Rage Against the Exam Regulatory Machine?
A sell-out Next Generation Assessment conference in Manchester this week saw digital exam contributions from learners, student voice,...
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- Jan 29
- 3 min
A sure BETT? Why the Absent Punner’s 'snap and sneer' stunts digital exam adoption, and ignores learner impact.
The long-running UK exhibition BETT is a nexus for global ed-tech folk. There are plenty of visitors and booth workers, usually away from...
- Jan 22
- 3 min
Can Gaming Developers Make Better Digital Exams?
Paper behind glass. It’s often what exam owner’s try when moving to digital exams. The same questions (usually multiple choice) with the...
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Are digital exams given a free (green) pass?
Are digital exams given a free (green) pass? Environmental evidence is still sparse, but lower power, sustainable computers may be an answer
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Love Professional Career Invigilators! Leave Resting Actors to pull pints.
The tide is turning on casual exam invigilators. Career folk invigilating every day versus apathetic people wishing they were elsewhere....
- Jan 9
- 2 min
"But We Don't Have Enough Computers!" Delivering digital exams for UK schools
The main four England and Wales General Qualifications exam owners have set out their digital school exam stall. It's shook many digital...
- Jan 4
- 2 min
24 years ago we moved a big exam from paper to on-screen
Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery
- Dec 10, 2023
- 4 min
2023 in Review
2023 was a seismic year in assessment. Many learners returned to an exam hall for the first time in a number of years. Three UK exam...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
Crisis, what crisis?
Last week's Federation of Awarding Bodies conference was an eye-opener. But not for the reasons you may think. What’s the...
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
How ChatGPT changes the assessment sector
Each of us creates 1.7Mb of data every second of every day. With over a billion websites, that’s 5 billion gigabytes of data out there!...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
From Wallflower to Dance Captain – three steps for our sector to lead assessment debate.
Everyday, global exam sector stories ping my news trackers - white-hot opportunities to grapple assessment issues. But too often, those...
- Jan 16, 2021
- 1 min
Who needs facts when a shrieking headline does the job?
This week, a well-known publication ran an exam tech story, about insecure software being used. You might know that Adobe doesn't support...
- Dec 16, 2020
- 6 min
Best Left Unsaid: Digging into what Ofqual’s e-assessment report omits
As trade press gossip intensifies on Ofqual’s potential new interim leader, England’s exam regulator has published a new report – looking...
- Jun 19, 2020
- 9 min
Boom and Bust - English Language Exams
How English language digital exams impact learners
- Jun 2, 2020
- 3 min
Coming of Age – the e-Assessment Question
Reaching the age of 18 is a momentous birthday year, celebrated in western societies with the gift of porcelain. 2020 sees the 18th...
- Dec 12, 2019
- 4 min
The Comeback Kid: Is formative assessment back for good?
Seldom a day passes without calls to reduce summative exams, replacing them with the measurement of soft ‘21st Century’ skills. But how...
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
When data gets uncomfortable - how does better assessment change UK university admission?
The UK university sector is witnessing seismic changes. The undergraduate application sector-governed body called UCAS will shortly...
- Nov 16, 2018
- 5 min
Chatting for better exams!
Back in July, I was intrigued by the use of a chatbot for conducting university admission at Leeds Beckett University, wondering what...
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
Where did you get this? Remote Proctoring shaking up the exam world
The Wow Factor Technology captures our imaginations to solve problems we never knew we had. In readiness for the 16th eAssessment...
- Jan 13, 2017
- 2 min
Stop that cheat! Why successful qualifications need both confidence and technology
Confidence is key to exam programmes. Management of risk and protecting the public from unlicensed or imperfectly trained learners is...
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