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Hi,

It’s just over 3 weeks to the eAssessment Scotland 2013 Day Conference in Dundee on the 23^rd of August with sessions filling up fast! If you’re looking for some inspiration before the next academic term/training calendar, then we have a great range of keynotes, seminars and workshops which will introduce you to the best of what eAssessment has to offer. And this year’s theme of the social assessment, ‘Joining In, Joining Up’, looks at how we can harness the collective potential of learners, tutors and facilitators to make the most of education in the 21^st century.

And we know that not everyone will make it to Dundee on the 23^rd, so as well as the Day Conference, there are 3 other aspects to eAssessment Scotland which you can sign up for:

·         eAssessment Scotland 2013 Online

In partnership with Transforming Assessment and Radio EDUtalk, a two-week long spread of national and international speakers delivering presentations and discussions on the theme of eAssessment. We’re especially excited to feature keynotes from Jim Groom & colleagues – who set up one of the first independent MOOCs: DS106, watch a presentation delivered by Jim at a TEDx event last year. Our other keynote is Paul Denny, developer of Peerwise, an assessment authoring platform for learners – which leads by example with its learner-centred approach (used to great effect by Simon Bates at the University of Edinburgh, winner of a Scottish e-Assessment Award in 2011). If you’re going to be at the Day Conference, you can still sign up for a Peerwise workshop with Denis Duret.

Sign up now for a webinar or tune in to one of the Radio EDUtalk shows – with a line-up that really has something for everyone, it’s not to be missed!

·         eAS TeachMeet (22^nd August, University of Dundee, 6-8pm)

What do you mean you’ve never been to a TeachMeet? Basically, it’s an informal get-together with a group of like-minded educators who want to share their experiences of learning, teaching and assessment. The format for the evening is a series of short presentations (4 or 7 minutes), with delegates signing up to deliver on a subject of their choice. If you’re travelling up to Dundee on the Thursday to attend the Day Conference, then you should definitely make a point of signing up. It’s a excellent way of meeting people and learning a lot in quite a short space of time. If you can’t make it to ours, then you’ll probably find one near you on the TeachMeet site!

Join us at the eAS TeachMeet – if you have a story to share, then sign up for a presentation slot, otherwise just come along and see what all the fuss is about!

·         Scottish eAssessment Awards 2013

We’ve been running the Awards for 5 years now, but we’ve decided to take a different approach this year – in recognition of this year’s conference theme, ‘Joining In, Joining Up’. For this year only, instead of a judging panel, we’re going to trust to the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ and let you decide who should be recognised this year. You can nominate any assessment-related entry to one of three categories: Product, Process or Individual/Team between now and the 18^th of August. After that, delegates to any of the eAssessment Scotland events will have the opportunity to vote for their favourites.

Note - the Awards are open to individuals/teams based in Scotland, and products/processes developed in Scotland, or being used within Scottish settings.

Nominate your favourite eAssessment Product, Process or Individual/Team – then sign up for an eAssessment Scotland event and vote from the 19^th, with winners announced at the Day Conference on the 23^rd!

We do our best to publicise eAssessment Scotland as widely as possible, but all of the organisers volunteer their time – so we would very much appreciate you sending this notice to anyone you think might be interested in signing up for an event!

;-)

Kenji Lamb

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