This document summarizes a workshop on viewpoints and e-assessment. The workshop includes an introduction to e-assessment, a viewpoints activity, and discussion. It defines e-assessment and describes different types of assessment. It also outlines Bloom's taxonomy, principles of effective assessment, and references for further information on e-assessment. Sample questions are provided to illustrate multiple choice and assertion/reason question formats.

1. August 2014 CITeA –Viewpoints Workshop
Joan Walker – Jisc RSC Scotland

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Viewpoints Workshop
Session plan
»Introduction to e-Assessment
»Context Setting for Viewpoints Activity
»Viewpoints Activity
»Discussion & Feedback

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What is e-Assessment ?
“eAssessment is the end-to-end electronic
assessment processes where ICT is used for the
presentation of assessment activity, and the recording
of responses. “
Effective Practice with eAssessment, JISC 2007

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Assessment
» Diagnostic
› Assessment of skills/level/understanding – current
› At the beginning of course/session
› Enables learning to be designed to meet learners’ needs
» Formative
› Provides feedback at critical points in the leaning process
› Identifies gaps in learning
» Summative
› Grade and/or judge levels of understanding or skills levels for progression
or certification at different points in a course or unit

5. LOTS / Convergent HOTS / Divergent
Knowledge
Remembering
»recognising
»listing
»describing
»identifying
»retrieving
»naming
»locating
»finding
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Comprehension
Understanding
»interpreting
»summarising
»inferring
»paraphrasing
»classifying
»comparing
»explaining
»exemplifying
Application
Applying
»implementing
»carrying out
»using
»executing
Analysis
Analysing
»comparing
»organising
»deconstructing
»attributing
»outlining
»finding
»structuring
»integrating
Synthesis
Evaluating
»checking
»hypothesising
»critiquing
»experimenting
»judging
»testing
»detecting
»monitoring
Evaluation
Creating
»Designing
»constructing
»planning
»producing
»inventing
»devising
»making
Blooms taxonomy / Blooms digital taxonomy / http://edorigami.wikispaces.com
Bloom

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If thinking about using video when teaching, to ensure the
content will be accessible to all, what should you do?
A. Don't use video. Find alternative teaching
strategy.
B. Provide transcript for individual students who
might need it.
C. Make transcript of video available to all
students.
D. Only use video that has subtitles.
Check your answer
Multiple Choice

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In the context of accessibility, when formatting digital
documents you should structure the text with heading styles
because the document will have a professional finish.
A. Assertion and reason are true and the reason explains the
assertion.
B. Assertion and reason are true but the reason does not
explain the assertion.
C. Assertion is true but the reason is false.
D. Assertion is false but the reason is true.
E. Assertion is false and the reason is false.
Check your answer
Assertion / Reason

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In the context of accessibility, when formatting digital
documents you should structure the text with heading styles
because it is important that a range of devices or assistive
technologies can interpret the structure of digital content.
A. Assertion and reason are true and the reason explains the
assertion.
B. Assertion and reason are true but the reason does not
explain the assertion.
C. Assertion is true but the reason is false.
D. Assertion is false but the reason is true.
E. Assertion is false and the reason is false.
Check your answer
Assertion / Reason

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Assessment Approaches
Associative
learners acquire knowledge by building
associations between concepts
learners gain skills by building
progressively complex actions from
component skills
Constructivist
learners actively construct ideas by
building and testing hypothesis
use discovery and enquiry based tasks
Social Constructivist
learners actively construct new ideas
through collaborative activities and dialogue
Assessment should help learners
to become self-reliant, confident
and able to make judgments
about the quality of their own
learning / work

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Effective Practice
David Nicol / REAP: 12
principles of good
assessment practice
Developing
self-regulating
learners
David Boud / Assessment
Futures: self-evaluation,
authentic assessment,
assessment in the workplace
Royce Sadler: transition from
feedback to self-monitoring,
developing independence in learning
Learning Oriented Assessment / David
Carless: sustainable feedback
practices, feedback timing

11. REAP principles
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»Encourage time and effort on challenging learning tasks
»Facilitate the development of self-assessment and reflection in learning
»Involve learners indecision-making about assessments policy and practice
»Give choice in the topic, method and criteria or timing of assessments
»Clarify what good performance is
»Deliver high quality feedback to help learners self-correct
»Provide opportunities to act on feedback
»Encourage interaction and dialogue around learning
»Support the development of learning communities
»Encourage positive motivational beliefs and self-esteem
»Provide information to teachers that can be used to help shape the teaching
»Ensure summative assessment has a positive impact on learning
Feedback Assessment

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13. »Think about whether / how you meet the
challenge of assessment & feedback (15
mins)
»Place the cards on the timeline – consider
the student perspective (cards can be
used more than once (15 mins)
»Turn over the cards and select the ideas
that might be appropriate in your own
context (30 mins)
»Review the ideas and formulate a plan,
record action points on the timeline (10
mins)
»Share plans & general discussion (30
mins)
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Useful References
Principles of effective assessment and feedback practice: David Nicol, Gibbs and Simpson, 2004
David Boud, Royce Sadler, D. Carless, McDowell et al., 2006, ESCAPE project, 2010,
JISC RSC Scotland Local Case Studies
http://www.rsc-scotland.org
JISC RSC Scotland e-Assessment blog
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/eassessment/
JISC RSC Scotland e-Assessment magazine
http://www.scoop.it/t/e-assessment-in-fe-and-he
Effective Assessment in a Digital Age, JISC
2010http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/assessment/digiassess.aspx
SQA eAssessment Resource
http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/eAssessmentResource.html
JISC Techdis e-Assessment
http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/resources/assessment