Assessment for learning, assessment aligned to learning outcomes and assessment of group and team work are all areas of interest in engineering education along with how to give effective and timely feedback.
The introduction of UK-SPEC and accreditation based on output standards has produced several issues, in particular how to identify evidence that learning outcomes are being met and at what level.
The Engineering Subject Centre, Engineering Council (EC) and the Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) formed an Assessment of Learning Outcomes Working Group to provide support to the engineering community to enhance the process of assessing learning outcomes. Experiences were shared between programme leaders and accreditation teams at the ALOE International Conference 2008.
The Subject Centre works with a number of
Centre's for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) who have an assessment focus. One of our Associates, Roger Penlington is a fellow with the Assessment for Learning (AfL) CETL at Northumbria University. AfL is to foster student development in taking responsibility for evaluating, judging and improving their own performance by actively using a range of feedback.
Our resource database currently contains 109 resources in the assessment section, listed in summary form below. To view the full descriptive record for each resource click the '[View full description/Comments] ' link after the title.
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Full list of 109 resources from the assessment section listed below.
A student-led design course related to sustainable engineering
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This case study looks at a second year mechanical engineering design course in the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Newcastle University. Over a four-year period the course has been developed with an increasing emphasis on student-led learning and sustainable engineering. A history of these developments is given, highlighting the latest full academic year and its associated student feedback.
Author(s): Tom Joyce, Iain Evans, Bill Pallan
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/100119-joyce-case-st…
Book review of '500 tips on assessment' by Phil Race
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This is an Engineering Subject Centre book review considering the target audience, content, style, format and value of '500 tips on assessment' by Phil Race, published by RoutledgeFalmer(2005). Though the book has recently gone out of print, copies may be available in institutional libraries. Many of the tips are also available free of charge by downloading a file on Phil Race's website. Another related book of '2000 tips' by the same author, may also be of interest.
Author(s): Dr Michael Clifford
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/er/bkrev/eachreview.asp?review=127
Case study : a zero tolerance assessment strategy for incorporating risk management into undergraduate construction related courses
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This case study describes the zero tolerance assessment strategy developed in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Portsmouth, to highlight the importance of risk management, particularly health and safety, in undergraduate construction courses. It is the result of a Mini-Project funded by the LTSN Engineering Mini-Project Funding.
Author(s): John Reynolds, Andrew Petersen, Apollo Tutesigensi
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/miniproject/zero_cs.pdf
Case study: Capturing and enhancing the experiences of international students using ePortfolios
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Increasing numbers of international students are being recruited onto technical postgraduate courses. This can create a challenging environment for teaching staff who want to help these students develop valuable professional skills for their subsequent use in the workplace. This Engineering Subject Centre case study reports on the use of freely available online tools, for students to record their personal learning development using portable ePortfolios.
Author(s): Richard Hill
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/case-study-hill-expe…
Easimap project
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This is the website of the EASIMAP project, based at The Engineering Subject Centre. The project (January 2007 - August 2008) has developed an electronic tool to link the assessment of learning outcomes with students’ personal development planning (PDP) records / e-portfolios. The EASIMAP Tool will assist academics to:
• Map programme, module and assignment intended learning outcomes to Engineering Benchmark Statements based on UK-SPEC
• Record student attainment of learning outcomes
• Transfer assessment data directly to each student’s personal development
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Author(s): Alan Maddocks
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/er/pdp/easimap.asp
Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project : Assessment Choice Case Study
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This case study was carried out as part of an Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project by the School of Engineering and the Staff-Student Partnership for Assessment Change (SPACE) Project, at the University of Plymouth. SPACE was a three year (2002-05) HEFCE-funded collaborative project developing and promoting inclusive approaches to assessment. The Mini-Project provided the opportunity to approach assessment in an innovative way. The case study outlines how a range of assessment choices were offered to Architecture and Environmental Building degree students during their structures module.
Author(s): Dave Easterbrook, Melanie Parker, Judith Waterfield
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/pdfs/Resource/assessmentchoice.…
Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project Report : Improving student success and retention through greater participation and tackling student-unique tutorial sheets
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This Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project Report is about a Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) programme trialled at the University of Hertfordshire. The report discusses how the programme developed, delivered, collected, marked and provided feedback for the weekly-assessed tasks (wats) of individual students and how this influenced student success.
Author(s): Mark Russell, Peter Bullen
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/wats_tutorialsheetsw…
Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project Report : portable learning and assessment – towards ubiquitous education
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This report presents the outcomes from a Mini-Project on "Portable Learning and Assessment - Towards Ubiquitous Education", funded by the Engineering Subject Centre. The report includes a case study on the Mini-Project (published as a chapter in Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers by Kukulska-Hulme, A. and Traxler, J. 2005); a guide for those considering using PDAs; a guide suggesting uses of PDAs with engineering students with disabilities.
Author(s): Jon Trinder, Jane Magill, Scott Roy
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/miniproject/pda.pdf
Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards : Enhancing the design and assessment of practical work in the engineering curriculum
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This case study has been developed as part of the Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2005-2006, from data gathered through a demonstration of the teaching and learning materials available, interviews with the tutor and a student focus group.
It examines the redesign of a laboratory programme for a first year undergraduate module in electrical circuit theory, to provide a coherent and structured programme of practical activities. The students are a mixed group of first year full-time electrical engineering and part-time electrical engineering HNC/HND.
Author(s): Liz Willis, Sean Wellington
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/awards/wellington.pdf
Awards:
HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards - Finalist
Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards : Use of an objective assessment tool to evaluate students' basic electrical engineering skills
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This case study has been developed as part of the Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2005-2006, from data gathered through a demonstration of the teaching and learning materials available, interviews with the tutor and a student focus group.
The report examines the use of Objective Structured Technical Examinations (OSTEs) to assess engineering students' core practical and theoretical skills. OSTEs are based on similar type of assessment widely used in medical and health care courses (where they are Clinical Examinations, OSCEs) and involve students performing a series of short
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Author(s): Phil Barker, Nandini Alinier
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/use-of-an-objective-…
Awards:
HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards - Winner
Engineering Subject Centre [Mini-Project] report : design of an objective assessment tool to evaluate students’ basic electrical engineering skills
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This resource is the result of a Mini-Project at the University of Hertfordshire. The project looked at designing an objective assessment tool to evaluate students' basic electrical engineering skills through their university curriculum. A number of short exercises were developed which relate to different aspects of electronic engineering. The report covers the effectiveness of this method and how it has been implemented.
Author(s): Nandini Alinier, Guillaume Alinier
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/nandinialiner-oste.p…
Getting students to concentrate on writing about the things that really matter
Other title: Restructuring lab reports : Engineering Subject Centre case study
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This Engineering Subject Centre case study discusses a third year course about computer modelling and experiments. Students submitted short assignments online and were encouraged to report back in an evaluative rather than a descriptive way. The assignments were positively received and students saw the value of transferable skills.
Author(s): Stephen Beck
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/resources/restructuring-lab-rep…
Good practice in assessment of NQF BTEC Higher Nationals
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This report looks at good practice in the assessment of NQF BTEC Higher National programmes run in Further Education Colleges (FECs) in England. The report's findings are the result of a project involving the analysis of information from Edexcel Examiner reports, FEC visits, and other related feedback. The resulting profiles indicate how well a programme is conducting its assessment. The report includes examples of good and bad practice and case studies.
Author(s): Rodney Ranzetta
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/assessment_nqf_btec.…
Introducing peer support and assessment for learning approaches into individual projects
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This Engineering Subject Centre case study describes a project, implemented to support and motivate final year students on a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering programme, which introduced peer support for students undertaking their final year individual investigative projects. It discusses the motivation for the introduction of peer support, the execution of the project and the associated organisational issues.
Author(s): Jenna Tudor
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/tudor-case-study.pdf…
LTSN Engineering Case Study : developing the independent learner
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This Case Study produced in 2004 was developed as a result of the LTSN Engineering Mexican Hat Working Group. Independent learning refers to activities that are driven by the learner’s own enquiry. This case study discusses how formative assessment can play an important role in this development process, if it explicitly places a focus on ‘what learners do’ rather than on ‘what teachers do’, and thus breaks the perception that learning only takes place during formal timetabled sessions.
Author(s): Alan Robinson, Mark Udall
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/independent-learner.…
LTSN Engineering Mini-Project Report : Group projects in a virtual environment : a study of group dynamics and the effectiveness of self and peer assessment
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This report is a result of the LTSN Engineering Mini-Project: 'Self and peer assessment of group projects in a virtual environment', which aimed to understand how new technologies can be effectively implemented to maximise the learning outcomes of students whilst ensuring that assessment of performance is fair and easy. The report presented the findings of a study completed with 2nd year chemical engineering students who were arranged into small groups based on their character types and given tasks to perform in a newly developed virtual reality environment.
Author(s): Dr Edward Lester, Damian Schofield, Peter Chapman
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/group-proj-virtual-e…
LTSN Engineering Mini-Project Report : Systematic learning guidance for Engineering students
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This is a report of the LTSN Engineering Mini-Project 'Systematic Learning Guidance For Engineering Students'. The project was concerned with the development of a systematic and responsive means to help engineering students adapt quickly to the university learning environment, develop effective study habits and engage fully in PDP. Together with data on entry qualifications, attendance and end of year examination performance, the data collected show that entry qualifications plus attendance records give a rough prediction of success in summative assessment, but that students’ own analysis
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Author(s): Dr Warren Houghton
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/miniproject/systematic_learning…
LTSN Engineering Report : the development of a web-delivered diagnostic instrument for detecting misconceptions of Physics principles
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This report is the result of an LTSN Engineering Mini-Project, funded under the 1st Phase. The Mini-Project based at the School of Engineering, The Robert Gordon University, aimed to develop a web-delivered diagnostic instrument for detecting misconceptions of physics principles. The final report describes how a question bank of over 180 questions, referred to as the Engineering Diagnostic Database (EDD) was developed and tested using Questionmark Perception. Web-based pilots with 6th form students and paper based tests issued to first year engineering degree students have provided the indications
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Author(s): Eur Ing Norrie Edward
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/diagnostic_web.pdf
LTSN Engineering Teaching Awards : assessment of lecturer's ‘coursework’ by students
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This case study has been developed as part of the LTSN Engineering Teaching Awards 2003-2004, from data gathered through a demonstration of the teaching and learning materials available, interviews with the tutor and a student focus group.
This design module is taken by students in the first year of two degree programmes, BEng. in Automotive Engineering and BEng. in Automotive Design Engineering; the main aim of the module is to ensure that students are able to draw to BS 8888 and communicate design ideas. The lecturer had found that the same basic mistakes were being made in her students'
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Author(s): Phil Barker, Dr Sue Owen
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/awards/mistakes.pdf
Awards: LTSN Engineering Teaching Awards 2003-2004 Finalist
LTSN Engineering working group report : assessment of individuals in teams
Other title: Assessment case studies
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LTSN Engineering commissioned a Working Group on the Assessment of Individuals in Teams. The outcome is a series of 5 case studies which come from a range of universities and disciplines. All are based on engineering courses. Different approaches to group formation, assessment and feedback are presented, and benefits and problems associated with the approaches identified. It is intended that this Guide should be used alongside the (then) LTSN Generic Centre Assessment Series.
Author(s): Michael Barton et al.
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/resources/Bobharris_webfinal2.p…
Mini-Project Report : Evaluation of a zero tolerance assessment strategy for incorporating health and safety into an undergraduate Civil Engineering course
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This 2004 report is the result of a Mini-Project funded by LTSN Engineering. The project analysed the results of three years experience of applying a zero tolerance assessment strategy on undergraduate construction courses. The report suggests that the strategy can be applied to all engineering courses and has been particularly useful in integrating Health & Safety attitudes into a conventional engineering syllabus.
Author(s): Mr John Reynolds, Andrew Petersen, Apollo Tutesigensi
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/zero.pdf
Preparing students for the world of work : assessment of learning outcomes in engineering (aloe) case study
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This case study describes a module that was introduced into a civil engineering degree programme with the help of professional engineers. The aim was to develop a bridge between the world of learning and professional practice by putting students into the role of consulting engineers working with industry to produce feasible solutions to a real enquiry from a client. The case study was commissioned by the Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Engineering Working Group.
Author(s): Prof. Barry Clarke
URL(s):
• http://www.aloe.ac.uk/docs/b-clarke-case-study-web.pdf
Smart Laboratory Instruction Sheets (SLIS) : Engineering Subject Centre mini project resource
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Nigel Poole, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, University of Coventry was awarded funding from the Engineering Subject Centre in 2006 for a mini project to develop ‘smart’ laboratory instruction sheet(SLIS) resources. The SLIS project is aimed at activating traditional engineering laboratories by presenting them on a personal computer using Microsoft Word documents that incorporate Visual Basic for Applications macros. The approach allows students to receive help and advice from the computer on various aspects of the experiment and to enter results directly via the keyboard. Feedback
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Author(s): Nigel Poole
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/an/mini_projects/smartlabsheets.asp
The design of a computer-based maths toolbox for engineering students
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This document outlines the design of a computer-based maths toolbox
for engineering students, resulting from Mini-Project funding awarded by the Engineering Subject Centre. The paper discusses guidelines for effectively collating and integrating learning, support, application, communication and diagnostic tools, to produce a "Mathematics Gateway" for engineering students. Consideration is also given to effective ways of integrating the gateway into engineering curricula, and to creating a local (e.g. departmental) identity for access and use of the gateway over the internet by others
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Author(s): Esat Alpay, Spyridon D. Masouros
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/maths-gateway.pdf
The use of real labs operated at a distance (ReLOAD) as a teaching aid
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This is a case study from an Engineering Subject Centre mini-project investigating the use of Real Labs Operated At a Distance (ReLOAD) as a
teaching aid. It considers the background, methodology, issues, benefits and evidence of success.
Author(s): Dr Ben Hanson, Adrian Stamp, Dr E. Read
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/reload-as-a-teaching-aid.pdf
The use of web-based delivery for first year engineers
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This case study commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre discusses work in the University of Sheffield, which focuses on overcoming poor study practices, and hence progress, of first year students. The department wanted incentives to encourage regular study patterns and mechanisms to enable effective monitoring of progress by staff to identify and support struggling students. The department also wanted a test case on which to evaluate the potential of VLE technology for enhancing teaching delivery.
Author(s): J. A. Rossiter, D. Rossiter
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/awards/web_delivery.pdf
Thinking writing : a guide to writing-intensive teaching and learning
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Thinking Writing is a website for academic staff who teach in any discipline in UK higher education. It is a practical resource covering aspects of writing in teaching, including reflective thinking and assessment strategies. The team received mini project funding from the Engineering Subject Centre.
Author(s): Queen Mary University of London (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/index.htm
Using a competition assessment strategy for incorporating risk management into an undergraduate Civil Engineering course
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This is a case study resulting from an Engineering Subject Centre mini project awarded to John Reynolds, Civil Engineering, University of Plymouth. It examines the results of five years experience of applying a competition assessment strategy on undergraduate construction courses. The competition assessment strategy involved a problem-based learning approach in which students compete against their peers in running a virtual multi million pound construction organisation in a computer based business simulation.
Author(s): Dr John H. Reynolds, Dr Andrew K. Petersen, Dr Apollo Tutesigensi
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/miniproject/compassessment.pdf
A briefing on assessing disabled students
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This guide (LTSN Assessment Series No.8) aims to provide academic and support staff with information that can be used to provide assessments for students with disabilities, so that they are not disadvantaged. It outlines some issues relating to disability and education, and shows how these affect assessment of students with disabilities. A review of guidance and legislation affecting institutions in the UK is also included.
Author(s): Dave Mccarthy, Prof. Alan Hurst
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnbrief08dis.pdf
A briefing on key concepts : formative and summative, criterion and norm-referenced assessment
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This guide (Assessment Series No.7) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It explains a set of key assessment terms in order to help teachers draw up good assessment plans for their courses. Not only is it a useful guide to often-misunderstood concepts, it also advises on things to avoid, things to do with caution and things to do with enthusiasm. Finally, it contains suggestions for heads of department who increasingly have to think of programme-wide assessment systems.
Author(s): Peter T. Knight
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnbrief07keyconc.pdf
A briefing on key skills in higher education
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This guide (Assessment Series No.5) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It is aimed at those working within higher education with interests in developing and assessing key skills. It includes the development of key skills within other UK education and training contexts, and provides links to other resources, and includes examples of current schemes for key skills development, assessment and recording within HE, and provides guidelines on good practice, relating mainly to assessment issues.
Author(s): Prof. Roger Murphy
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/resources/themes/assessment.html
A briefing on self, peer and group assessment
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This resource offers a basic introduction to self, peer and group assessment as part of the suite of assessment approaches available to staff in higher education. The principles of assessment in general are outlined including validity, reliability and transparency, and the link between assessment and learning is made explicit. Some practical ideas and approaches are provided including prompts for self-assessment dialogues and different ways to allocate marks for group work. It may be of interest to a new lecturer interested in these approaches to assessment. Although a few years old, this text
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Author(s): Prof. Phil Race
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/SNAS/snas_901
A briefing on the assessment of large groups
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This briefing (Assessment Series No.12) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It identifies the major assessment issues of larger classes - that it is likely to be done less well and/or less often - and the resulting negative effects on student learning and achievement. It argues that assessment strategies should be a major part of learning and teaching strategies at both institutional and departmental level, and offers a number of specific strategic responses which might be used to overcome the above issues.
Author(s): Chris Rust
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnbrief12largegroups.pdf
Assessing Materials students
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This UKCME lecturer guide considers assesment of materials science and engineering students. It includes assessment types, setting examination questions, problems of traditional methods of product assessment, the process of assessment and course work assessment.
Author(s): Lewis Elton
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/assessing.asp
Assessment : a guide for heads of department
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This guide (Assessment Series No.2) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It offers a set of guidelines on how to craft an assessment strategy. It focuses upon the development, implementation and monitoring of departmental assessment strategies, and offers suggestions and prompting questions that may help a Head of Department in his/her tasks as leader and manager of a department.
Author(s): Prof. Alistair Mutch, Prof. George Brown
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnguide02hod.pdf
Assessment : a guide for lecturers
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This guide (Assessment Series No.3) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It is designed to help lecturers to review, refresh and refine approaches to assessment. It is based upon the theme of alignment between intended learning outcomes, assessment tasks, criteria, marking and providing feedback. Alignment provides the basis for an effective assessment system and for the new approach to Academic Review by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Author(s): Prof. George Brown
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnguide03lecturers.pdf
Assessment : a guide for senior managers
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This guide is part of the Assessment Series (guide number 1) which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It focuses on leadership in, and the management of, assessment. The intention is to offer those in (or aspiring to) leadership roles regarding assessment some observations on issues which are emerging, or could emerge in the medium term, as important in higher education.
Author(s): Prof. Mantz Yorke
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnguide01senmanagers.pdf
Assessment : a guide for students
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This guide (Assessment Series No.4) is one of the Assessment Series which was published by the LTSN Generic Centre. It helps students to see how assessment works, so that they can adjust their approaches to assessment opportunities whilst keeping a mental balance.
Author(s): Prof. Phil Race
URL(s):
• http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/ltsnguide04students.pdf
Assessment audit tool (The Higher Education Academy Centre for Bioscience)
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This is an assessment audit tool on the website of the Centre for Bioscience. It has been designed to aid teachers consider course content and design, and to highlight areas for improvement. It can be used as an evaluation and developmental integrative assessment tool irrespective of discipline. The audit tool may be changed to suit requirements. Please acknowledge Bioscience as the originator and inform them that you are using the audit tool and about any changes you have made as a result of your analysis.
Author(s): The Higher Education Academy Centre for Bioscience (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• ftp://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/birmingham/auditool.…
Managing assessment : student and staff perspectives
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This is a tool developed by the Managing Effective Student Assessment (MESA) benchmarking club. It aims to give senior management, staff and educational developers, teachers, and support staff insight into assessment issues along with ideas and tools to enable improvements to student learning. It contains a series of case studies written jointly with students.
Author(s): The Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author), University of Central England in Birmingham (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/resources/resou…
Peer assessment of group work: a review of the literature [WebPA project]
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This review focuses on self and peer assessment of group work and may be of interest to those involved in peer assessment of group work and the Web Peer Assessment (WebPA) project team. Numerous recommendations are made for the peer assessment community and the WebPA project. The review comes with a references table (available to download) which highlights over 30 references with key themes and findings for each.
URL(s):
• http://webpaproject.lboro.ac.uk:80/?q=node/288
Predicting students with poor skills or learning difficulties in support of engineering science HE modules within a FE environment
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This Engineering Subject Centre case study, written by Dr D R Lavers of the Britannia Royal Naval College, evaluates a diagnostic testing method to aid students undertaking technical higher education (HE) modules in a further education (FE) environment. It compares the relative merits of examinations and diagnostic tests.
Author(s): Dr Chris R Lavers
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/heinfe/lavers.pdf
Quick Guides for Materials Lecturers
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A set of Quick Guides aimed at providing all those involved in Higher Education in Materials Science and Engineering with an overview of ‘hot’ educational topics, such as employer engagement, active learning, lab classes, plagiarism, sustainability and peer tutoring.
Each guide gives a brief outline of the issue from a Materials teaching perspective, pointers to key readings and links to online resources from the Higher Education Academy (HEA), as well as advice on how the UKCME can help you.
Author(s): Dr Diane Taktak, UK Centre for Materials Education
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/pub/quick-guides.asp
Student enhanced learning through effective feedback (SENLEF)
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The Student Enhanced Learning through Effective Feedback (SENLEF) project is a resource for practitioners wishing to improve their feedback practice or get some exciting new ideas. The project team has explored feedback issues with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across Scotland. From this they have collated case studies, devised a set of principles for good practice and developed a range of resources including a literature review, web links and workshop materials.
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingandlearning/assessmen…
Supporting New Academic Staff (SNAS) online database
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This web page on the Higher Education Academy website provides access to the Supporting New Academic Staff (SNAS) online database - a collection of discipline-specific and generic resources for new academic staff. Resources have been chosen on generic topics such as Assessment, Curriculum design, and Group work; and on discipline-specific topics such as Fieldwork and Laboratory work. The database is primarily for the use of PG Cert L & T Course Tutors and the new academic staff enrolled on their learning and teaching programmes.
Author(s): Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/snasdatabase.asp
Supporting student e-portfolios: a physical sciences practice guide
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This is a practice guide available to download from the e-portfolio project on the Physical Sciences Subject Centre website. It may provide a useful introduction to student e-portfolios for engineering academics as well as those in physical sciences disciplines. The guide considers the benefits and challanges of e-portfolios, in addition to software and assessment.
Author(s): Tracy Madden
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/home/projects/jisc_del/eportf…
Teaching Materials laboratory classes
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This UKCME guide explains the importance of laboratory work in science and technology. It suggests ways in which students can be motivated in a laboratory environment, provides ideas on how to design a lab class and controlled exercises, and covers project work investigations, modes of assessment and minimising fraudulent practices.
Author(s): Caroline Baillie, Elizabeth Hazel
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/labclasses.asp
The Higher Education Academy
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This is the website of The Higher Education Academy (HEA). The Academy's mission is to help institutions, discipline groups and all staff to provide the best possible learning experience for their students. The website provides access to further details about the Academy, including its structure, subject network and functions. The Engineering Subject Centre is one of the 24 centres of the Academy's subject network.
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk
WebPA project website : an online peer assessment system for HE
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The WebPA project is a two year JISC funded research and development project (2006-08) led by the Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (engCETL) at Loughborough University with partners from the eServices Integration Team at the University of Hull and the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Engineering and Physical Sciences. The project will make an open source version of an existing online peer moderated marking system, for the assessment of group work, already in use at Loughborough University. The website includes information and resources about the project and
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URL(s):
• http://webpaproject.lboro.ac.uk
What kinds of solutions can we find for plagiarism?
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Plagiarism is probably increasing in HE and worries about it certainly are. Although many would like the ever growing number of electronic detection tools to solve the problem, this kind of 'catch and punish' approach will be less effective than a more holistic review of course design and assessment. Practical suggestions are offered alongside useful detection sites.
Author(s): , Jude Carroll
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/id424_solutions_for_…
Diagnostic Testing for Mathematics
Other title: The academic perspective : Mathletics diagnostic testing
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This two page case study describes the Mathletics Diagnostic Tests. The Mathletics suite of stand-alone or network-based objective tests now comprises some 4600 questions spanning 175 different skill areas from GCSE to level 1 university mathematics. It can be used for both formative and summative assessment. The resource has been used to provide remedial courses for engineering and computer science students lacking fluent GCSE mathematical skills.
Author(s): Dr Martin Greenhow
URL(s):
• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/casestudies/mathsteam/gree…
Diagnostic testing for Mathematics
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In June 2000, the Engineering Council (UK) recommended to all universities that those students embarking on mathematics-based courses should have a diagnostic test on entry (Engineering Council, 2000). Today, throughout the UK, Engineering, Science and Mathematics departments are carrying out such tests to assess the current mathematical ability of students. 'Diagnostic Testing for Mathematics', commissioned and published by the LTSN MathsTEAM Project draws together a collection of case studies from across the UK providing examples of how academics are using diagnostic tests with students.
Author(s): LTSN MathsTEAM (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/mathsteam/diagnostic_test.pdf
Maths for Engineering and Science : teaching students with diverse backgrounds : streaming undergraduate Physicists for Mathematics teaching in Year One
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Many departments of mathematics, physics and engineering now use some form of diagnostic test to assess the basic mathematical skills of new undergraduates. Results reveal that a typical cohort consists of students with a diverse range of mathematical backgrounds and capabilities. Tests also help to identify those students who lack both confidence and competence and are deemed to be at risk of failing or dropping out in Year One. This case study looks at the introducing of streaming for first year undergraduate physicists at the University of Leeds and how staff aim to provide more effective teaching
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Author(s): Mike Savage, Tom Roper
URL(s):
• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/casestudies/mathsteam/sava…
Maths support for students : test-based support : diagnostic driven support at UMIST
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Students arriving in many of the UMIST departments are required to take a brief maths test on arrival. This case study shows how Mathematics students who underachieve on this test are assigned some questions relevant to sections where they did poorly and also referred to sections from texts and Internet notes. The student’s attempt at the assigned questions acts as a basis for a feedback session. Certain students in other departments (receiving mathematics as a service course) are asked to complete a computerised assignment on areas where they underachieved. Again, they are provided with
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Author(s): Colin Steele
URL(s):
• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/casestudies/mathsteam/stee…
Maths support for students : using computer based tests to allow multiple attempts at assessment
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Computer based assessment has been used at UWE for a number of years on certain modules run by the School of Mathematical Sciences. This case study discusses the operation of the assessment for a first year engineering mathematics module in which students are permitted multiple attempts and are allowed, within an specified period of time, to choose when they take the assessment. Feedback from students was positive about the assessment regime and the observation is that operating the tests in this way does encourage students to work steadily throughout the year.
Author(s): Kevin Golden
URL(s):
• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/casestudies/mathsteam/gold…
Academic credit in higher education in England
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This brief guide (QAA 140 12/06) examines academic credit and how it can be used in higher education (HE) in England. Credits are awarded to students who complete a module, unit or qualification and demonstrate that they have met the required learning outcomes. The guide covers a range of questions and topics relating to academic credit such as credit accumulation, transfer and quality assurance.
Author(s): QAA (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/FHEQ/academicCredit/…
An Engineering Design course, Level 2, for Marine Engineering at the University of Plymouth
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The second stage Engineering Design module at the University of Plymouth aims to give the students an introduction to working in small groups on a significant assignment and providing them with knowledge and understanding of a range of machine elements. The web pages link to Assignments, Guidance for Reports, Lecture / Self Study Programme and References.
A key feature of the pages is the interactivity built in by means of Java applets. Theses have been written to enable the students to quickly try out 'what if' scenarios which helps them to gain an understanding, or feel, for the subject.
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Author(s): David Grieve
URL(s):
• http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/desstart.htm
Assessment : case studies, experience and practice from higher education
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This is the fourth volume in the series Case Studies in Teaching in Higher Education. It uses a case study format to detail a wide range of approaches to assessment. Topics include: IT and assessment; reflective techniques; institution-wide assessment; assessment for PBL and short, intensive courses; dealing with problems in assessment.
Author(s): Dr Peter Schwartz, Prof. Graham Webb
URL(s):
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Assessment-Experience-Practice-Teaching-…
Assessment resource centre (ARC)
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This is the website of The Assessment Resource Centre (ARC), part of a Hong Kong teaching development project - Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment. The project aims to "enhance the quality of teaching and learning through designing, implementing effective assessment practices, and the effective use of assessment results." The ARC provides both print-based and online resources to teachers and students involved in higher education in Hong Kong and worldwide.
Author(s): Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Corporate Author), University of Hong Kong (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.polyu.edu.hk/assessment/arc/index.htm
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
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Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education is an international refereed journal which publishes papers and reports on aspects of assessment and evaluation within higher education disciplines. It aims to help advance understanding of assessment and evaluation practices and processes, in the contribution they make to student learning, staff and institutional development. The journal is aimed at higher education practitioners, irrespective of discipline, and sets out to provide information about significant developments within the field, particularly innovative practice. Six issues are published
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Author(s): Prof. William Scott (Editor)
URL(s):
• http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02602938.html
Assessment 'edu-speak' for Engineers
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As part of the FDTL e3an project (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment Network), which provides a set of peer reviewed test bank questions for electrical and electronic engineering, the authors have produced a short document outlining the terminology used in different types of assessment. The document also includes suggestions for alternative forms of assessment that may be incorporated into your teaching and some useful web links to other assessment resources.
Author(s): Su White
URL(s):
• http://www.e3an.ac.uk/resources/eduspeak.pdf
Assessment in universities : a critical review of research
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This document examines selectively and critically reviewed research in the field of assessment. It looks at assessment methods related to traditional as well as innovative teaching. The review also contains a Guide to Good Practice. The review is accessed from the Higher Education Academy's Resources Database.
Author(s): Prof. Lewis Elton, Brenda Johnston
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp?process=full_record&sec…
Assessment series [LTSN Generic Centre]
Other title: Assessment guides, briefings and resources
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The Assessment Series is a set of 4 HEA guides (one each for senior managers, heads of department, lecturers and students, and 11 briefings papers on:· Assessment issues arising from key skills· Assessment of portfolios· Key concepts· Assessing disabled students· Self, peer and group assessment· Plagiarism· Work-based learning· Assessment of large groups· Assessment in problem-based learning· Computer-assisted assessment (CAA)· Implementing an institutional assessment strategy. These guides may now be accessed through the resources database
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Author(s): The Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/tla/assessme…
Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange (ASKe) Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Other title: ASKe-CETL
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This is the website of ASKe (Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange), the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning based at Oxford Brookes University Business School. ASKe's work focuses on ways of helping staff and students develop a common understanding of academic standards, and it builds on and develops established good practice.
URL(s):
• http://www.brookes.ac.uk/aske/!
Assessment [summary booklet of 'Reflections on assessment : volumes I and II]
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This publication QAA 081 05/05 forms part of the QAA's 'Enhancing practice' series. It is a summary of the 'enhancement theme' of assessment for Scotland and relates to the more detailed publications 'Reflections on assessment : volume I and II (QAA 081 05/05 and QAA 082 05/05).
Author(s): Prof. David Lines, Dr Collin Mason, Quality Assurance Agency
(Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/documents/assessment/Assessme…
CALGROUP
Other title: Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Material for Engineering Technology and Science
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CALGroup was one of the first projects funded by the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme to develop course material for undergraduate students. The consortium based at Loughborough University produced a large number of modules covering a topics in a range of Engineering disciplines, including Basic Electricity; Basic Electronics; Control; Data Communications; Design; Fluid Mechanics; Manufacturing Processes & Materials; Manufacturing Management & Robotics; Mathematics Help; Particle Dynamics.
The modules are provided on a CD-ROM, which contains an installation program
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Author(s): Calgroup project team (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.lboro.ac.uk/calgroup
Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning in Assessment for Learning
Other title: Assessment for Learning (AfL) CETL
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This is the website of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning in Assessment for Learning (AfL CETL). The CETL are focussing on the use of Assessment for Learning in four subjects: Education & Childhood Studies in School of Health and Community Education Studies (HCES), Engineering within the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences (CEIS), English and History, part of the School of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) and Psychology within the School of Psychology and Sports Sciences (PSS).
URL(s):
• http://northumbria.ac.uk/cetl_afl/
Centre for excellence in transport and product design
Other title: Centre for excellence in transport and product design (CETL)
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This is the website of the Centre for Excellence in Transport and Product Design, a CETL led by Coventry University to specialise in automotive design. An emphasis will be placed on computer technologies to enable design students to create digital portfolios. The CETL will provide digital studios and networks, and an international partnership will provide professional engagement in project work and portfolio development. The CETL aim to undertake pedagogic research into design intelligence and internationalisation of the curriculum .
URL(s):
• http://www.coventry.ac.uk/d/893/a/2036
Challenging perspectives on assessment
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This is a collection of short Web presentations intended to provoke debate about new perspectives in assessment. Each Web talk is about ten minutes long and introduces an idea that may be pursued using the references provided. The talks may be used by individuals or serve as catalysts for group discussions, for example in workshops. The talks are:
'Assessment is the most important thing we do for HE students' (Prof. Sally Brown)
'Peer Assessment: What's it all about?' (Prof. Ian Hughes)
'Developing a more holistic approach to assessment policy and practice' (Prof. Ranald Macdonald)
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URL(s):
• http://stadium.open.ac.uk/perspectives/assessment/
Developing and assessing students' oral skills
Other title: SEDA special 17
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SEDA Specials is a series of short monographs on topics in higher education for lecturers and support staff. This SEDA Special looks at the development and assessment of oral skills in Higher Education, focusing on the fresher to the PhD candidate. The collection is a mixture of short pieces exploring practices and strategies, which colleagues might like to alter and develop for their own context, and longer, reflective research and/or evidence-based essays that consider strategies in practice over time.
Author(s): SEDA (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.seda.ac.uk/pubs/SS17.doc
DIAGNOSYS
(Ed./Ver: 3.57)
Other title: A Knowledge-Based Diagnostic Test of Basic Mathematical Skills
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DIAGNOSYS is a knowledge-based (or expert) system primarily for testing background knowledge of basic mathematics or other technical subjects. It is the product of a TLTP project based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with the collaboration of the other four North-East universities and development since then has been continued without TLTP funding to produce current versions. Further information about the software, a test version, and details of acquiring the full material are available from the website.
Author(s): John Appleby
URL(s):
• http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/john.appleby/diagpage/diagindx.htm
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment Network (e3an)
(Ed./Ver: 2.0.1)
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This is the website of The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment Network (e3an), a HEFCE funded FDTL Phase 3 project (No. 53/99). e3an was comprised of academics from across the UK who worked together to assemble a test bank of peer reviewed questions. The project was based around a regional consortium of engineers at the University of Southampton, Bournemouth University, the University of Portsmouth and Southampton Institute. Topics covered include Circuit Theory, Computer Tools, Maths for Engineers, Datacomms, Power Electronics and many more. The project established a network to identify
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Author(s): e3an Project (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.e3an.ac.uk/
FAST project [legacy website]
Other title: Formative Assessment in Science Teaching
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This is a legacy website for the FAST project, a FDTL4 project, which was based at The Open University and Sheffield Hallam University. It aimed to examine how students’ formative assessment experiences affected their learning. It examined how feedback to students can be made more effective by maximising the learning students gain from their assessments. The website contains articles, tools and resources from the project.
URL(s):
• http://www.open.ac.uk/fast/
Group work and assessment in media production (GWAMP)
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This is the website for Group Work and Assessment in Media Production (GWAMP), developed by the Bournemouth Media School in association with Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Gloucestershire and London Metropolitan University. This consortium were responsible for the HEFCE funded project, GWAMP, between 2000-2004. The Bournemouth Media School now maintains the site. The site also includes new developments in the field of group work, such as case studies and the CASPAR online system for peer assessment. Although designed for media studies many of the resources have a generic application
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Author(s): GWAMP project (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/library/files/resources/gwamp.pdf…
Guidelines for HE progress files
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Development of the 'Guidelines for HE progress files' was co-ordinated by QAA and written by a consortium from Universities UK, Universities Scotland), SCOP, QAA and LTSN. The Guidelines have been prepared to help universities and colleges of higher education develop and introduce Progress Files.
Author(s): QAA (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/progressfiles/guidel…
Inclusive assessment in Higher Education : a resource for change [ Staff-Student Partnership for Assessment Change and Evaluation (SPACE) ]
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SPACE (Staff-Student Partnership for Assessment Change and Evaluation) was a three-year HEFCE funded Project, based at the University of Plymouth, developing and promoting alternative forms of assessment as a way of facilitating a more inclusive approach to assessment. SPACE aimed to identify, use and provide evidence of the efficacy and quality assurance of a range of alternative accessible assessments for course development and assessment suitable for disabled students. This web page provides online access to the project report, and links to case studies.
Author(s): SPACE project team (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=10494
Institute for interactive media and learning : assessment pages : University of Technology Sydney
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These assessment web pages from the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Interactive Media & Learning cover a variety of topics including: assessment criteria; formative feedback; involving students in assessment; streamlining marking; preventing plagiarism; assessing group work; online assessment; types of assessment; SimAssessment.
URL(s):
• http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/assessment/
Integrative assessment : enhancing practice series
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These four guides have been produced as the deliverable outcomes from the Integrative Assessment theme of the Scottish Quality Enhancement (SQE) initiative. The guides are:
Guide no. 1: Monitoring students'experience of assessment
Guide no. 2: Balancing assessment of and assessment for learning
Guide no. 3: Blending assignments and assessments for high-quality learning
Guide no. 4: Managing assessment practices and procedures
The Quality Enhancement themes initiative aims to enhance the student learning experience in Scottish higher education by identifying specific
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Author(s): Prof. Dai Hounsell, Dr Rui Xu, Miss Chun Ming Tai
URL(s):
• http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/themes/IntegrativeAssessment/…
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
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The Journal of Computer Assisted Learning is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, international journal covering uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange. It aims to provide a medium for communication between researchers and the practitioners and to foster collaborative research. It is a source of material for research students in areas such as collaborative learning, knowledge engineering, open, distance and networked learning, developmental psychology and evaluation.
Author(s): Mr Charles Crook (Editor)
URL(s):
• http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-4909&sit…
LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Other title: LearnHigher – Excellence in Learning Development (CETL)
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The LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is a partnership of 16 Universities, led by Liverpool Hope University, committed to improving student learning through providing excellent resources to support students' learning development, and through practice-led research to inform the effective use of those resources. The centre develops and collates peer reviewed resources in twenty learning areas that underpin activity across all academic subjects, including assessment, academic writing and research. The site also provides a teaching pack containing all the downloads
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URL(s):
• http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/
Learning and teaching in higher education : LATHE
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This is the website of the journal LATHE: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, which began in 2007. LATHE is an interdisciplinary refereed journal for scholarly debate related to learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. It is available in print and online and contains papers, case studies and book reviews.
URL(s):
• http://resources.glos.ac.uk/tli/lets/journals/lathe/index.cfm
Mathletics
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This is a personal web page owned by Martin Greenhow, a lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Brunel University. It lists sources related to mathematics education, including 'Mathletics', a tool which is used in computer-based tests and assessment.
Author(s): Martin Greenhow
URL(s):
• http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~mastmmg/
Maths support for students : support offered to Natural Science Students at Cambridge University
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Members of staff within Physical Sciences at Cambridge University began recognising that some students were having problems not only with the Mathematics Courses but also with applying material from A level in the context of their scientific subjects. This case study covers how the mathematics workbook was introduced to assist students with revision prior to starting university. On completion the student is asked to fill in a questionnaire that helps to define the problem areas. This is presented to their supervisor. The supervision system is a fundamental feature of Cambridge teaching and one
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Author(s): John Leake, Sue Colwell
URL(s):
• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/casestudies/mathsteam/leak…
PPLATO
Other title: Promoting Physics Learning and Teaching Opportunities
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PPLATO was an FDTL4 maths project based at Reading. The project addressed the key issues of teaching mathematics to physics undergraduates and widening participation in undergraduate physics.
PPLATO surveyed and evaluated practice in these areas to develop and disseminate a range of new resources and good practice.
Author(s): PPlato Project team (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/sp/PPLATO/publish/index.htm
Profile.ac.uk : knowledge management system
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This is the website of Profile, a web-based, e-portfolio tool that provides students on work placements with a means to document their learning and claim academic credit for their work. Profile was originally developed to deliver a novel work-based learning module called Professional Practice in Applied Sciences, but has now been adopted on many other courses at other universities. Stephen Gomez, National Teaching Fellow, Principal Lecturer in Human Physiology, University of the West of England was awarded first prize in the e-Tools strand of the E-tutor of the year 2006 competition held by the
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Author(s): Dr Stephen Gomez
URL(s):
• http://www.profile.ac.uk/
PROGRESS Project strategy guide : assessment strategies and progression
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This guide offers strategies that represent local solutions to local problems. It is concerned with looking at the background theory supporting change and revisiting effective strategies relating to assessment.
PROGRESS was a FDTL Phase 3 project based in the Engineering Department at the University of Hull, in collaboration with Huddersfield, Sheffield Hallam, Leeds Metropolitan, Brunel and East Anglia Universities. PROGRESS aimed to assist academics delivering courses in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in enhancing student progression and achievement. Progress produced a series
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Author(s): John W. K. Rowe
URL(s):
• http://www.hull.ac.uk/engprogress/Prog3Papers/Rowe.pdf
RAPID 2000
Other title: Promoting Skill Development on Undergraduate Programmes in Civil and Building Engineering: a Strategic Approach based on Professional Development needs.
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The RAPID 2000 Project aimed to promote skills development on undergraduate programmes in civil and building engineering, based on professional development needs. There are now seven customised versions of the original Construction Management Web-based RAPID Progress File. These new files cover a range of (mainly) construction related disciplines including Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying and enable students and graduates to record their achievements and engage in the processes of Personal Development Planning (PDP)
The project has received continuation funding to extend the
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Author(s): Rapid Project Team (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://rapidprojects.lboro.ac.uk/rapid2k.html
Re-engineering assessment practices in HE
Other title: REAP
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This is the website of Re-Engineering Assessment Practices (REAP). REAP was a research project funded by the Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education through their e-Learning Transformation Programme. The project was led by the University of Strathclyde, and aimed to transform assessment in higher education. The website contains the outcomes and schievements of the project and access to resources.
URL(s):
• http://www.reap.ac.uk/
Reflections on assessment : volume I
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This publication QAA 081 05/05 forms part of the QAA's 'Enhancing practice' series. It is the first of two volumes relating to the 'enhancement theme' of assessment for Scotland. Enhancement themes are part of a programme to develop quality assessment and enhancement for staff and students in HE. Volume I contains papers from four workshops run during 2004. The workshops were: Streamlining assessment; Using assessment; Constructive alignment; Developing a variety of assessment methods.
Author(s): Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/documents/assessment/Reflecti…
Reflections on assessment : volume II
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This publication QAA 082 05/05 forms part of the QAA's 'Enhancing practice' series. It is the second of two volumes relating to the 'enhacement theme' of assessment for Scotland. 'Enhancement themes' are part of a programme to develop quality assessment and enhancement for staff and students in HE. Volume II contains papers from four workshops run during 2004. The workshops were: Assessing online; Issues of validity, reliability and fairness; Improving feedback to students; Assessing personal transferable skills.
Author(s): Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/documents/assessment/Reflecti…
Reviewing assignments and assessment
Other title: Reviewing your teaching
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This web page on the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment website includes links to sections (in pdf format) from the 'Reviewing your Teaching' book. For those involved in integrative assessment, links from the section entitled 'Reviewing Assignments and Assessment' may be of relevance.
Author(s): Kate Day, Ruth Grant, Dai Hounsell
URL(s):
• http://www.tla.ed.ac.uk/resources/ryt/index.htm
SEDA Paper 116 : advances in Computer Aided Assessment
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This website announces a SEDA publication on computer aided assessment. The publication is the result of the HEFCE funded TRIADs project on the assessment of learning outcomes and distils the experiences of over 25 HE institutions application of Interactive CAA.
Author(s): SEDA (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.seda.ac.uk/Paper%20116%20full%20info.doc
Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet
(Ed./Ver: 3rd)
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This book provides guidance on how to plan, create and deliver teaching and learning across the internet. It provides information on the appropriate way to handle and use the Internet as a delivery tool in education, and considers the implications this will have on the role and relationship of the teacher and learner.
Author(s): Ian Forsyth
URL(s):
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-Learning-Materials-Internet-Cre…
Technologies for Online Interoperable Assessment (TOIA )
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TOIA is an online assessment management system funded by JISC as part of the Exchange for Learning (X4L) Programme. It aims to assist teachers who want to move into computer-assisted assessment - and avoid lock-in to a particular proprietary system. The software is available free of charge to all UK further and higher education institutions. The website provides further information about the project and how to obtain the software.
Author(s): TOIA (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.toia.ac.uk
The Illinois Online Network (ION) : online educational resources for instructional design
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This web page from the University of Illinois' online network provides information on teaching and learning styles with respect to online methods. It provides some methods of instruction, examines alternative methods of teaching and provides the advantages/disadvantages associated with each of these techniques. It also includes resources for teachers designing online course work.
URL(s):
• http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/index.asp
TLC : Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism : Towards Learning Creatively
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This is the website of TLC: the Towards Learning Creatively (FDTL funded) project. The project looks at research and information about non- and partly-written forms of assessment and provides support and development for lecturers and managers wanting to promote change in assessment to be more relevant to people with disabiltiies.
It is a web-based resource which includes assessment ideas, exemplar briefs and case studies.
URL(s):
• http://www.creativeassessment.org.uk/
TRIADS : tripartite assessment delivery system
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This is the website for TRIADS, a collaborative project between the University of Liverpool, the University of Derby and the Open University (TRIpartite Assessment Delivery System). It was funded by HEFCE's Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL). The project aimed to improve the quality of learning by promoting a 'learning outcomes led' approach to curriculum design. FDTL funding has now ceased and development continues through the Centre for Interactive Assessment Development (ciad) at Derby. Software and training are available on a commercial basis. Contact ciad for details.
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Author(s): University of Liverpool (Corporate Author), University of Derby (Corporate Author), Open University
(Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/apboyle/triads/
Using portfolios for exit assessment in engineering programs
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This paper addresses the planning and development of portfolios for assessing students' achievement at the end of their MIT aerospace engineering program. CDIO skills and programme outcomes are also condsidered. It was presented at 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (November 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA).
Author(s): Doris R. Brodeur
URL(s):
• http://www.cdio.org/files/document/file/portfolios_exitassessmen…
