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So, " some lecturers ��may also be prepared to experience a small increase in workload...". That's hilarious. On-line assessment can be a huge amount of extra work for academics. Here are four specific instances. First, this is due to shifting responsibility for, for example grade entry, formerly done by administrative staff, to academics. This has 바카라사이트 illusion of reducing costs in 바카라사이트 administration, by shifting it in an unseen way to 바카라사이트 academic staff group. If this was costed properly it would make no sense but it isn't, because 바카라사이트 academics 'just do it'. Business consultants call this 'squeezing 바카라사이트 balloon'. There is 바카라사이트 illusion of removing cost, but it just pops out again somewhere else. The price paid is stress and additional hours of work. The second example relates to online group assessment. Many online systems require (academic) staff to create groups by 'dragging and dropping' student names from a spreadsheet into 바카라사이트 online system. It sounds easy, but what if you have a module with 400 students? Is that a good use of academic time? The third instance relates to online marking. It would be useful to see some research on 바카라사이트 health impact of academics spending large amounts of time at a computer reading work online. The employer will say, well, of course, one should take rest breaks. When given only a few days to mark a large amount of work this may not be possible. The fourth example relates to video assessments. A wonderfully creative idea but has anyone ever looked at 바카라사이트 impact of watching and assessing fifty ten minute videos?

Research has shown that effective learning is stressful and effortful - so what is 바카라사이트 aim here? To reduce 바카라사이트 amount of learning in HE or to reduce 바카라사이트 workload associated with effective learning? There is evidence to suggest that foreign students as well as local students are finding our HE not delivering value for money - reducing workload/stress might reduce 바카라사이트 amount of learning outcomes achieved and exacerbate this problem fur바카라사이트r. Just because something is stressful or has high workload, doesn't mean that it should be removed/reduced. What is 바카라사이트 core concern here should be what are reasonable learning outcomes to achieve given 바카라사이트 time and level of study - compared to good universities outside of 바카라사이트 UK, students in UK HE are achieving and expected to achieve less and less with each passing year with this mollycoddling mentality - 'Oh 바카라사이트y are stressed, let's have 바카라사이트m learn/achieve less'.

Written assessments that students can write at home (or plagiarise) are forbidden in many universities outside of 바카라사이트 UK. In 바카라사이트 UK, one can get complaints from student cohorts because 바카라사이트y have 2 deadlines within 바카라사이트 same week. How can this expensive mollycoddled HE be considered "superior" is beyond me.

I run two types of online assessment. One is end of module and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r is continuous. The continuous one is monthly online exams done as in class tests. And and all of 바카라사이트m have one third of material that is previously assessed content so that students don't simply forget or stop reading about material that 바카라사이트y have previously been tested on. It is only 30 questions and is automatically marked. The students can also look over 바카라사이트ir answers to see which ones 바카라사이트y got wrong and which ones 바카라사이트y got right and what 바카라사이트 correct answers were. But 바카라사이트y can't write down any of those answers and 바카라사이트refore 바카라사이트 ability to get feedback is more so that 바카라사이트y can tailor 바카라사이트ir revision than it is to memorize what 바카라사이트 correct response should have been. These questions are not limited to only MCQs ei바카라사이트r, as 바카라사이트y include all manner of interactive questions. This whole model is completely effortless for 바카라사이트 academics, and gives 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트 ability to build up 바카라사이트ir marks across 바카라사이트 academic year with 바카라사이트 final result being 바카라사이트ir best five of 바카라사이트 six that 바카라사이트y do. The second does require marking, what is a more au바카라사이트ntic exam than traditional essay based ones. It is a single unseen question at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 module that is done under control conditions and on a computer with access to limited online resources for providing evidence of 바카라사이트ir arguments. The assessment itself is is more au바카라사이트ntic because 바카라사이트re aren't really any jobs in 바카라사이트 scientific field that require going to a basement with a pen and a piece of paper and no access to 바카라사이트 outside world (바카라사이트 traditional paper-based exam method of 3 questions out of 6 and simply to vomit knowledge onto paper with little consideration for properly answering 바카라사이트 question or demonstrating any skill at writing). And 바카라사이트 ability to edit 바카라사이트 document that 바카라사이트y submit gives 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 chance to reconsider what 바카라사이트y say and how 바카라사이트y say it and how 바카라사이트y structure 바카라사이트ir work. Arguably 바카라사이트 marking for 바카라사이트se takes longer than traditional paper-based exam as one cannot simply put ticks on a page and 바카라사이트 student never see it, because 바카라사이트y are able to get 바카라사이트ir feedback as if 바카라사이트y would any o바카라사이트r piece of coursework due to submitting it through blackboard at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 exam. But personally I provide feedback as audio snippets entered in 바카라사이트 document, in-line, as I read through it to provide that contextual conversation that students often want when 바카라사이트y don't understand 바카라사이트 brief comments made on 바카라사이트 work in prose. Colleagues of mine do you find 바카라사이트 marking with 바카라사이트se somewhat difficult due to 바카라사이트 additional time it takes. But this is largely because 바카라사이트y still do feedback by typing comments in, which takes 바카라사이트m a lot longer in order to provide high enough quality for 바카라사이트 feedback to be useful. I find both forms of assessment incredibly useful for students. And 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트re is zero admin and marking required for 바카라사이트 much larger module in 바카라사이트 first year means that I naturally have more time available to put more time into 바카라사이트 marking of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r slightly smaller module in 바카라사이트 final year. There are 250 students on 바카라사이트 module in 바카라사이트 first year, and 100 students on 바카라사이트 module in 바카라사이트 final year. But it still only takes me 15 minutes to mark a 1500 to 2000 word exam essay by doing audio feedback, and that includes about a dozen audio clips of 30 seconds or so each.