-
Archives
- December 2019
- July 2018
- October 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- November 2016
- September 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- May 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
-
Meta
Author Archives: Sally Jordan
Quote of the day
I’m not sure about the detail of this one, but as a physicist I couldn’t resist the analogy between quantum mechanics and the testing effect! ‘The testing effect represents a conundrum, a small version of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in … Continue reading
Quote of the day
‘Assessment is a moral activity. What we choose to assess and how shows quite starkly what we value.’ Knight, P. (ed) (1995) Assessment for learning in Higher Education. Kogan Page in association with SEDA. pg13 (introduction)
More on the automatic marking of essays
Post now edited to include links… Oh how much I missed in my last post! Others, far better informed than me, have also reflected on the general principles of the use of the automated marking of essays. See, for example, … Continue reading
Automatic marking of essays
I am grateful to Carol Bailey (see previous post) who, following a discussion over lunch, sent me a link to an extremely interesting paper: Vojak, C., Kline, S., Cope, B., McCarthey, S. and Kalantzis, M. (2011) New Spaces and Old … Continue reading
Developing good academic practice
A couple of weeks ago we had an internal conference at the Open University on ‘Developing good academic practice’. Day 1 was intended for our tutors and their line-managers (staff tutors); Day 2 for module team members and those with the assessment overview in … Continue reading
Flagging questions as ‘unsound’
I was talking at the eSTEeM Conference last week about the fact that, whilst our interactive computer-marked assessment (iCMA) questions are generally well liked by our students, occasional questions can cause problems (usually because we are not giving sufficiently targeted … Continue reading
Quote of the day
If learning that lasts is active and independent, integrative and experiential, assessment must judge performance in contexts related to life roles. If learning that lasts is self-aware, reflective, self assessed and self-regarding, assessment must include explicitness of expected outcomes, public … Continue reading
Quote of the day
‘When the cook tastes the soup it is formative evaluation; when the dinner guest tastes the soup it is summative evaluation’ Harvey, J. (1998) Evaluation cookbook. Edinburgh: Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative. http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/ pg 7. Note: this is about formative and summative … Continue reading
Quotes of the day
‘We are just beginning to have a small idea of the real extent of the possibilities for online assessment.’ Howell, S. C. and Hricko, M. (eds) (2006) Online assessment and measurement: case studies from higher education, K-12 and corporate. Information … Continue reading
Three quotes on the links between assessment and learning
‘Assessment is the ‘tail that wags the dog’…’ Dysthe, O. (2008) The challenges of assessment in a new learning culture. In Havnes, A. and McDowell, L. (eds). Balancing dilemmas in assessment and learning in contemporary education. Routledge/Taylor and Francis. pp15-28. … Continue reading