by Graham Attwell | Jun 15, 2022 | Assessment, blog, politics
There is growing pressure for change in assessment systems in the UK. One of the organisations leading the campaign is Rethinking Assessment. On its website, Rethinking Assessment says its mission is to make the argument for change though case studies, analysis,...
by Graham Attwell | May 4, 2022 | Assessment, blog, teaching and learning
Photo by Rendy Novantino on Unsplash I have been doing a lot of reading about assessment this week as part of the Pontydysgu led Erasmus+ project on eAssessment in Vocational Education and Training. A few quick takes aways from that work, which I am generally...
by Graham Attwell | Apr 27, 2022 | Assessment, blog, eAssessment, Pedagogy
There is growing interest in the use of ePortfolios as an alternative to the use of exams for assessment. ePortfolios Are not exactly new. I can remember speaking at conferences and taking part in projects (see More Esteem with with my ePortfolio which developed an...
by Graham Attwell | Feb 22, 2022 | Assessment, blog
There are encouraging moves to increase access to higher education for students with disabilities. Yet all too often these initiatives are piecemeal with a failure to join up different measures or to address barriers to participation. One such barrier for many...
