Presentation given at the 'Digital learning and assessment in the Biosciences: approaches, successes and future horizons' at the University of Glasgow 21 June 2016 as part of the HUBS Bioscience Learning and Teaching Workshop Series.

1. eASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
HUBS Meeting 21 June 2016 - Digital learning and assessment in the Biosciences
Natalie Lafferty - University of Dundee
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An overview of some of our journey with eAssessment

3. Early adopters of online assessment …
Questionmark Perception & Exam Online …
Growing adoption leading to estate capacity issues
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4. What’s driving our use of eAssessment …
is it technology or our educational philosophy?
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Many don’t know what they don’t know about technology …
Have ideas on formative assessment but not sure how to
implement …

6. Formative assessment serves as an aid to improve
teaching and learning activities, provides feedback that
moves learning forward and can activate learners as
owners of their own learning

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When implemented well, formative assessment
can effectively double the speed of student learning
Dylan William

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Design learning that fosters active learning including
discussions, activities and learning tasks that provide
evidence of learning

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Flipped classroom …Why are medical students ‘checking
out’ of active learning in a new curriculum?
White, Casey, et al. “Why are medical students ‘checking out’ of active learning in a new curriculum?”
Medical Education 48.3 (2014): 314-324

10. 1. Preparation
2. Individual
Readiness
Assurance Test -
iRAT
3. Team
Readiness
Assurance Test -
tRAT
4. Consolidation
5. Application Test
6. Peer Evaluation
Team-based learning – accountability for learning
http://www.teambasedlearning.org
@nlafferty

11. Got off to some false starts with team-based learning …
highlighted importance of staff development and peer review

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Design team-based learning backwards from the decisions
students will have to make and the outcomes you want
them to achieve

13. Team-based learning - using BYOD to support iRAT and tRAT
‘The sessions were more interactive and students were more
motivated, involved, attentive’
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14. Students as consumers … spoon feeding?
Encourage students to own their learning
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The best way to learn is to teach
Frank Oppenheimer

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Engaging students as digital producers of learning
In the curriculum and through vocational scholarships

17. Students always asking for more formative assessment …
Can be a challenge for staff find time to develop and
create

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Run question writing workshops when using PeerWise
to prepare students to write their own MCQs

19. Mix of face-to-face and online teaching

20. Copyright
Introduction to copyright issues, Creative Commons,
patient consent etc
Managing
resources
Presentations/
Learning design
Learning
theories
Formative
assessment
Feedback
Accessibility, usability – fonts, colour schemes
Cognitive load, multimedia design principles
Understanding learning theories and how they might
apply in different learning contexts
How to write a good assessment questions, eg MCQs
Incorporating feedback into your learning
resource/activity and different forms of feedback
Searching for resources, managing & curating
resources
Ground work covered
@nlafferty

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Equipping students to learn and develop as self-
regulated and lifelong learners

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Each student keeps a reflective blog and join a private
Google+ community … provides multiple opportunities
for feedback

23. @nlafferty

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Essential in formative assessment …
Providing a recipe for action and informing students’ projects

25. Student created videos –
expert peer review and feedback key
@nlafferty

26. Students as producers of learning creating digital learning
resources – “a chance to impact upon other’s learning.”
@nlafferty

27. (Siemens 2005; Sandars 2009)
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Teaching is listening … learning is talking …
Desire to be a better teacher

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Will we use technology to assess the way we’ve always
assessed or to try something different?

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Nurture evidence-based practice and
a community of practice in teaching and learning
Academics - Students - Educationalists – Psychologists –
Educational Technologists