There is a sudden urgent interest in improving systems which support assessment in the University. Possibly related to the considerable impact felt from the Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) by the staff union (UCU) last year. The role of learning technology systems in enabling assessment, and the student experience of assessment ( and feedback) is …
Category: marking and assessment
FLORA Project
FLORA (Feedback, Learning, Online Rubrics and Assessment) Ensuring staff and students have an appropriate platform for Exams / Digital Exams Digital tools to support assessment done under exam conditions (with an open question about what ‘exam conditions’ mean in digital contexts … could be in-person computer lab, online, take-home … and involve different types of restrictions to support academic integrity: …
LOUISA Project
LOUISA (Learn Optimised for In-course Submission and Assessment) At the November 2023 Learn Ultra project board, we discussed the business analysis that was undertaken via the Learn Ultra project, focusing on assessment and feedback practices across the University, and the workflows which interacted in/with Learn. The business analysis identified that there was an inconsistent approach …
on your marks
According to some recent on- the-ground research this is the list of tools being used by schools at University of Edinburgh for summative assessment and marking (below) Some Schools have tried to standardise their assessment practices as much as possible, making things more consistent for students, markers and teaching office staff. In these Schools, the …
on your marks
According to some recent on- the-ground research this is the list of tools being used by schools at University of Edinburgh for summative assessment and marking (below) Some Schools have tried to standardise their assessment practices as much as possible, making things more consistent for students, markers and teaching office staff. In these Schools, the …