1. E- ASSESSMENT Why use it.. whatever it is? Phil Davies School of Computing University of Glamorgan

2. Definitions E-Assessment E ? False assumption E lectronic ---- E ASY Assessment ? What do student know? Judging? Grading? Means of Learning –FEEDBACK

3. Types of Assessment Formative –Ask a question –Get an answer –Are they right.. Tell them –Explainative Summative –whatever you answer will be judged / graded Can Formative / Summative Mix?

4. Objective / Subjective Testing Objective –Right or wrong … True of False.. Multiple Choice Questions Subjective –Opinion …. Personalised … Essays Can they be Mixed?

5. O n- L ine A ssessment & L earning … OLAL Level Two Degree.. Computer Communications & Networks Failures High … Programming to Demonstrate.. Technical Subject.. Essay- type answers in examinations Assess.. “Knowledge” “Understanding” “Learning Outcomes” …. Directed

7. The First Test 40 Questions / Formative Time Consuming / Difficult to create sensible distractors / Rocket Science I thought … Average 1 minute per question Actual … all finished in ten minutes … apart from one who took 50 minutes Why? No reason to think

8. On Line Assessment & LEARNING Four Tests Weeks 3,6,9,12 = 5%, 10%, 15% 20% Cumulative Two Passes of SAME test Learning.. Short term? Slowed Down.. Thought about WHEN WRONG.

10. But that is just lowering standards!!! Need Exams Week 13/14 of a 15 week module 20 Key Points per Module Five Examination Questions –25% of Module Assessed Answer 3 Out of 5 Questions –15% of Module Assessed 40% Pass Mark … 60% WRONG Feedback …. Learning !!!

11. Proper Essays Needed !!! E.H.F.F –E xcessive H elp F rom F riends Assess group of students not individual Photocopying of Assignments Anonymity Removes Grouping Formative => FEEDBACK???

12. What about Subjective? Essays Marking / Feedback ??? C omputerised A ssessment by P eers C omputerised A ssessment with P lagiarism Use students to mark and give feedback

18. C.A.P. results Students learn from marking peers >80% Find good links to help them Copy good practice.. Future work Learn from explanations at their level Aim future work at marker.. Know what is needed Higher level skills.. Analysis / Evaluation

19. Integration Objective & Subjective Essay Multiple choice based on essay content Mark peer work Multiple choice based on essay content Reason for marking in a diligent manner Marks for Marking

21. Problems Standards in comments (honest!!) Range of marks.. Expectations “I had a low mark because my markers had higher expectations than I did” “Didn’t know what to look for...” Can C.A.P. system.. E … get round these problems

22. Standard of expectation Average over or under mark from median … compensation factor Run application to modify marks Compensated mark becomes actual mark put forward for assessment Accepted Use as a statistical judge of marking process

23. Use C.A.P. to encourage learning at level one, or is it plagiarism? Essay one 5% essay + 5% for marking Essay two 5% essay + 5% for marking Essay three 5% essay + 5% for marking ESSAY FOUR … TUTOR MARKED.. 40%.. COMPOSITE OF ESSAYS 1,2 & 3 Pass rate / learning outcomes / learn / content & style 30% Objective MCQ

24. Level Three.. Higher Order Self-Assessment –Standard of Expectation Peer-Assessment Reflective Self-Assessment Marks for Marking using Standard of Expectation for statistical purposes 96% trusted or identified via reflective self- assessment within 10%

25. Problems Feedback varies Judgment both on comments and statistical Tim “nice but dim” “why did you give me 3/10” “what do you mean by” “But I did include this, you missed it” ANONYMOUS

30. If subjective testing is “sorted”, what about objective? In the recent World cup qualifier between England and Greece, who scored the all important equalizing goal? David Beckham Victoria Beckham Brooklyn Beckham

31. Rewards? Know it On the tip of my tongue Deduce Guess Know it … oh no I’ve got it wrong

35. E-Assessment Need tools … fairly cheap …. ME!! Could use MLE’s MCQ environment Anonymous email MUST know why you are doing it What will YOU and the STUDENTS GAIN? E = EASY Assessment = LEARNING

36. Quality of a multiple choice question? In the recent World cup qualifier between England and Greece, who scored the all important equalizing goal? Teddy Sheringham Michael Owen Robbie Fowler QUALITY OF QUESTION NOT DISTRACTORS

37. C.P.A.S.S “My exam results are useless because the students can’t write essays” “Where are they taught how to write essays for technical answers?” “Expect them at level three to be able to write essays” CPASS.. Practice answering exam type questions

38. Modified Quotes … the most important thing we do for our students is to provide an assessment environment, so that their work is assessed in a qualitative, formative and trusted manner, whilst facilitating student learning. ….. good tutors are guides who help their students to dispense with their services both as teachers and assessors