students don't engage well with them

»Majority of colleges in Scotland are using the following e-Assessment tools:

› Assessment tools within the VLE, SOLAR, GOLA, Evolve, Turnitin

»Many academics use tools for assessment that are not specifically created for that purpose, eg twitter, wikis or blogs

Snapshot of ICT use across Scotland's colleges


Horizon Report 2014

Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption

Fast trends (1-2 years):»Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning

Mid-Range Trends (3-5 years):»Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment

Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education

Time-to-Adoption (2-3 years):»Games and Gamification (including badges)

Also references assessment of non-formal and informal learning

Key trends relating to assessment


Online, Hybrid, Collaborative, Data-Driven

Edinburgh Road Network Analysis image from flickr by stevefaeembra CC BY SA 2.0


Horizon Report 2014

Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption - Fast trends (1-2 years):»Integration of Online, Hybrid, and

Collaborative Learning› Implications for institutional infrastructures,

eg wifi provision, use of mobile devices, BYOD

› Assessment of non-formal and informal learning



Horizon Report 2014

Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption - Mid-Range Trends (3-5 years):»Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment › Also investigated in Jisc Assessment and

Feedback programme projects › Student dashboards used to show patterns,

identify intervention / support requirements, improve retention

› Just In Time Teaching based on learning analytics



Games and Gamification

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Horizon Report 2014

Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education - Time-to-Adoption (2-3 years):»Games and Gamification (including badges)› Inspire curiosity (University of Salford

example)› Stealth assessment› Immediate feedback› Collaboration› Badges



P2PU Assessment on the Web

Auroral Trails from flickr by KrisWilliams CC BY NC ND 2.0


P2PU Assessment on the Web Reports

»Collaborative online communities› Increase in MOOCs, informal and non-

formal learning »Peer assessment - learning through

assessing »Learner centred»Open Badges

Key trends in online assessment


References

Horizon Report 2014:

http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-horizon-report-2014-higher-education-edition

P2PU Assessment on the Web

http://reports.p2pu.org/reports/assessment_on_the_web/

Jisc Design Studio (Transforming Assessment and Feedback)

http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/












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