the use of mobile technology for work-based assessment the student experience

The use of mobi le technol ogy for wor k-bas ed assessment: the student experience _1022 251..265 Ceridwen Coulby, Scott Hennessey, Nancy Davies and Richard Fuller Cerid wen Coulb y is the Staff Develo pment officer in the Leeds Institu te of Medic al Educatio n at the Univ ersity of Leeds, with researc h inter ests in mobi le learni ng and assess ment. Email: c.coul by@ leeds.ac.uk; Scott Hennessey is a learning technologist at the Leeds Institute of Medical Education at the Univ ersity of Leeds. His work centr es aro und researc hing and imple menti ng appli cations for mobile techno log ies in higher educat ion . Ema il: s.h enn esse y@l eed s.a c.u k; Nan cy Da vie s is a lea rning Te chno logis t at the Leeds Institu te of Medic al Educatio n at the Univer sity of Leeds with resear ch interests in technology enhanced learning. Email: [email protected]; Richard Fuller is Chair of the MBChB management committee at the Leeds Institute of Medical Education at the University of Leeds and a Consultant Physician. His role also includes running the final year programme. Dr Fuller has research interests in assessment (work place and OSCEs), transitions into practice and curriculum development. Email: [email protected]; All based at Leeds Institute for Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Level 7 Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9NL. Please use lead author telephone contact only. Abstract This paper outlines a research project conducted at Leeds University School of Medicine with Assessment & Learning in Practice Settings Centre for Excel- lence in T each ing and Learning, colla bor ation betw een the Universities of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds Metropolitan University and the Univer- sity of York St John. The res ear ch conduc ted is a pro of of co nce pt, examinin g the imp act of d eli ver - ing compet enc y based assessment via pers ona l dig ita l ass ist ants (PD As) amongst a group of fina l year undergrad uate me dic al studen ts.This ev alu ation repo rts the student exp erien ce of mobi le techno log y for assessmentwith posit iv e effects; concluding that overall the students found completing assessments using a PDA stra ight forward and that the structure d format of the assessment res ult ed in an inc rea sed, imp ro ved lev el of feed bac k, allowing students to improv e their skillsduring the plac ement . A rela tions hip betw een using the PD A for learning and setting goals for achieve ment was clearly demonstrated. Introduction Using mobile technology for teaching and learning is a rapidly evolving area of educational research (Collins, 1996; Frohberg, 2002; Preece, 2000; Vavoula, Pachler & Kukulska-Hulme, 2009). The current research focus is in general evaluative, with a Brit ish Journal of Educational Techno logy V ol 42 No 2 2011 251–265 doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01022.x © 2009 The Authors. British Journal of Educational Technology © 2009 Becta. Published by Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA.

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