RVC Formative Assessment

Slide 1: Formative Assessment Any time, any place, anywhere JISC formative e-assessment: Practical Enquiry Day 3rd July 2008 Kim Whittlestone Senior Lecturer in Independent Learning Jeff Bullock Software Developer (.NET) Peter Nunn e-Learning Developer Stephen May Deputy Principal and Vice Principal - Teaching Birgit Pirkelbauer LIVE Centre Manager Also, thanks to: Orange www.orange.co.uk Niall Winters & Yishay Mor London Knowledge Lab Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning www.live.ac.uk

Slide 2: Issue/problem/focus Veterinary degree COURSE AND TEACHING PREFERENCES: Transmitting information  5 year course Agree / Agree a bit Year 1  66+ weeks in work-based learning Not sure Year 2 Year 3 Year 4  Farms in years 1 & 2 Year 5 Disagree / Disagree a bit  Vet practices & hospitals/clinics in years 3-5 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Problems % of answers  Course content heavy  surface approaches to study 1  Perception that students record very little in WBL  and what they do is badly organised / difficult to access Entwistle N.J., Tait H, McCune V.(2000) 1 Patterns of Response to an Approaches to Studying Inventory across Contrasting Groups and Contexts. European Journal of Psychology of Education 15, 33-48.

Slide 3: (e) formative assessment Students WBL experiences:  record  +/- share  search  organise & reflect on  +/- feedback Bridge between  theory & practice?

Slide 4: Mobile learning diary: myPad

Slide 5: Mobile learning diary: myPad

Slide 6: Key insights/conclusions  Perceived vs actual problem (ownership)  Structure & support  Embedding  As easy as …  technical  pedagogical ladder  reference point / ROI “The significant factors affecting engagement of veterinary students with mobile learning” Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Mobile Learning 2008

Slide 7: Next steps (post myPad/CoMo) “Hot pants” Personal & MMS Community Noticeboards “Three days later” “Anya’s wound” Notify (if requested) SMS Create Post Email Reply Online Private Notepad “The designer”

Slide 8: Thank you kwhittlestone@rvc.ac.uk www.live.ac.uk