I had a very minor hand in a short JISC-funded project to scope a "vision of formative e-assessment". The project report [50 pages, 2.7 MB PDF] deserves to be widely used.
It contains is a coherent two-page synopsis, a clear summary of nine key points from a review of the literature, and there are constructive discussions of the term "formative" (how assessment can be used formatively rather than formative assessment per se) and of what "e" can add to formative assessment.
Alongside these there are extensve links to the various outputs of the project, for example the project Wiki, which is a repository of material associated with the activities and events of the project, and the output section of the project blog which provides an overview of the key presentations made by a range of speakers throughout the project.
A very welcome aspect of the report (and the whole project) is its focus on learning rather than on tools, and nearly half the report is given over to a sample of "design patterns" in the domain of formative e-assessment produced - think of these as a "theory informed" recipes, in various stages of development - which the project developed over a series of one-day workshops.
It contains is a coherent two-page synopsis, a clear summary of nine key points from a review of the literature, and there are constructive discussions of the term "formative" (how assessment can be used formatively rather than formative assessment per se) and of what "e" can add to formative assessment.
Alongside these there are extensve links to the various outputs of the project, for example the project Wiki, which is a repository of material associated with the activities and events of the project, and the output section of the project blog which provides an overview of the key presentations made by a range of speakers throughout the project.
A very welcome aspect of the report (and the whole project) is its focus on learning rather than on tools, and nearly half the report is given over to a sample of "design patterns" in the domain of formative e-assessment produced - think of these as a "theory informed" recipes, in various stages of development - which the project developed over a series of one-day workshops.
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