Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2016

At a recent head teachers conference, one of the most astute comments was 'you can assess without testing.' There are many ways to assess, and here are seven: 1) Teacher assessment. Another method is teacher assessment is through observation. There are many other ways to assess without testing. Unported License.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 23, 2024

Submission of Content Assessments File Preparation Conversion Quality Assurance and Testing Approvals Delivery Maintenance III. Assessments In the second stage, the conversion professionals will sit down for a detailed discussion with you to understand your requirements. This is where eBook conversion services are important and handy.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 27, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler No, this is not some new discovery about the evolutionary development of snakes - nor is it a reptile dysfunction. At each stage, students can check the viability of their coding by clicking on a self-checking tool 'Assess Your Performance' icon. Unported License. Python's got legs!

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2020

Photo by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr This is the second of three posts on school Management Information Systems (MIS). Arguably one of children's most important needs is to know how well they are doing (Gardner, 2012) and this is where assessment for learning can play a key role. Unported License. Gardner, J. (Ed:

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Photo by Eberhard Grossgasteiger on unsplash Schrödinger was a bit of an egghead. We call this assessment. Sometimes children learn things that don't need to be assessed. Assessment can be done without stress, because there are many alternatives to testing - and there's more than one way to skin a cat. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: JISC I first started studying and then practicing distance education in the 80s. The presentation was unsophisticated, largely text based, and the assessment was conducted using objective, multiple choice question testing. Unported License. Back then we contended with slow modem speeds (remember them?),

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Thinkdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These tools offer different features and functionalities to suit your design needs, such as generating realistic images from text, creating 3D models from sketches, applying artistic filters to photos, and more. Digital Forms for Quick Assessments Choosing the right tools for assessments is crucial.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Behaviour is synchronised, curricula are standardised, and criterion referenced assessment is imposed to quantify achievement. Learning can survive without curriculum, synchronisation, assessment and all the other strictures imposed upon school students. Unported License. Learning doesn''t require the impositions of schooling.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 27, 2017

You can pack your lessons full of content, activities, games and creative assessment. Photo by Ilmicrofono Oggiono on Flickr Making an impact by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 9, 2017

We have known for a while that Sats - or statutory assessments - are there to provide the government with metrics about schools, and have very little to do with children's learning. There are better ways to assess children than Sats. We need to assess children's learning to ensure they are progressing. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 24, 2017

And yet quite a few fail to reach their potential as students of their subjects because they cannot apply their knowledge directly to the assessment. You need to know two things: Firstly, what does the assessment require? Secondly, what are the most effective ways to respond to the assessment task? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 17, 2014

The school system is biased toward assessment that relies on students writing. The story is funny, but the message is clear - learning can be expressed in many forms, so why can''t school systems be more flexible and allow a variety of different methods of assessment? Photo by BBC Television The world''s greatest underachiever?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2020

Photo by Helloquence on unsplash This is the first post in a new series about School Management Information Systems. This post is sponsored by RM Education MIS en place by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 21, 2014

Authentic Assessment. Paper and pencil assessments have their place in the classroom, but students explaining their learning can also be critical in getting a larger picture of their progress. Video doesn’t have to be limited to group assignments or assessments. Formative Assessment. The possibilities are endless.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2017

5833 hits, 17 comments|) It's interesting to note that all but one of the above posts featured assessment in their text. Assessment of (and particularly for ) learning seems to be a recurring theme that exercises the minds of teachers around the globe. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2017

Each of us would arrive at perspectives that were uniquely our own, formed and crystallised through years of practice at the 'chalk face', dealing with assessment, planning, behaviour management, school cultures, funding issues, workloads. Unported License. and constant fatigue. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Photo source: Maxpixel I broke a rowing machine yesterday at the gym. Measurement of attainment against the self achievements is known in educational circles as ipsative assessment. 2003) Assessment for Learning: Putting it into practice. Unported License. Unported License. I don't know my own strength.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 3, 2017

It will be a term filled with preparation and paperwork - lesson plans, resources, reports, assessment, attendance records, letters to parents, risk assessments, possibly even an Ofsted visit (school inspection) - and all the other seemingly peripheral work that accompanies the actual teaching of children. Unported License.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2010

cc licensed flickr photo shared by hartboy. Do you write your assessments first or last? How do you assess learning? In the previous job where I interviewed many people, we always asked candidates to tell us how they would assess a specific outcome online, given the caveat of no tests or traditional academic papers.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2013

Learning was fun and informal, and learning was often self or peer assessed. Next came the institutional versions, the xMOOCs, which borrowed the 'free at the point of delivery' open and online model but emphasised formal assessment and accreditation (which is clearly where the money is). Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Should we persist in assessing students in modes of communication they may never use in the real world? It was therefore both opportune and appropriate that I lock assessment into the mode of learning and the subject matter. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Digital assignments: How shall we grade them? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Photo by Andras Vas on unsplash Previous posts in this series have highlighted the importance of human intelligence and emotion in education. However, if we believe that assessment should focus on providing students with constructive criticism and feedback on their work so that they can learn and improve, we will question this.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Photo from Pxhere Anton Chekhov didn't muck about. See for example, my post on assessment without torture. Occam's bloody razor Chekhov's smoking gun by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 12, 2014

I recall several of my own students recently choosing a video as their preferred format of assessment, because I offered it as a legitimate mode of assignment. Photo by Petar Miloševi? on Wikimedia Commons Vlogging and learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2014

Students should also be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences, to critically evaluate their own work through self assessment, and supported as they attempt to improve their approaches and attitudes toward learning. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 31, 2014

However, self assessment and peer assessment also have important roles in the learning process. Incorporating a variety of alternative assessment methods into the classroom can gain some important benefits. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2014

Those who forge collectively ahead will change their courses to accommodate student use of technologies to create their own content, and change their assessment methods too. Those students who have decided to submit their work for assessment using a digital alternative have been unequivocal in their positivity. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

This passive, reductionist explanation of learning prompted a number of pedagogical strategies, including reinforcement of behaviour, punishment and reward, and the introduction of teaching machines with their instructional texts, structured assessment of learning and remedial loops. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 27, 2018

Photo by Steve Wheeler I took my 90-year-old father and 88-year-old mother out for a drive around their home town of Plymouth yesterday. Assessment is beginning to change too (although in some places not as quickly as we would wish). Unported License. How do you view this? Let me know your thoughts in the comments box below!

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learnWorlds

JULY 14, 2022

Specialized tools for online learning can be used to go beyond simple video lessons and basic assessments that most LMSs offer. Subcategories of authoring tools include assessment authoring tools, rapid authoring tools, interactive authoring software, and more. It comes with a large library of photos, icons, and illustrations.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

They will do this because a) it is the traditional route to being published b) it is expected by their university who will reward them with promotion and c) it will ultimately attract research assessment funding. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

MAY 9, 2016

I'm not opposed to assessment - it's a vital part of pedagogy, because we need to know how our students are doing, but more importantly, students need to know their own progress, and what to do to improve. I believe in assessment for learning - providing students with constructive feedback to extend their learning. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We discussed assessment methods and concluded that in most countries these are too restrictive, and often assess superficial levels of knowledge. Photo from Flickr Schoolboy errors by Steve Wheeler was written in Seoul, Korea and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Ed App

AUGUST 14, 2022

Courses on EdApp are for online and mobile training, but you can also perform in-person training with the help of its Practical Assessments feature. Practical assessments and virtual classrooms. You can also track safety meeting minutes, run reports, and send out assessments on this platform. Assessments . Cost: Free.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2016

Photo from Pexels It seems like a cliché, but it's true. Concepts such as curriculum, classes, assessment, lessons and 'teaching' are artificial - contrivances that do not occur naturally. Unported License. How often have you discovered something new and thought - well. I never knew that!

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Learning with e's

APRIL 6, 2013

How else are they going to assess and mark all those students'' work? Photo by Steve Wheeler Let your robots do the marking? by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. So far, around 2000 academics have signed the petition. What do you think?

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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2013

We now take it for granted that we can upload and share photos and videos, text chat in real time, see and hear each other, or play games together in the same online social space, across vast distances. Unported License. What this will do for massive online courses and other forms of distance education remains to be seen.

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