[AISWorld] Transforming Assessment Webinars - next session, recording released, e-exams update

[Mathew Hillier]

Transforming Assessment Webinar Update - sessions at no cost
[via AISworld emailing list - this is not direct mail - apologies for any cross posting]

In this issue:
1. Recording released 'Promoting and assessing learning networks'
2. Next TA session 4 June 'Assessment Decision-Making: how does technology influence (e-)assessment design?'
3. ASCILITE Live webinar 15 May 'Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) e-Examinations'.



1. Recording now available for
'Promoting and assessing learning networks: Transitioning students to an emergent professional'
(held 7 May)
Shane Dawson (University of South Australia), Maarten de Laat (Open University Netherlands).
http://bit.ly/TA7M2014
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2. Next Transforming Assessment session, Wed 4 June *GMT* 07:00AM
'Assessment Decision-Making: how does technology influence (e-)assessment design?'
Presenters: Phillip Dawson, Monash University and Sue Bennett, University of Wollongong, Australia

When designing the assessment for a course or unit, teachers make a variety of decisions. The OLT-funded 'Assessment Decisions' project team have interviewed 30 university teachers about how they make decisions about assessment. Many teachers spoke with us about technology's influence. At a micro level, features of particular technology tools sometimes influenced task design: awarding bonus marks because a column exists on the LMS, or tracking group participation because a wiki allows it. At a macro level, influences like university LMS rollouts sometimes acted as impetuses for change. This presentation will outline how technology influenced assessment design and present our online 'assessment decision-making framework' which has been developed to assist teachers in improving their assessment.

Session details, time zone conversions and RSVP instructions
http://bit.ly/webinar4june2014
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3. ASCILITE Live webinar Thurs 15 May *GMT* 07:00AM
'Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) e-Examinations'.
Presenters: Dr Mathew Hillier, University of Queensland and Dr Seow Teck Keong, National University of Singapore.

The session will comprise two sections:

Dr Hillier will provide an update on the Australian Government Office for Learning & Teaching (OLT) project currently running at University of Queensland that seeks to develop scalable approach to e-Exams that utilised BYOD in a secure and extensible manner. See http://transformingexams.com . The in-class exam trial phase has just concluded and some preliminary results will be presented. The project aims to increase the options for assessing students undertaking examinations via computerised approaches which are designed to extend what is pedagogically possible over and above that of simple MCQ quiz or paper-based formats.

Dr Seow will be sharing his experience on the design, planning and implementation of a pilot BYOD (laptops) e-Exam for a large class of about 700 students at the National University of Singapore, conducted in the second half of 2013. Some preliminary findings from a still-to-be-completed study on the perspectives of the students and faculty from that pilot BYOL e-Exam will also be presented.

The session is open to all and free.
The session will be hosted Alan Soong, National University of Singapore and supported by ASCILITE.
Session details, time zone conversions and RSVP instructions are at the ASCILITE website
http://www.ascilite.org.au/index.php?p=webinars
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regards,

Dr Mathew Hillier
Teaching and Educational Development Institute,
The University of Queensland, Australia
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