Effective Assessment in a Digital Age Workshops

Effective Assessment in a Digital Age Workshops
From challenge to change...

Using principles of good practice, work with colleagues towards an effective model for the use of technology in assessment and feedback.

A series of free workshops based around the JISC Effective Assessment in a Digital Age publication www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess and associated online resources www.jisc.ac.uk/assessresource will take place during January – March 2011. Workshops will be held in London (20 January 2011), Birmingham (16th February 2011), Bristol (March 2011, date to be confirmed) and Newcastle (24 March 2011). The JISC e-Learning Programme will be working in partnership with the JISC Regional Support Centres on these events.

These workshops will be exploring how the use of technology in HE and HE in FE, linked to principles of good practice in assessment and feedback, can help promote more effective learning. These workshops, which draw on the work of recent JISC-funded projects as well as related significant developments in the area of assessment, will have a practical, hands-on flavour with a focus on how to move from current challenges towards sustainable change.

The workshops will be suitable for:
• Lecturers, tutors and course leaders who design assessment and feedback for their learners on HE-level courses
• Intermediaries with a role in supporting practitioners with assessment, and technology-enhanced assessment (learning technologists, e-learning/ILT champions, staff developers, educational developers, academic registry)

Further information together with the registration form for the London workshop is now available from www.jisc.ac.uk/assessworkshops

Nuggets from JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference 2010: #2 JISC OER infoKit

Enjoy this nice video by Doug Belshaw that introduces the
The Open Educational Resources infoKit. Something for everyone from the Pro VC Student Learning Experience to those of us on the chalkface I think. It even touches on the issue of IPR. Great stuff.

JISC Digital Media on e-Learning Stuff

My first Podcast of the Week over in Fresh and Crispy was James Clay's e-Learning Stuff. The latest episode (episode 61) is a small gem in which ILT & Learning Resources Manager at Gloucestershire College James Clay interviews Zak Mensah of JISC Digital Media about ten new advice publications that have recently been made available on the JISC Digital Media website.

The guides are

1. Introduction to e-Learning
2. Designing Learning Experiences
3. Common Methods for Viewing, Using and Producing Digital Media Resources
4. Considering the delivery of digital media online
5. Organising Digital Media Content in a VLE
6. Mobile Learning for Education
7. Providing Live Support to your Community over the Web
8. Audio Feedback
9. Telling it like it is – a how-to guide on creating audio feedback
10. Using Multimedia in a PDF

In the podcast A Conversation with Zak, James and Zak discuss each of these guides and why you might want to read them. Should be worth a listen if you are interested in the issues around creating and using digital media in your teaching.

JISC Legal Information: Recording Lectures

JISC has issued a briefing paper relating to "Recording Lectures" [pdf]. The paper notes: "This guidance is for information only and is not intended to replace legal advice when faced with a risk decision". A model consent form is included.