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Transforming the external experience:
collaboration and external examining
Alison BoneChris Rust
Paul Maharg
what needs re-assessed?
External examining…1. of innovation2. of educational discourse & culture3. as collaborative activity
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Can external examination as currently constituted cope with radical forms of teaching, learning & assessment. Eg
transystemic learning (eg McGill) Cumulative learning across student cohorts – the
‘mechanism of inheritance’ (Hasok Chang,http://tinyurl.com/2yhecy)
standardized clients -- where standards are not teacher- or curriculum- or even student-centred: they’re client-centred – http://zeugma.typepad.com/sci .
use of multi-user virtual environments… 3
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2. educational discourse & culture
What’s the ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman) of external examining?
Sullivan, W.M., Colby, A.,Wegner, J.W., Bond, L., Shulman, L.S. (2007)Educating Lawyers. Preparationfor the Profession of Law,Jossey-Bass, p.24 5
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Standard classroom, c.1908Thanx to Mike Sharples,
http://tinyurl.com/6bzdgx
Dewey’s Lab School, U. of Chicago, 1904 http://tinyurl.com/59c93q
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3. external examining as collaborative
activityThe question is no longer conventional teaching vs radical learning; but in an era where Wikipedia & SourceForge flourish against all odds, why are we not collaborating at all levels in teaching, learning & assessment?
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what is public about our external exam.
practice?
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Benkler, Wealth of Networks
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OER initiatives…
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OER initiatives…
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what sorts of collaboration?
Between… students & staff institutions academic & professional learning jurisdictions open access cultures
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