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Using AI in Assessments

Marieke Guy 15th May 2023 15th May 2023
Using AI in Assessments

AI has ushered in a new era in education, presenting both opportunities and challenges for teaching, learning, and assessment. It offers immense potential to personalise learning experiences, optimise teaching strategies, and streamline assessment processes. However, the integration of generative AIContinue reading… Using AI in Assessments

Patchwork assessments

Marieke Guy 11th May 2023 10th May 2023
Patchwork assessments

In the AdvanceHE Patchwork Assessment Guide the authors start by providing practitioners with a working definition. They use Richard Winter’s 2013 explanation as a starting point but explain that developments mean that the patchworks now may comprise of the textContinue reading… Patchwork assessments

Reducing the emphasis on grades

Marieke Guy 13th February 2023 9th February 2023 2 Comments on Reducing the emphasis on grades
Reducing the emphasis on grades

Grades feel as much a component of education as learning itself, but are they actually an essential part of that process? In her book ‘Ungrading’ and in this accompanying article Susan D Blum actually argues that “formal education has ledContinue reading… Reducing the emphasis on grades

Letting students decide on their assessments

Marieke Guy 10th February 2023 9th January 2023
Letting students decide on their assessments

The current discourse within Higher Education is strongly anchored in and based upon the students as partners in learning. And yet, this rarely includes assessments, which are used to determine students’ specific achievements and to identify whether and in howContinue reading… Letting students decide on their assessments

Using Lt in Pharmacy

Marieke Guy 16th December 2022 14th December 2022
Using Lt in Pharmacy

ADInstruments LabTutor has been used for a number of years by the UCL Medical school. As Dr Pam Houston, Deputy Academic Lead MBBS Year One, UCL Medical School explains in this post about moving teaching online: LabTutor an interface betweenContinue reading… Using Lt in Pharmacy

Using Wiseflow to support administration in Natural Sciences

Marieke Guy 1st December 2022
Using Wiseflow to support administration in Natural Sciences

AssesmentUCL was mandated for centrally managed exams in 2021-22 but is optional for all other assessments. The Digital Assessment Team have collaborated with a number of academic units to support both widescale adoption of Wiseflow and smaller scale ‘pilots’ thatContinue reading… Using Wiseflow to support administration in Natural Sciences

Negative marking to check understanding of key concepts

Marieke Guy 16th December 2022 18th November 2022
Negative marking to check understanding of key concepts

AssessmentUCL (Wiseflow) is the institutional digital assessment platform. AssesmentUCL was mandated for centrally managed exams in 2021-22 but is optional for all other assessments. The Digital Assessment Team have collaborated with a number of academic units to support both widescaleContinue reading… Negative marking to check understanding of key concepts

MCQs and Rubrics: two routes to more efficient marking

Isobel Bowditch 16th December 2022 10th November 2022
MCQs and Rubrics: two routes to more efficient marking

[How to improve marking and feedback is one of the things that we in the Digital Assessment Advisory are asked about the most.  As well as the workload involved, especially for large cohorts, the challenge is to ensure that assessmentContinue reading… MCQs and Rubrics: two routes to more efficient marking

Using Crowdmark for maths assessments

Marieke Guy 10th February 2023 4th November 2022
Using Crowdmark for maths assessments

Maths-related disciplines often require students to hand write answers in the form of equations, formula or graphs. If the assessment is online the these answers will then need to be scanned using a tool like Microsoft Lens, and then uploadedContinue reading… Using Crowdmark for maths assessments

Engaging students in interdisciplinary teams and real life case studies

e.hoving 28th October 2022 20th October 2022
Engaging students in interdisciplinary teams and real life case studies

Following on from our recent case study Authentic assessment on the Clinical Exercise and Physical Activity module, the Digital assessment team would like to share another example of authentic assessment at UCL. BENV0056 Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory andContinue reading… Engaging students in interdisciplinary teams and real life case studies

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