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This UK organisation is hosting workshops in India to enable companies to assess effective delivery of their learning systems.
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AMBAR SINGH ROY
In the education arena worldwide, e-Assessment is the new buzzword. Educators, trainers, government agencies and test providers are engaged in developing technology-based assessment solutions that facilitate reliable and flexible assessment of students' performances.
Assessment Tomorrow of the UK, an organisation
supported by UK Trade and Investment,
has been focused on showcasing
the potential of technology deployment in
measuring competencies of students and also
in measuring the delivery system of the
learning itself.
Over the years, Assessment Tomorrow
has brought together domain experts in e-
Assessments and organised seminars and
conferences with a view to provide a platform
to debate issues and learn about the
latest developments on the subject.
After organising conferences in London,
Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Kuala
Lumpur and Hong Kong, Assessment Tomorrow
has zeroed in on the potential of
e-Assessment in technical education institutes
and engineering colleges in India.
WORKSHOPS
As the first step in this regard, the company
has lined up workshops on April 15 and 16,
2008, at the campus of the West Bengal
University of Technology (WBUT) in Kolkata.
Set up in 2000, WBUT has 126 engineering
colleges and technical institutes under
its fold.
According to Joy Roy Choudhury, spokesperson
of Assessment Tomorrow, the
programme will showcase details of e-Assessment
and how IT can be leveraged to
measure skills, knowledge and understanding
and can be used to support learning and
teaching and provide a robust and reliable
method of measuring and raising students'
attainment.
The objectives of the workshop are: to
initiate debate on the use of IT and ICT to
support learning and development among
professionals in the education domain; to
explore ways in which new technologies can
be used to enhance assessment of students
and learners, and hence, their learning and
qualifications; to demonstrate how IT can
provide information to teaching and administrative
staff and learners about students'
progression and achievement; and to provide
an overview of the value and benefits of
the new techniques of e-Assessment.
The workshop will also showcase designs
and project management competencies in
e-Assessment.
Says Roy Choudhury: "Along with creating
awareness about e-Assessment in education,
we need to focus on the
implementation aspects of e-Assessment
modules.
This will necessitate a shift from the traditional
paper-based learning system to a
blended learning system where teachers are
able to spend more time in teaching and the
subjective element in the assessment process
is reduced to the minimum".
He says an e-Assessment-centric blended
learning system has been found to be especially
useful in areas such as teacher training,
vocational and professional courses,
licensing and accreditation tests.
"e-Assessment started in the US and has
now moved to the UK as well.
In India, after WBUT, we hope to showcase
the potential and benefits of e-Assessment
in other educational institutes across
the country", he says.
ambar_singhroy@rediffmail.com
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