Demonstration and Discussion

Pre-digital Quasi-Digital

Digital

Computers a disruptive innovation in classroom practice

ICT used to support learning in established subject areas

Learning and assessment predicated on student computer use.

Step 1: Replicate pen-on-paper testing

Step 2: Include digital advantages into assessments◦ Video scenarios◦ Audio (music demonstrators, voice in literacy)

Step3: Some assessments require the use of digital tools◦ Spreadsheet-based models◦ Mind-mapping◦ Computer-algebra systems

Web-based testing Testing on personal computer

Pros Adaptive testing

Auto-marking of simple knowledge-based questions

Fully digital assessment – all applications are available

Cons Not resilient to communications or server failures

Restricted to in-browser assessment tasks

Logistics & reticulation (equivalent to current paper-based systems)

Schools in Norway (Year 10+)

UTAS since 2007 – now a strategic project across all Faculties◦ Law◦ History◦ English - Children's Literature ◦ Business, AMC, Sociology, Indonesian …

Schools in England (mostly web-based)

http://www.nr.no/pages/dart/project_flyer_digeksmrf

www.eExams.org

Britain…as of last summer (2008), … fewer than one in 10 schools and colleges in England, Wales or Northern Ireland used e-assessment in … their students' GCSEs or A-levels.Warwick Mansell http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jul/21/online-exams-schools

http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/Final_regulatory_principles_document_-_PRINTED.pdf

Virtual microscope to support A level exams

Other aspects

Primum – medical diagnosisVirtual patient responds to tests & diagnosis. USA

Cambridge Assessment Geography iGCSE Simulated Field WorkVirtual geography field trip