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Using eAssessment to move forward with Curriculum for Excellence

PA Conference, Friday 4 February 2011. Using eAssessment to move forward with Curriculum for Excellence. Graeme Clark, Project Manager eAssessment and Learning Veronica Harris, Project Manager eAssessment and Learning. What is e-assessment?.

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Using eAssessment to move forward with Curriculum for Excellence

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  1. PA Conference, Friday 4 February 2011 Using eAssessment to move forward with Curriculum for Excellence Graeme Clark, Project Manager eAssessment and Learning Veronica Harris, Project Manager eAssessment and Learning

  2. What is e-assessment? • ‘….the use of electronic media within the assessment process.’ • focus in particular on those aspects experienced by learners e.g. on-screen assessments and e-portfolios

  3. Why e-assessment? Improving the assessment experience for teachers, learners and SQA • Engagement and motivation • Flexibility • Consistency with experience of learning • Automatic marking and immediate, rich feedback • Enhanced quality assurance • Assessing new things

  4. Assessment under CfE - The Eight Key Ideas • Learner engagement • Variety in approaches • Focus on breadth, challenge and application • Evidence from across the four contexts • Professional dialogue • Reliability, validity and proportionality • Reporting underpinned by CfE principles • Importance of quality assurance From ‘a summary of building the curriculum 5 - a framework for assessment’

  5. Key Idea 1 ‘Learner engagement in assessment is crucial’ Solar Open Assess http://www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess

  6. Key Idea 2 ‘Teachers need to use many approaches to assessment’ Currently using e-assessment Schools 53% Colleges 75% Interested in using in future Schools 78% Colleges 86% Source: SQA customer research, August 2009

  7. Key Idea 3 ‘Assessment should focus on breadth, challenge and application’ Webquest ‘an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on the internet.’ http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html, www.internet4classrooms.com/why_webquest.htm

  8. Key Idea 4 ‘Evidence of learners’ progress can be gathered across the four contexts for learning’ Deskspace e-portfolio for Skills for Work www.sqadeskspace.org

  9. Key Idea 5 ‘Professional dialogue is central to agreeing standards’ The Understanding Standards Website www.understandingstandards.org.uk SQA Academy www.sqaacademy.org.uk

  10. Key Idea 6 ‘Assessments should be reliable, valid and proportionate’ Use of social software for assessment http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38247.2258.html Games based assessment http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/36537.2262.html

  11. Key Idea 7 ‘Curriculum for Excellence principles should underpin reporting’ Deskspace e-portfolio www.sqadeskspace.org.uk

  12. Key Idea 8 ‘Assessment needs to be quality assured’ • Fit for purpose • Valid and reliable • Takes account of national standards • Focuses on breadth, challenge and application • Promotes active learner engagement

  13. Where next…….? • Further potential of games-based approaches • Mobile technologies • Sharing assessment materials through NAR • Using these approaches to challenge existing assessment thinking and practice • Contribution of Glow Futures

  14. Thank you for your attention Graeme.Clark@sqa.org.uk www.sqa.org.uk/eassessment

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