Category: "Assessment"
Mar
08
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Feb
25
Reflections on the Oxford Teachmeet Fishbowl
Assessment, Schools, Education reform 3 feedbacks » 6328 viewsTeachmeet: A meeting of teachers to share ideas, be inspired and develop personal learning networksI've just come away from a pilot Teachmeet Fishbowl in Oxford. It was different from the "normal" Teachmeet, where individuals are selected at rand… more »
Jan
03
Dreams of an alternative education: Assessment
Learning, Assessment, Schools Send feedback » 2601 viewsThis is part 4 of a series of posts about an alternative education system.
Assessment has many purposes. It is used to help point the way forward for individual learners. It is used to provide a simple means of judging an individual's performance and… more »
May
21
SATs (tests) - one of the wonders of the English educational system. They start in year 2 (age 6/7), and go on year after year, in various guises until the children leave school.
I've never quite worked out why we put so much effort into preparing chi… more »
Jan
19
NESTA Futurelab - literature review in thinking skills, technology and learning
Learning, Technology, Knowledge Management, Assessment, Topic Maps 1 feedback » 1981 viewsI've not read this properly yet, but it looks like a good place to start to develop the "New Model of Education" proposed by Novak in "BUILDING ON NEW CONSTRUCTIVIST IDEAS AND CMAPTOOLS TO CREATE A NEW MODEL FOR EDUCATION" more »
Dec
27
CertMag.com Feature: SIMULATIONS: VIRTUAL REALITY for Certification
Learning, Assessment Send feedback » 992 viewsInteresting article about how simulations will become key parts of any certification process.
It does major on software/hardware systems simulation, though. more »
