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This session was recorded at bett 2024 and features Tim Burnett, e-Assessment Association Board Member, Tom Ashmore, Digital Assessment Designer at Birmingham City University⁠⁠ and Elliot Spence, Senior Digital Assessment Coordinator - Birmingham City University.

This case study demonstrates how Birmingham City University (BCU) modernised the testing experience for students.

The Covid-19 pandemic made educational institutions across the world re-evaluate their assessment methodologies. Among them, Birmingham City University, whose hybrid digital assessment project won multiple awards including the Best Transformational Project Award and the Team and Practitioner Awards in the eAA's 2023 International e-Assessment Awards.

The team behind it, from BCU's Digital Assessment Centre Team, discuss how and why they created their hybrid model. With an emphasis on student choice, the model allows candidates to take their exams either on campus or remotely, concurrently. By using the same digital assessment software across both settings, the university has successfully increased student engagement and satisfaction while enhancing the assessment process. This improved student experience provides a compelling case study for the benefits of modernising the assessment experience for educational institutions globally.




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In this episode of the e-Assessment Association Podcast, Claudia Bickford-Smith hosts a panel of three of the eAA's roster of independent consultants, during which they discuss three key topics for the future of e-assessment: AI, including ChatGPT; Exams Vs Coursework; and how markets can be optimised internationally.

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Claudia Bickford-Smith brings over 30 years’ experience of developing learning and assessment solutions, working for publishers and an awarding body, across a wide range of local and international contexts and has developed bespoke curricula, qualifications, assessments, and offered consultancy and training for Ministries of Education. She co-ordinates teams of expert consultants to define and implement frameworks for curricula, qualification and high-stakes summative assessment implementation, as well as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), textbook evaluation and development, School Improvement, and Professional Development of teachers. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-bickford-smith/

Geoff Chapman's reputation across two-decades has been built in quantifying and de-risking new market entry, uncovering new opportunities, creative idea generation, and subject matter expert for procurements. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffchapmanlinkedin/

Tim Downie has over 25 years experience in the Ed-Tech and Assessment markets. He has a strong track record in developing and executing successful ‘Go to Market’ strategies in UK and international markets. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-downie-a33b6714/

Pat Coates has over 30 year’s experience of sales, marketing and business development as both a practitioner, manager and a strategist in technology enabled assessment and learning. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patcoates/


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Welcome to the 2022 International e-Assessment Association Awards Winner podcast, focussing on the award for Best Practioner, sponsored by The British Council and ACER.

In this episode, Sue Martin from TÜV Rheinland’s Global Personnel Certification Team meets with the eAA's Vice Chair Paul Muir to talk about winning the award for Best Practitioner to talk about TUV's digitisation of their program, the role of technology in their assessments, and what winning has meant to her team.

Sponsored by ACER and The British Council.

For more information on the e-Assessment Awards, and for details on how to enter the 2023 Awards, please head to https://www.e-assessment.com/awards/


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Welcome to the e-Assessment Association podcast.

In this episode, we invite you to listen to Dr Graham Orpwood, winner of the e-Assessment Association’s Lifetime Contribution Award 2022, in conversation with Pilar Cloud, a member of the eAA.

Pilar is an experienced business and non-profit leader in the education technology sector, and agreed to meet with Graham to talk about his experiences of over fifty years working in education and assessment on both sides of the Atlantic.

Graham's interview takes us all over the world, starting with the captivating story of the Ontario College Math Test. Graham shares his thoughts on how assessment has evolved over the last 50 years, what he sees as the future, his thoughts on the eAA itself and the role it plays, as well as touching on our individual responsibility as members of the assessment community to play our part in spreading the word that "we need to move on from this fixation of the written examination that we still seem to live with."



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Welcome to the 2022 International e-Assessment Association Awards Finalist Showcase Sponsored by the British Council and Certify Assessment Solutions.

This final episode in the series provides more information about the Best Summative Assessment Project Award finalists for the 2022 e-Assessment Awards along with a discussion between Paul Muir of the British Council and the host, Matt Wingfield of the eAA, regarding the importance of using technology for summative assessment and the benefits it can bring.

Register for the conference and awards here: www.e-assessment.com/conference

Finalists:

· Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

· Prodigy Learning with DOTS on Skillify – online standardised assessments national roll-out in Ireland

· University of Jeddah – UOFJeddah & eLearnUJ

Sponsored by
Certify Assessment Solutions & British Council


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Welcome to the 2022 International e-Assessment Association Awards Finalist Showcase Sponsored by the British Council and Prodigy Learning.

This episode provides more information about the Best Formative Assessment Project Award finalists for the 2022 e-Assessment Awards and a discussion between Paul Muir of the British Council and the host, Matt Wingfieldof the eAA, regarding the importance of using technology for formative assessment and the benefits it can bring.

Register for the conference and awards here: www.e-assessment.com/conference

Finalists:


ACCA and TestReach with the ACCA CBE Practice Platform - Louella Morton
Nurture– Next-generation Feedback & Assessment - David Neville
University of Derbyand Vretta Inc with Elevate My Maths - James Howell & Ovidiu Bagdasar

Sponsored by
Prodigy Learning & British Council


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