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Dear Harry
Please can I reserve 2 places for myself and a colleague Karlene Chambers
Thanks
Sarah Connor
Senior Lecturer / Adult Nursing
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences
School of Nursing
Kingston Hill
Surrey KT2 7LB
Tel 0208-547-8708
----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Temmink <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:16 pm
Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard
To: [log in to unmask]
> Hi Sarah
>
> I am actually quite open to lots of ideas at this stage, but
> thought that we
> might meet in one of our comp labs and thus be able to show each other
> examples/ practices of what we do and learn from each other how to
> develop/enhance our current practice. informal, but I hope
> informative and very much
> hands on
>
>
>
> The original idea was based on the negative comments from Mark
> Gamble on the
> testing facilities in Bb and the fact that I have been using Bb
> testingquite successfully for the last few years with about 4000
> students.
> I would hope to identify issues as we get closer the date and will
> shareproposals with attendees later on
>
> Perhaps I could entice you to come along?
>
> Regards
>
> Harry
>
>
>
> Principal Lecturer
> Westminster Business School
>
> University of Westminster
>
> Marylebone Rd Campus
>
> LONDON NW1 5LS
>
>
>
>
>
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> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Connor
> Sent: 21 February 2007 11:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard
>
>
>
> I was wondering if you could give us some idea as to the intended
> type of
> content...............thanks
>
> Sarah Connor
> Senior Lecturer / Adult Nursing
> Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences
> School of Nursing
> Kingston Hill
> Surrey KT2 7LB
>
> Tel 0208-547-8708
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry Temmink <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:29 pm
> Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Dear Colleagues
> > Following a discussion trend in JISC Blackboard user group,
> about
> > ComputerAided Assessment and VLE's (Bb), I suggested that
> > Westminster might host a
> > working lunch/ reasonably informal session on above subject. A
> > platform if
> > you will, where we might fruitfully have an exchange of ideas
> and
> > workingpractices.
> >
> > I am delighted to have been told by our Director of On-Line
> > Learning, Prof
> > Gunter Saunders, that he would be delighted to host such an
> event.
> >
> > Can I therefore extend an invite to the first 20-25 colleagues
> > responding to
> > this invitation, to join us here at the University of
> Westminster on
> > Wednesday 18th of April at say 12:30 for 1pm.
> > I imagine the session lasting till about 4:30pm.
> > Buffet type lunch and tea/ coffee later on will be provided by
> us.
> > Looking forward to hearing from you soon
> >
> > The Marylebone Campus is sooooo easy to find in London:- we are
> > oppositeBaker Street tube station and immediately opposite
> Madame
> > Tussaud's....
> >
> > RSVP to [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > Kindest regards
> > Harry Temmink
> >
> >
> > H J Temmink
> > School Senior Tutor
> > Westminster Business School
> > University of Westminster
> > 35 Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5LS
> >
> > This email, its contents and attachments are confidential and it
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> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 10 February 2007 17:31
> > To: [log in to unmask]; Bernadette Hilditch
> > Subject: RE: Online assessment using Blackboard
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm a Learning Technology Adviser at the University of Brighton
> > and am
> > responsible for supporting schools on our Eastbourne Campus.
> >
> > Quite a number of our sport science lecturers are using Bb for
> online
> > assessments and, in general get on quite well with it i think.
> >
> > Recently though, I became aware of the annoying scoring system
> > employedin the Multiple Answer questions where the 'partial
> > credit' option seems
> > to promise the ability to allocate a score of say, 2 out of 5 if
> a
> > student successfully identifies 2 of 3 possible correct answers.
> > However, these question types use a negative scoring system
> which
> > isn'tat all helpful to the overall result.
> >
> > Anyway, that aside, i'd be very interested in having copies of
> your
> > papers and student instructions and also if you have any advice
> on the
> > best way to download the results to Excel. In my experience, the
> data
> > needs a lot of tidying up once it's downloaded - I would be very
> > greatful for any advice on the quickest and easiest way to do
> > this. At
> > the moment I use Find ( <*> ) and Replace to clean up the html
> > tags but
> > haven't discovered a quick way to delete all those unwanted
> columns.
> >
> > Any advice would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > With kind Regards
> >
> > Joyce Webber
> > Learning Technologies Adviser
> > University of Brighton
> > Eastbourne Campus
> > 01273 644112
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Bernadette
> > Hilditch
> > Sent: 09 February 2007 16:29
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard
> >
> > ME TOO Harry - experience in enjoying making it work - and we
> are also
> > upbeat about it
> > I manage Blackboard here in College and have successfully
> trained
> > lecturers to use it
> > for online testing (both self assessment and final exams) across
> a
> > variety of subject areas.
> > Bernadette Hilditch
> > St Helens College
> > Curriculum On-Line Co-ordinator
> > e-Learning Consultant (SAIITT)
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist on behalf of
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Thu 2/8/2007 14:38
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Online assessment using Blackboard
> >
> >
> >
> > My experience at the Westminster Business School, is luckily far
> more
> > up-beat
> > than Mark's comments
> > I have for the last 2.5 years run exams in Excel applications
> > using Bb
> > with
> > student numbers of around 350 - 400 at the same time!
> > I would not want to go back to mannually marking all those
> > spreadsheets!If anyone is interested, I can let them have either
> > papers on the
> > subject or
> > instructions we give to students before each exam.
> >
> > There are plenty of critisisms of Bb and it's handling exam
> software,
> > but I have
> > experience in making it work!
> > Kind Regatrds
> > Harry Temmink
> > Principal Lecturer &
> > School Senior Tutor
> > Westminster Business School
> > University of Westminster
> > 35 Marylebone Road
> > London NW1 5LS
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Mark Gamble <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > We do lots of high stakes CBE and wouldn't dream of using Bb.
> It's
> > > important that CB exams are as robust as possible and anything
> else
> > > takiing place on the same sytsem at the same time as a high
> stakes
> > exam
> > > is, imho, a recipe for disaster. For whoever proposed the
> idea,
> > suggest
> > > they consider the consequences of an exam lock-up when
> students are
> > 65%
> > > through exam time - and was thse system capturing answers
> > throughout?> What about server performance, too, if you have 100
> > students taking an
> > > exam and some lecturer, in all innocence, starts a heavy-
> demand
> > activity
> > > on your Bb system (at the same time as a dozen others decide
> the
> > same> thing)? And of course, can you ensure security on a server
> > which is
> > > actually intended for all your students to access anyway?
> > >
> > > We use QMP and have 4 (yup, four) servers. Two, balanced, for
> the
> > exams,
> > > one for test and one for open-access low stakes and general
> > materials.> And I have to say, we still have problems: the
> > balanced pair went
> > > through a single switch - and, yes, it had to fail in the
> middle
> > of an
> > > exam. We live and learn..... I wouldn't say QuestionMark is
> entirely
> > > straightforward to implement, either.......
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Mark Gamble
> > > Head of Learning Technology
> > > University of Bedfordshire
> > > Tel (+44)1582 489260 Fax (+44)1582 489259
> > > Mob 07720 068605 Int ext 2260 / 6360 (mobex)
> > >
> > >
> > > >>> [log in to unmask] 02/07/07 10:32 AM >>>
> > > Hi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > PCMD is eager to implement online high stakes assessment in
> the near
> > > future. As well as investigating the provision of QMP, I have
> been
> > > asked to consider the feasibility of using Blackboards built
> in
> > > assessment tools. Yes, that's what I thought....! :o$
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If anyone does have any experience of using Blackboard for
> > really high
> > > stakes assessment, or has any advice on implementing this
> using
> > > alternative software, I'd be really grateful to hear your
> thoughts.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > >
> > > Tash
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Natasha Harden
> > >
> > > Teaching, Learning & Assessment Systems Leader
> > >
> > > Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry
> > >
> > > Room C303, Portland Square
> > >
> > > Drake Circus, Plymouth
> > >
> > > PL4 8AA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > (01752) 238016
> > >
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > H J Temmink
> > School Senior Tutor
> > Westminster Business School
> > University of Westminster
> > 35 Marylebone Road
> > London NW1 5LS
> >
> > This email, its contents and attachments are confidential and it
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> > all of
> > your
> > computer systems.
> > There are risks in communicating by e-mail. No liability is
> > accepted for
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> virus
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