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Authentic Assessment
Authentic assessment relates to what students experience in the real world. Instead of testing students’ proficiency in completing tests, authentic assessment methods are designed to assess knowledge and test how ... -
eAssessment - your help needed with a Survey
Assessment is central to learner motivation as well as providing accreditation. The introduction of different assessment systems has a major impact on education and training processes. In recent years, a ... -
Why so much high stakes assessment?
I have been doing quite a bit of reading this week as part of our eassessment European project. I will write some of this up over the weekend. But first ... -
AI and VET: MOOC update
I have spent a little time this morning looking at who participated in the MOOC we ran November and December last year on Artifical Intelligence and Vocational Education and Training. ... -
Remembering Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire panel discussion at the University of Zurich (1988) from NORRAG NETWORK on Vimeo. Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator and philosopher was, with Ivan Illich, one of the most ... -
Artificial Intelligence and ethics
I have written before that despite the obvious ethical issues posed by Artificial Intelligence in general - and particular issues for education - I am not convinced by the various ... -
The teleology of ed tech?
We do far too few book reviews on this site and I am afraid this isn't going to be one either. Instead we are plugging an eagerly awaited (and very ... -
More on Personal Learning Environments
Last week I said that we were running a track on Personal Learning Environments at the TEEM conference. ON wednesday I received an email from the co-convener of the track, ... -
Personal Learning Environments: looking back and looking forward
Its a long time since I wrote anything about Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). But after wading away in the last few years I think PLEs are due a comeback. Indeed, ... -
Time employers start providing the things that education needs
I'm not sure what to make of this. From the BBC: Young people starting work at John Lewis stores lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, the boss of the department ...
