Venue:  Goldsmiths, University of London, Ben Pimlott Building, Ground Floor Lecture Theatre
http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/

The Technology Education Research Unit (TERU), Department of Design at Goldsmiths and the South East London Lifelong Learning Network (SELLLN) invite you to a seminar demonstrating the use of real time web-portfolios for work based learning and assessment (e-scape).

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The purpose of this event is to review the potential and capabilities of the e-scape system in the specific context of work-based learning and apprenticeships. E-scape offers an online tool that can ensure rigorous quality assessment in work based learning.
 
The e-scape concept is built on two principal innovations in the world of performance portfolios and their assessment.
 
"First, we have created a system in which learners use digital tools to create real-time web-portfolios. The tools are linked dynamically to their tutors laptop – operating as a local server – or independently direct to the internet.  Specially designed activities (created in the tutor’s task-authoring tool) can be sent as a series of sub-tasks to the learners and the system ‘hoovers-up’ anything that they produce in response to them. The systems uploads (in real time) all the data from learners’ devices into a website where their web-portfolios emerge automatically. In trials learners from 19 schools created 350 design & technology, 60 science and 60 geography portfolios.
 
Second, we have created a web-based assessment system based on a ‘Thurstone pairs’ model of comparative judgement. The web-based portfolios can readily be distributed anywhere at anytime – enabling multiple assessors / moderators to scrutinise the portfolios simultaneously."

Professor Richard Kimbell, TERU
http://www.gold.ac.uk/teru/team/

Programme

14:00 - 14:10
Welcome and introduction
Professor Kay Stables, Head of Design and Chair of SELLLN Creative, Communications and Media Group

14:10 - 14:30
Introduction to e-scape: origins, purposes and existing applications in the context of curriculum and assessment
Professor Richard Kimbell, Professor of Technology Education, Design Department, Goldsmiths

14:30 - 15:00
e-scape in the EdExcel Diploma: using the system for supporting the new Creative and Media Diploma in consortia across England
Dale Hinch, e-Assessment Development Project Manager, Edexcel

15:00 - 15:15
Break 

15:15 – 15:45
A case study of e-scape in context of work-based study and apprenticeships
Tony Wheeler, Senior Research Fellow, Design Department, Goldsmiths

15:45 - 16:00
Plenary facilitated by Professor Richard Kimbell

16:00 - 16:30
Networking and refreshments

With thanks to:

Andrew Carmicheal, CEO, Creative Process, Lewisham
Karim Derrick, Developmental Director, TAG learning
Mark Naryan, Head of Sound Engineering & Music production, Institute of Music & Technology Hurricane

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