Workshop on computer-marked assessment

Program

Online computer-marked assessment presents an opportunity to assess and provide personalised and immediate feedback to large classes, with savings of cost and greater consistency than human markers. It can motivate and engage students and provide information to educators about their students’ learning. However concerns are sometimes expressed as to the validity and authenticity of assessment of this type, and not all students like being assessed in this way. Concerns have also been expressed as to the cost and time required to author high quality e-assessment items. 

The talk Improving computer-marked assessment. What are the limits?, by Sally Jordan, senior lecturer and head of the Department of Physical Sciences of the Open University (UK), will challenge perceptions and provide an opportunity for attendees to reflect on the limitations and benefits of assessment of this type.

Sally Jordan visits the eLearn Center thanks to the Internationalization at home program by Fundació La Caixa.