Institutional Innovation

On Wednesday 10th Feb, I attended a Project Assembly at Southampton for thee-Assessment in Higher Education (EASiHE) project. During the day we explored Higher Learning Objectives, and how these can be tested using multiple choice type questions, with the attendees drawing up a list of Do’s and Don’ts, which will be incorporated into a booklet being produced by the project (I’ll let the team know when I receive this!).
We are also re-developing the current ASSET website, adding new sections and content about the progress of the pilots, staff and students thoughts about using video for feedback, and the out puts of the project so far….if you have any ideas/suggestions please let me know!
 

Hi Everyone! I just thought I should post a quick update to let you all know what’s been going on the last few weeks…. firstly we are running our last two staff focus groups (we had one today and have one tomorrow), although we will be having meetings with other staff members who were unable to attend. we have also sent out the staff post-use survey – so will hopefully have this data available soon!Secondly we have now sent out the student post-use survey (this was sent yesterday), and we have also sent out an invite to students to attend a focus group in mid-February. So hopefully we will soon have the data we need to assess both Staff and Student enagaemnt with the resource (and video feedback)! 

Sorry gang to let you down but I was with you in spirit – I was looking at the wonderful programme for the day as I sat forlorn at home. Ironically, the snow wasn’t too bad around Plymouth itself but was between Plymouth and Bristol. However, I won’t be kept down for long and the good news is that I’ve rescheduled by meetings so I can now attend the JISC event at the end of the month – so will see Anne and Julian, at least.Well done on running a successful workshop and would love to see the materials that will come from it.

final.wmv The video illustrates how pictures speak louder that words.

With only a few days until Freshers week (and just over a week until the start of the Autumn term) we have been busy making the final arrangements for the start of the pilot.Karsten has been bust going out to our 5 pilot schools installing webcams and having a quick run through of the software with the staff. During this, we have had other members of staff come forward wanting to join the pilot, increasing staff numbers to nearly 30.This week we will also be sending out the questionnaires for students, and so in the coming weeks we will be busy starting our analysis of the pre-use data for both staff and students.