Reengineering Assessment Practices in Scottish Higher Education REAP

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Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Scottish
Higher Education REAP

• Gillian Roberts
• REAP project co-ordinator in CBS

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Scottish Funding Council (SFC) - a 2 year Project

• 6m for HE/FE competitive bidding
• E-learning transformational projects
• Embedding and substitution
• New approaches to teaching/ learning
• Measurable benefits to institution/sector
• Partnerships with other HEIs/FEIs

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Rationale for the REAP proposal

• Assessment key driver of student learning
• Assessment is a major cost in HE economies
• of scale limited
• Assessment influences a wide range of
• organisational, pedagogical and business
• processes in HE

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Partners and roles

• Strathclyde University across 5 faculties with
  large 1st year classes (Mechanical Engineering,
  Marketing, Pharmacy, Psychology, Primary
  Education)
• Glasgow Caledonian Business School (one faculty
  Finance, Management, Marketing, HR, )
• Glasgow University (developing electronic voting
  technologies)
• Allows synergies and comparisons across
  disciplines /faculty/institution.

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Aims of REAP Project

• Re-engineer assessment practices in 3 HE
  institutions using supportive technologies.
• Enhanced approaches - self, peer, tutor, to
  enhance motivation learner self-regulation
• Integrate technologies online tests,
  simulations, e-voting, e-portfolios, VLEs, admin
  systems and online-offline interactions
• Focus is on large classes - esp.1st year
• Improve learning quality show efficiencies
• Embed new processes in institution

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REAP Projects and participants in CBS in 2005-06

• Managerial Finance Ken Waddell Stuart
  McChlery
• Marketing Fundamentals Sheena MacArthur
• Economics, Markets Enterprise Douglas
  Chalmers Alan Radford
• Understanding Management Kate Lennon Lynn
  Black
• Organisations their Environment Andy Sharp
  douglas Chalmers
• Consumer Buyer Behaviour Anne Warren
• Perspectives on People at Work Pauline Munro
• Business Research Methods Dorothy Macfarlane
• Strategic Management Alec Wersun Susan Ogden
• Presentations at the GCU Learning and Teaching
  Showcase event on 25.5.06 are in bold

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Key research underpinning The REAP project

• Twigg C (2005) Course redesign improves learning
  and reduces cost
• http//www.highereducation.org/reports/pa_core/cor
  e.pdf
• Nicol, D. Milligan, C. (2006), Rethinking
  technology-supported assessment in relation to
  the seven principles of good feedback practice.
  In C. Bryan and K. Clegg, Innovations in
  Assessment, Routledge.
• Gibbs Simpson (2003) FAST project Evaluation
  Tools for investigating the impact of assessment
  on student learning