Category Archives: Twelve Days of Better eAssessment

Three French Hens

Day 3. eAssessment design. I’ll start thinking about question type soon enough; in the meantime, this post is about how you run the questions. In OpenMark, usual practice is to give students multiple (usually three) attempts at each question, with increasingly … Continue reading

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Two Turtle Doves

Day 2. Integrate your eAssessment.  The desirability of integrating your eAssessment is true at various levels. The sorts of things I’m thinking about include: 1. Don’t just think about eAssessment as an add on. We talk about alignment of teaching … Continue reading

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A partridge in a pear tree

Day 1. Before you start….Think!  What is the purpose of this assessment?  What are you trying to achieve? Is it assessment of learning (summative) or assessment for learning (formative)? Or perhaps it is diagnostic – providing information for your students … Continue reading

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