Jayne
thank you for writing:
'weighting existing assessment and cancelling exams? Or assessing only the
learning outcomes which can easily be assessed through an online format
and having students pick up the rest of them later in the programme (not
an option for graduating students, of course!)'
You are totally right.
Obviously many institutions are still unrealistic about this switch. It is
not for a few weeks, but months. It will not be 'continuation', just
'emergency learning mode'. Some of our students or someone in their family
or ourselves are going to get sick. Many of our students have gone back
home to be with their families and are in lock-down countries with limited
access to technology and WI-FI.
Whatever learning our students do manage in this situation, can we find
easy ways for them to evidence it? And accept that academic rigour will be
somewhat limited at this point in time?
I think it is very unfair in this situation to keep exams on the agenda -
they produce enough anxiety under normal circumstances, imagine what
anxiety they will produce now.
We have:
extended all L6 deadlines until Sept
asked each Unit leader to review their assessment and identify which
outcomes are feasible in e-learning mode (and do a reasonable summative
assessment for those in June)
leave the other outcomes for later on, perhaps integrating them into
another Unit, or into next year learning
Every unit is going to be reviewed, some are going to be postponed to Sept
altogether.
Our students must prioritise their wellbeing, not our courses, can we be
compassionate and reasonable?
Sorry, I feel very strongly about this and glad to see our senior managers
do too.
With very best wishes
Virna
On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 13:15, Pearson, Jayne <
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> HI all,
>
>
>
> At KCL, many of our faculties are considering a 24 hour Turnitin
> submission ( or Moodle Assignment). The exam paper would be uploaded for
> students to access. This allows somewhat for the fact that students may
> need to manage their time and space. It does not account for the students
> who do not have access to devices, although our team are working hard to
> supply these.
>
>
>
> There is concern about the extent to which Turnitin file size limits will
> allow things like photos/screenshots (of technical drawings, equations),
> although these could be submitted separately with professional services
> support.
>
>
>
> I am also wondering whether any of your institutions are considering
> alternative options such as those suggested by Sally and kay in their
> document, e.g. weighting existing assessment and cancelling exams? Or
> assessing only the learning outcomes which can easily but assessed through
> an online format and having students pick up the rest of them later in the
> programme (not an option for graduating students, of course!). Furthermore,
> has there been communication from external professional bodies on how
> things like OSCEs etc would work?
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jayne
>
>
>
>
>
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> *Subject:* Re: Alternatives to on site assessment when universities are
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> Hi Rosie
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> This is exactly the question we are pondering at present. I am thinking
> 50% more time, so a 2-hour face to face exam becomes a 3-hour 'Turnitin
> submission exam'.
>
>
>
> We are trying to get all these details finalised this week, and will then
> communicate fully to students next.
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> Would welcome anyone else's thoughts on this one.
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> I wonder if anyone has any ideas of experience with moving exams to
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> replacements? So, for a one hour exam you would give how long? We’re also
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> This is a resource Kay Sambell and I have been working on to help people
> think about alternatives to face-to-face assessment where universities are
> closing due to Coronovirus and having to cancel on site assessments.
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> would probably be of most value to you if you cut and paste the bits that
> are useful, chuck out the bits that are not useful, customize your examples
> where you use different platforms from the ones we mention, add links to
> their specific guidance and add in links to your own university's
> regulations plus any specific contingency plans you have made.
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> Yours in the spirit of collegiality in a time of crisis
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>
> Best wishes
>
> Sally Brown
>
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> Visiting professor at Universities of Plymouth, Edge Hill and Liverpool
> John Moores.
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