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A Forum on e-Assessment in Secondary, Tertiary and Workplace Education
When: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Where: Scottish Qualifications Authority Offices, Glasgow
EVENT IN CONTEXT
This forum was organized by the e-Assessment Association in conjunction with the Scottish Qualifications Authority in order to highlight the benefits of e-Assessment and to explore issues in its development and use in two broad areas of education: Secondary/Tertiary HE and Tertiary FE/Workplace. This event was part of a series of fora being held across the UK under the auspices of the e-Assessment Association. This forum set developments in Scotland in the context of progress with e-Assessment across the rest of the UK. It discussed the main features in the relevant sector led by well-known exponents in the field and gather informed views through discussion under the guidance of experienced facilitators. The embryonic e-Assessment Association has three major goals for its community: to provide professional support for workers in this field of expertise, to work collaboratively with members and national organisations to create and communicate the positive contribution that technologies can make to assessment methods and produce a statement of good practice for commercial vendors of e-Assessment. This was the first event organised by the Association in Scotland and it concluded by establishing a special interest group in e-Assessment for Scotland.
OBJECTIVES
This forum provided:
• present high level overviews of the current status of e-Assessment in the educational sectors of Secondary/Tertiary HE and Tertiary FE/Workplace across Scotland with reference to broader UK initiatives where appropriate;
•describe and discuss a sensible way forward in e-Assessment for these sectors;
•speculate on future developments in e-Assessment;
•hear from the guest speaker on the status of e-Assessment within SQA; and
• form a special interest group of the e-Assessment Association for Scotland.
There were networking opportunities, a chance to see demonstrations and talk to leading exponents of e-Assessment in the UK.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Teachers, lecturers in FE and HE, directors of Curriculum, IT and MIS Managers, SQA Co-ordinators, Curriculum Leaders, Course Managers, Managers in Private Training Providers and others with some knowledge and experience of e-Assessment in either one of the two sectors of education covered at this event.
THE keynote speakers and the discussion FACILITATORS included several members of the current interim Board of the e-Assessment Association such as:
Emeritus Professor Cliff Beevers, Heriot-Watt University, Chair of eAA;
John Gordon, Director JGO Ltd, Independent Consultancy Company
Professor Phillip John, Chair of the SCHOLAR Forum, Heriot-Watt University;
Iain Lowson, HMIE, Scotland;
Martyn Ware, SQA,.
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