August 2014 CITeA –Viewpoints Workshop 
Joan Walker – Jisc RSC Scotland
Viewpoints Workshop 
Viewpoints Workshop 
Session plan 
»Introduction to e-Assessment 
»Context Setting for Viewpoints Activity 
»Viewpoints Activity 
»Discussion & Feedback
Viewpoints Workshop 
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
Viewpoints Workshop 
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
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
Viewpoints Workshop 
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
Viewpoints Workshop 
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
Viewpoints Workshop 
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
REAP principles 
Viewpoints Workshop 
»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
Viewpoints Workshop
»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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Viewpoints Workshop 
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

CIT-eA project - Viewpoints Workshop - Introductory Presentation

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    August 2014 CITeA–Viewpoints Workshop Joan Walker – Jisc RSC Scotland
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    Viewpoints Workshop ViewpointsWorkshop Session plan »Introduction to e-Assessment »Context Setting for Viewpoints Activity »Viewpoints Activity »Discussion & Feedback
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    Viewpoints Workshop Whatis 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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    Viewpoints Workshop 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
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    LOTS / ConvergentHOTS / Divergent Knowledge Remembering »recognising »listing »describing »identifying »retrieving »naming »locating »finding Viewpoints Workshop 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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    Viewpoints Workshop Ifthinking 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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    Viewpoints Workshop Inthe 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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    Viewpoints Workshop Inthe 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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    Viewpoints Workshop AssessmentApproaches 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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    Viewpoints Workshop EffectivePractice 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
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    REAP principles ViewpointsWorkshop »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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    »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) Viewpoints Workshop
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    Viewpoints Workshop UsefulReferences 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