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E-Assessment Which way now?

E-Assessment Which way now?. Professor Denise Whitelock The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK denise.whitelock@open.ac.uk. The e-Assessment and automatic feedback Challenge. Constructivist Learning – Push Institutional reliability and accountability – Pull .

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E-Assessment Which way now?

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  1. E-Assessment Which way now? Professor Denise Whitelock The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK denise.whitelock@open.ac.uk

  2. The e-Assessment and automatic feedback Challenge • Constructivist Learning – Push • Institutional reliability and accountability – Pull . DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

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  4. Feedback • Students must decode feedback and then act on it Boud (2000) • Students must have the opportunity to act on feedback Sadler (1989) • Gauging efficacy through action DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

  5. A d v i c e f o r A c t i o n Elliott’s characteristics of Assessment 2.0 activities DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

  6. The 4Ts Pyramid Transfer Learning Transformation Tasks Training of staff Tool Development DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

  7. National Union of Students’ Principles of Effective Assessment Times Higher Education, 29th January 2009 • Should be for learning, not simply of learning • Should be reliable, valid, fair and consistent • Should consist of effective and constructive feedback • Should be innovative and have the capacity to inspire and motivate. • Should be conducted throughout the course, rather than being positioned as a final event • Should develop key skills such as peer and reflective assessment DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

  8. “Advice for Action”, Whitelock (2011) • Helping students find out what they do not know and how to remedy the situation can avoid the trauma of assessment • Are we on the way with new e-tools? DMW Welcome LKL May 2013

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