by Graham Attwell | Jun 22, 2022 | Assessment, blog, eAssessment, teaching and learning
Jisc The UK Jisc have published the latest in a series of reports and examples of good practice around assessment - Principles of good assessment and feedback. This attention reflects the growing pressures for change in assessment practice following the pandemic. As...
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 | Apr 26, 2022 | #AIinEd, AI, AI@School, Artificial Intelligence, blog, eAssessment
The UK National Centre for AI, hosted through Jisc has announced the third in a series of pilot activities for AI in education. The pilot project being undertaken in partnership with Graide, an EdTech company who have built an AI-based feedback and assessment tool, es...
by Graham Attwell | Apr 21, 2022 | blog, eAssessment, teaching and learning, TEL
Photo by Josefa nDiaz on Unsplash Assessment is central to learner motivation as well as providing accreditation. The introduction of different assessment systems has a major impact on education and training processes. In recent years, a new pedagogic paradigm has...
