Category Archives: assessment design

Dé Onderwijsdagen Pre Conference : ‘Digital testing’

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Sally Jordan

It has been quite a week. On Wednesday I sat on the edge of my seat in the Berrill Lecture theatre at the UK Open University waiting to see if Rosetta’s lander Philae, complete with the Ptolomy instrumentation developed by, … Continue reading →

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The Unassessors

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sally Jordan

Following a small group discussion at the 8th EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) Research Workshop in Oxford earlier in the week, I accepted the task of standing up to represent our group in saying that our radical change would … Continue reading →

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Do we over-assess?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Sally Jordan

We are under pressure to retain more of our students – I suspect the same is true across the sector. But one of the reasons cited for student drop-out is over-assessment. Is this reasonable? Well, maybe. If we accept that assessment … Continue reading →

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SIREJ

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Sally Jordan

I’ve been on the road even more than usual recently, dealing with a domestic crisis of a rather unusual nature (a tree through the roof of my elderly in-laws’ house down in Sussex). They’re OK, but assessment work is low priority … Continue reading →

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JISC Assessment and Feedback Programme

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sally Jordan

I’m just back from my second attendance at a JISC Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group meeting. It was excellent – it is inspiring to be surrounded by people who know such a lot about learning and teaching and, more importantly, actually … Continue reading →

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A consistent approach to assessment design

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sally Jordan

Last week, I participated in a ‘Quality Enhancement Seminar’ on ‘Effective use of interactive computer-marked assessment’. A list of tips I gave included the following two points: 11. Embed iCMAs carefully within the module’s assessment strategy, considering carefully whether you want them … Continue reading →

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Two more talks

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Sally Jordan

We’ve now had two more talks as part of the OU Institute for Educational Technology’s  ‘Refreshing Assessment’ series. First we had Lester Gilbert from the University of Southampton on ‘Understanding how to make interactive computer-marked assessment questions more reliable and … Continue reading →

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Not like Moses

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Sally Jordan

One of the joys of trying to catch up with others who have been working in the field of assessment for much longer than me is finding books and articles that were written some time ago but which still seem pertinent today. … Continue reading →

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Is it worth the effort?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Sally Jordan

I’m taking a short break from reporting findings from my analysis into student engagement with short-answer free-text questions to reflect on a couple of things following the HEA UK Physical Sciences Centre workshop on ‘More effective assessment and feedback’ at … Continue reading →

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Challenging my own practice

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Sally Jordan

The JISC ‘From challenge to change’ workshop yesterday (see previous post) started with an invitation to record aspects of assessment and feedback provision in our own context that we felt to be strengths or remained a challenge. I was there … Continue reading →

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