Students on placement: supporting learning with a Mahara portfolio

Judith Wayte: “Don’t ask what the technology can do for you, rather what the pedagogy needs – Gilly Salmon; Professor of e-learning and learning technologies, University of Leicester” “Say at the outset – it’s just a piece of software” “I first used the first of these quotes when giving a presentation at the Assessment in …

Using online portfolios to facilitate feedback, provide evidence of progress and encourage the development of academic skills’

David Button: Context: “CELE is an international centre based on three campuses, the UK, Malaysia and China. In the UK CELE run 4 terms of Pre-session English for Academic Purposes courses taking students at 4 levels of English competence. Students are a mixture of undergraduates and postgraduates. All 400+ students will be using an e-portfolio …

Seeing the bigger picture

Sarah Seeley:  “In my capacity of Examinations Manager (on-line exams) I was looking forward to the Assessment in the Digital Age Conference and saw it as an opportunity to meet staff across the University and talk about implementation and support and get a better perspective of how I fit in. “As my focus is summative …

Assessing the learning impact of electronic revision aids

Derek Irvine, Deborah Kays, Darren Walsh: Background: “Traditionally, weekly small group tutorial/example classes are used within the School of Chemistry / Faculty of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) to enhance student understanding of material delivered during lectures. By relating exam performance to tutorial attendance, both departments recognize that these sessions are highly beneficial to students’ learning. The …

Negotiating reasonable adjustments for online exams

Video >> Kate: “One of the things that I know you have been involved with is the development and introduction of online assessments, online exams. Can you tell us a little bit about what you do with the online exams?” Simon Wilkinson, Medical Education Unit: “Yes, well, in the unit I’ve been developing the software …