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Personalised assessment and adaptive testing. Using PULSE to support our student’s learning journey. Digital Education recently attended the Plymouth Medical School Personalised Assessment Conference to showcase some of the innovative work being undertaken within PULSE to aid in the investigation of Content Adaptive Progress Testing for the BMBS (Bachelor or Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) programme.
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This blog will provide instructional information on how to add Groups to Form2. Form2 – The definition of why we use groups and naming protocol. Form2 groups are required to allow students, admin and tutors to view forms. If a form has no group(s) attached to it, no one can access the form unless via […]
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As many of you know there is a new tool for electronic submission (eSubmission) in Moodle, called ‘Assignment’. This replaces SCOLAR. The new help resources can guide you through all stages of the eSubmission process. They can be viewed online, or printed, and most have accompanying videos. Help and guidance materials include: How to set […]
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The quiz activity enables users to create quizzes comprising questions of various types, a list of which can be found further down in this article. The user can allow the quiz to be attempted multiple times, with the questions shuffled or randomly selected from the question bank. A time limit may be set. Each attempt […]
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Jenny Morris introduced participants to a system she uses with her students for summative assessment, based on resources developed by Larry Michaelson. Individuals are initially tested to check their understanding of core concepts. This is a closed book test using multiple-choice questions (MCQs) – known as the ‘readiness assurance’ process. Teams, consisting of about 6 […]
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Having recently attended an eAssessment workshop at Duchy College where I saw a presentation about using Xerte to create educational resources for students with learning difficulties, it prompted me to write about this excellent tool. It has many benefits for the student which I will list in this article, but one of the best plus […]
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A number of University of Plymouth projects (the 3 OER projects, Pineapple and Building Capacity) will be presenting at this event. JISC RSC South West Project Expo Event 2011 Taunton Rugby Club, 6th April 2011 -PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE- JISC is at the heart of UK Further and Higher education, driving the innovative use of technology to support the sector’s activity and […]
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Having just returned from ALT-C 2010 I picked up on a couple of interesting reports. The first of these is the JISC’s new guide Effective Assessment in a Digital Age, this demonstrates how technology can significantly improve the experience of assessment and feedback. As many higher education institutions are reviewing their assessment strategies, JISC is […]
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Plymouth has been awarded £50,000 by JISC under the Building Capacity Programme. The Building Capacity, University of Plymouth (or BCUP) project is being led by Dr Neil Witt, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning and Prof Mary Watkins, Deputy Vice Chancellor. The BCUP project will be working in four areas: Digital Literacy. The University wishes to […]
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For some time there has been a need for a simple formative assessment tool at the University of Plymouth, one which would enable quick and easy production of formative and self-assessment quizzes and questions, and which would easily deliver these assessments on-demand to students via the Web. Now it seems a solution may be here. […]
Tag: Assessment
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Re-thinking Assessment with PULSE
Personalised assessment and adaptive testing. Using PULSE to support our student’s learning journey. Digital Education recently attended the Plymouth Medical School Personalised Assessment Conference to showcase some of the innovative work being undertaken within PULSE to aid in the investigation of Content Adaptive Progress Testing for the BMBS (Bachelor or Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) programme.
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Form² – Definition of Groups
This blog will provide instructional information on how to add Groups to Form2. Form2 – The definition of why we use groups and naming protocol. Form2 groups are required to allow students, admin and tutors to view forms. If a form has no group(s) attached to it, no one can access the form unless via […]
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eSubmission help and guidance
As many of you know there is a new tool for electronic submission (eSubmission) in Moodle, called ‘Assignment’. This replaces SCOLAR. The new help resources can guide you through all stages of the eSubmission process. They can be viewed online, or printed, and most have accompanying videos. Help and guidance materials include: How to set […]
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Creating quizzes (Assessments) using Moodle
The quiz activity enables users to create quizzes comprising questions of various types, a list of which can be found further down in this article. The user can allow the quiz to be attempted multiple times, with the questions shuffled or randomly selected from the question bank. A time limit may be set. Each attempt […]
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Team Based Learning: A Strategy for Large Group Teaching and Learning
Jenny Morris introduced participants to a system she uses with her students for summative assessment, based on resources developed by Larry Michaelson. Individuals are initially tested to check their understanding of core concepts. This is a closed book test using multiple-choice questions (MCQs) – known as the ‘readiness assurance’ process. Teams, consisting of about 6 […]
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Using Xerte to create accessible and effective assessment resources
Having recently attended an eAssessment workshop at Duchy College where I saw a presentation about using Xerte to create educational resources for students with learning difficulties, it prompted me to write about this excellent tool. It has many benefits for the student which I will list in this article, but one of the best plus […]
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JISC RSC South West Project Expo Event 2011
A number of University of Plymouth projects (the 3 OER projects, Pineapple and Building Capacity) will be presenting at this event. JISC RSC South West Project Expo Event 2011 Taunton Rugby Club, 6th April 2011 -PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE- JISC is at the heart of UK Further and Higher education, driving the innovative use of technology to support the sector’s activity and […]
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Gleaned from ALT-C: Effective Assessment in a Digital Age and the NUS/ HSBC Students Research Experience Report
Having just returned from ALT-C 2010 I picked up on a couple of interesting reports. The first of these is the JISC’s new guide Effective Assessment in a Digital Age, this demonstrates how technology can significantly improve the experience of assessment and feedback. As many higher education institutions are reviewing their assessment strategies, JISC is […]
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Building Capacity Project funded
Plymouth has been awarded £50,000 by JISC under the Building Capacity Programme. The Building Capacity, University of Plymouth (or BCUP) project is being led by Dr Neil Witt, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning and Prof Mary Watkins, Deputy Vice Chancellor. The BCUP project will be working in four areas: Digital Literacy. The University wishes to […]
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Xerte Online Toolkits
For some time there has been a need for a simple formative assessment tool at the University of Plymouth, one which would enable quick and easy production of formative and self-assessment quizzes and questions, and which would easily deliver these assessments on-demand to students via the Web. Now it seems a solution may be here. […]