electrical and electronic engineering assessment network (e 3 an)
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment Network (e 3 an). a three year project supported by the ‘Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning’ (FDTL) HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) DEL (the Dept for Education and Learning in Northern Ireland). motivations. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment
Network (e3an)
a three year project supported by the ‘Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning’ (FDTL)
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) DEL (the Dept for Education and Learning in Northern Ireland)
motivations
“In the best examples the use of directed and independent learning is well integrated with taught elements. …In the best examples of assessment, assignments provide an appropriate level of challenge and feedback to students on coursework is prompt and informative. In other cases, there are delays in the return of marked work and inconsistencies in the quality of feedback.”
QAA overview report
May 2000 …the plan build a people
network peer reviewed test
banks for electrical and electronic engineering
questions produced and reviewed by paid consultants
model of processes trojan horse for
educational development
supporting materials on methods and practices
…the detailsquestions banks containing:
objective tests (MCQ, MRQ numeric,++)
text based traditional tests
course assignments exam questions self assessment,
diagnostic,feedback, reference/exemplars
technical issues must be in range of
output formats must be interoperable must have good
descriptive content (meta data)
equal importance people network and
identifying good practice
the benefitsresource potential time savings improved feedback to
students ready to run
questions: easier to trial MCQ software (e.g. web based QM Perception)
practice evaluation of
assessment innovations on campus
identification of good practice
dissemination and discussion of assessment practices
database contentsAnalogue Electronics Circuit Theory
Computational Tools Control Engineering
Data Communications Digital Electronics and Microelectonics
Electromagnetics Maths for Engineers
Power Electronics Programming for Engineers
Physics of Semiconductors Signal Processing
Telecommunications
consultant recruitment
‘00 partner pilot 18 consultants recruit by word of mouth two briefings
‘01/’02 uk-wide; 35 HEIs 50 consultants two early launches five briefings recruit by flyers, email,
word of mouth
theme team processidentify question targets
discuss levels and approaches
agree division of tasks dummy run
author write, mark up and
review questions trial and evaluate
questions
available test bank
via download or CD currently 1500 questions ongoing conversion and
addition ultimately around 2800
questions
further development contributions welcomed plans for ongoing use
and renewal
download from e3an website at http://www.e3an.ac.uk
metadata
overview theme sub-theme related themes description keywords
detail type mark time level cognitive level discrimination style
examplesView questionView metadata
output formats of questions
tutor or student ready, various formats Microsoft Word/RTF HTML QML (Question Mark Perception v2) XML Question & Test Interoperability (QTI) specification
(compatible with a range of test engines)
related developments & resources
acronym hell TOIA http://www.toia.ac.uk/
Technologies for Online Interoperable Assessment STOMP QTI viewer http://www.stomp.ac.uk/ CETIS assessment SIG
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/assessment/ LTSN-ICS question bashes
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/question-bank TQEF/NCTeam assessment project network
http://www.ncteam.ac.uk/projects/fdtl/fdtl4/assessment/ LTSN generic resources on assessment
http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/
test bank evaluation
extensive usability testing of the database which stores and retrieves questions
implementation studies currently extending project collaborators
willing to help evaluate: question selection methods potential benefits to tutors and students appropriateness of the question descriptions
(metadata) additions and maintenance
e3an - more details Su White http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~saw/
+44 (0)23 8059 4471
http://www.e3an.ac.uk/