A new guide in the well-received JISC Effective Practice series, Effective Assessment in a Digital Age, is available from 7th September following its launch at ALT-C 2010 at the University of Nottingham.
The guide adopts a principles-based approach to explore how technology can improve the experience of assessment and feedback for practitioners and learners, demonstrating through ten newly researched case studies how both generic and more complex technologies can increase learner autonomy, improve teaching efficiency and enhance the quality of the experience of assessment and feedback. As many higher education institutions are reviewing their assessment strategies, the publication of this guide is timely. Copies of the publication will be mailed out to institutions in September 2010. You can order print copies of Effective Assessment in a Digital Age online until end of October 2010 from http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess
The supplementary online resources which accompany the guide include video case studies, a planning tool and expert podcasts designed to support individuals and curriculum teams in harnessing the potential of technology to transform their assessment and feedback practice. To increase accessibility, the resources associated with Effective Assessment in a Digital Age are available in different formats from www.jisc.ac.uk/assessresource
The guide is also available online in PDF and text-only formats, together with extended versions of the case studies. These can be read online or downloaded from www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess
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Effective Assessment in a Digital Age is a partner publication to Effective Practice in a Digital Age (JISC, 2009). Combined, the two publications provide an accessible introduction to the application of technology to learning, teaching and assessment in further and higher education.