Transforming assessment and feedback case study: Embedding electronic assessment management

In 2011 with our funding, the e-AFFECT project run by the Centre for Educational Development at Queen’s University Belfast initiated an institution-wide programme of assessment and feedback enhancement extending into 2014 and beyond. Taking an appreciative inquiry approach to change management, the centre encourages academic schools to identify what they do well in assessment and feedback using a set of educational principles as benchmarks. This process not only surfaces existing good practice but also enables academic teams to identify for themselves what needs to change. Centre staff then provide ongoing support as participating schools implement the technology-supported solutions that best meet their needs. One of the first to take part was the School of English, a humanities discipline which piloted then adopted computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in a phonetics module plus electronic submission, marking and feedback (EMA) as standard practice in all modules. This is one of a series of case studies developed by the Jisc Assessment and Feedback programme