We are working with Professor Simon Walker on exploring the impact of technology on the future of assessment and feedback. Simon has shared this post about his research to date. As the world continues to shift towards a digital future, with generative artificial intelligence playing an important role, the way we assess education and professionals […]
Release notes We released v0.1 of the Digital Assessment Maturity Model in March 2023, and spent the rest of the month talking to people from the sector and refining our initial work. This blog post lays out the 0.2 version of the model and outlines how it may be used. Current assessment landscape Assessment processes […]
The post Digital Assessment Maturity Model (version 0.2) appeared first on Co-design.
Co-authored by Marieke Guy, Head of digital assessment, UCL and Chris Thomson, Jisc. As generative AI embeds itself into the world, understanding students’ perspective on what it means for their learning and assessment is more important than ever. We live in fast moving and concerning times. The leaders at our HE institutions have found themselves […]
The post Generative AI: Lifeline for students or threat to traditional assessment? appeared first on National centre for AI.
Our Jisc principles of good assessment and feedback1 published in March 2022 were illustrated by some examples of the innovative use of digital technology to help implement the principles. The vignettes in the guide highlighted an education technology landscape very different to that which existed last time we did a review back in 2016. Digital […]
There has been much discussion of the role of AI writing detectors. The issue has become more urgent for us with Turnitin announcing the imminent release of an AI detector. At the moment we’ve very little information about the Turnitin offering, other than the detail in the press release, where it claims 97% accuracy […]
The post AI writing detectors – concepts and considerations appeared first on National centre for AI.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, it forced UK education institutions to shift teaching online. It was widely assumed that it might only be for a few weeks, but then as spring gave way to summer, it was clear that assessments would have to change markedly and quickly. Three years on, we have […]
The post Introducing the digital assessment maturity model appeared first on Co-design.
As part of our work on a digital assessment maturity model, this post contains a more in-depth look at the creation and resourcing phase. Assessment creation and resourcing At the level of approaching and understanding, assessments are often limited to a small number of assessment types and are manually created. The timetabling and administration of […]
The post Digital assessment maturity model: creation and resourcing appeared first on Co-design.
As part of our work on a digital assessment maturity model, this post contains a more in-depth look at the assessment design phase. Marking and feedback The marking and feedback for assessments is manual at the approaching and understanding stage. Staff will grade assignments and provide hand-written feedback to students. The feedback process is often […]
The post Digital assessment maturity model: marking and feedback appeared first on Co-design.
As part of our work on a digital assessment maturity model, this post contains a more in-depth look at the quality management phase. Quality management of assessment When approaching and understanding digital assessment, student assessment data may be stored in ad-hoc, basic tools, such as Microsoft Excel. Sharing data may only take place via email […]
The post Digital assessment maturity model: quality management appeared first on Co-design.
As part of our work on a digital assessment maturity model, this post contains a more in-depth look at the completion and submission phase. Assessment completion and submission There may be no digital element of assessment at the approaching and understanding the completion and submission process. While students may use word processors or other software […]
The post Digital assessment maturity model: completion and submission appeared first on Co-design.