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rsvp2014 at transformingassessment.net On 2 November 2014 08:29, Mathew Hillier <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Transforming Assessment Webinar Update > [via JISC email list - this is not direct mail - apologies for any > cross posting] > > In this issue: > 1. Next session 5 November: "Designing effective assessment for > participative learning online" > 2. eAssessment Scotland 2014 online session recordings now published > > ---------------------------------- > > 1. Next session 5 November > "Designing effective assessment for participative learning online" > Brant Knutzen, University of Hong Kong. > > Have you ever designed a great forum discussion activity, but your > students didn't engage and your hopes for group collaboration and knowledge > construction were dashed? > This seminar will demonstrate several new tools to help you achieve 100% > participation in your online discussions, the foundation for effective > collaboration and communicative learning. The Participation Forum is a > customized module which sets up "semi-private" group discussion areas and > then automatically awards points for participation. The Participation Map > is a learning analytic tool which generates a visual display of student > interactivity in the forum discussion as well as providing group and > forum-level statistics that quantify activity. The Participation Glossary > is a customised module which automatically awards points for each new term > that a student contributes, and also supports peer ratings. > The first half hour of the seminar will review the pedagogy and > instructional design of the tools, and the remaining half hour will offer > all attendees the chance to try them out in a hands-on workshop > environment. These new teaching tools have been developed and tested on all > Moodle 2 versions, and are currently in production use at the University of > Hong Kong on Moodle ver 2.6.1+. > > Further details and RSVP via: > http://bit.ly/webinar5nov2014 > > ---------------------------------- > > 2. In case you missed it! > eAssessment Scotland online session recordings now published: > All 8 session recordings from the e-Assessment Scotland online conference > are now available. > View them as Youtube screen casts (recommended!) or webinar system > archives. > The slides, chat log, links and additional resources are also included on > each session page. > View the session list at > http://bit.ly/eAS2014recordings > > > ---------------------------------- > Further information: > The Transforming Assessment webinars are part of a series of free events > covering a range of e-assessment topics. > Further information on this and future events, recordings of past > sessions, project information and participation/technical help on using the > virtual seminar system can be found on our website at > transformingassessment.com > > Acknowledgements: > Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government > Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the University of > Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not > necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions. > ---------------------------------- > > Why am I receiving this? > You are receiving this particular message because you signed up to the > JISCMail email list. > Please logon to the JISCMail listserv if you want to remove yourself from > the listserv. > > regards, > > Dr Mathew Hillier > University of Queensland, Australia > -------------------------------- > Transforming Assessment > ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - > replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email > [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle -- <http://facebook.com/varndean>*Find us on Facebook <http://facebook.com/varndean> <http://twitter.com/varndean>**Follow us on Twitter* <http://twitter.com/varndean> ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle