This document outlines the agenda and content for a webinar on e-assessment. The webinar will include presentations on understanding e-assessment, using e-assessment in practice, and assessment features in ScaffoldLMS. It will involve polls, discussions, and demonstrations of assessment tools in ScaffoldLMS. The goal is for participants to learn about the benefits and challenges of e-assessment, considerations for online assessment design and delivery, and how ScaffoldLMS can support assessment activities.

1. 2014 Webinar Series
ASSESS
LEARNING
James Ballard
Victoria Simpson

2. 0-5 mins
• Welcome and Orientation
5-10 mins
• Session Introduction
10-40 mins
• Presentation
• Screen share
40-55 mins
• Questions
• Discussion
55-60 mins
• Conclusion
Session Outline
What you can expect

3. 15th Jul - Responsive Design
29th Jul - Open Badges
12th Aug - ScaffoldLMS Administration
9th Sep – LTI / TinCan (xAPI)
21st Oct – e-Portfolios
11th Nov - Assessment
Introduction
ScaffoldLMS Webinar Series 2014

4. Activity 1
INTRODUCTION POLL

5. 1. Understand e-Assessment
Why e-assessment?
2. Using e-Assessment
Moving to online assessment
Ideas for good practice
3. Assessment with ScaffoldLMS
Giving feedback
Managing marks
Objectives
What we hope you will get out of the session

6. Section 1
WHY E-ASSESSMENT?

7. Online Submissions (+ paper )
Plagiarism Detection
My e-Assessment
Some experiences as a learning technologist and student
Computer based Assessment
Peer Review

8. Efficiency
• timeliness for student access
• flexible delivery for students
•automatic processing of responses
• reliability in storage of responses
• effective storage and distribution of grades
Effectiveness
• immediate feedback for students
•analysis of question validity
•new question types
Authenticity
•access to people and resources
•able to simulate real world
•students can perform complex tasks
Engagement
•multimodal formats for students
•able to use virtual worlds and role plays
•able to use self and peer review
• facilitate group tasks
Benefits of e-Assessment
Understanding the badges movement

9. Common Practices
Types of e-Assessment
Assignment submission
Selected response
questions
Scenario based
activities
Online role-play
E-Portfolio
Emerging Practices
Serious games
Simulation
Virtual worlds
Augmented reality
Virtual laboratories

10. Challenges of e-Assessment
Automated or computer based testing
Curriculum skew
towards technical skills
that can be readily
examined through
automated testing
Imaginative and critical
abilities and the need to
cultivate the ‘inner eyes’
of learners

11. Challenges of e-Assessment
Competency or Criteria Referenced Assessment

12. Activity 2
AUDIENCE QUESTION
• What do you see as the main driver / challenge for
e-Assessment?

13. Section 2
IMPLICATIONS FOR
E-LEARNING

14. Organisational Readiness
Making sure the right balance of roles and responsibilities exist
Senior
management
• develop and support an e-assessment
strategy
Operational
management
• implementation of the strategy and policies
• accountability for the e-assessment
process
Administration
• responsibility for operational systems and
processes
Technical
support
• responsibility for the technology
Working with
the learner
• maximising the potential for success

15. Specify
Setting
Supporting
Submitting
Marking /
Feedback
Reflecting
Returning
Marks
Recording
Grades
Assessment Process
MMU: Transforming Assessment and Feedback
Assessment Manifesto
• Students feel proud of what they’ve
done when they submit the task
• I look forward to marking the
submissions
• Submissions are manageable to mark
and moderate
• The contribution of the task to the
overall aims of the course is clear
• Someone else could run the
assessment task easily if I fall under
the proverbial bus

16. Managing Submissions
Allowing learners to choose how they submit and receive feedback

17. Dynamic Content
Real world content tends to change in real time

18. Assessment adoption
Diagnostic, Formative and Summative

19. Section 3
E-ASSESSMENT DEMO
• Group feedback: straw poll
• Teacher feedback: rubric / annotating PDF
• Peer feedback: forum / workshop
• Managing marks: gradebook

20. Activity 2
Q&A DISCUSSION

21. Activity 3
CLOSING POLL

22. ScaffoldLMS Webinar Series 2014
THANK YOU
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