Transforming the external experience:

collaboration and external examining

Alison BoneChris Rust

Paul Maharg

what needs re-assessed?

External examining…1. of innovation2. of educational discourse & culture3. as collaborative activity

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Can external examination as currently constituted cope with radical forms of teaching, learning & assessment. Eg

transystemic learning (eg McGill) Cumulative learning across student cohorts – the

‘mechanism of inheritance’ (Hasok Chang,http://tinyurl.com/2yhecy)

standardized clients -- where standards are not teacher- or curriculum- or even student-centred: they’re client-centred – http://zeugma.typepad.com/sci .

use of multi-user virtual environments… 3

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2. educational discourse & culture

What’s the ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman) of external examining?

Sullivan, W.M., Colby, A.,Wegner, J.W., Bond, L., Shulman, L.S. (2007)Educating Lawyers. Preparationfor the Profession of Law,Jossey-Bass, p.24 5

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Standard classroom, c.1908Thanx to Mike Sharples,

http://tinyurl.com/6bzdgx

Dewey’s Lab School, U. of Chicago, 1904 http://tinyurl.com/59c93q

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3. external examining as collaborative

activityThe question is no longer conventional teaching vs radical learning; but in an era where Wikipedia & SourceForge flourish against all odds, why are we not collaborating at all levels in teaching, learning & assessment?

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what is public about our external exam.

practice?

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Benkler, Wealth of Networks

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OER initiatives…

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OER initiatives…

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what sorts of collaboration?

Between… students & staff institutions academic & professional learning jurisdictions open access cultures

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