Electronic Management of Assessment beyond technology: the role of partnership working in developing EMA Dr Fiona Handley, Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton Session twitter ♯ altfiona ♯ altfiona

Session objectives This presentation will discuss the role of partnerships in: Brighton’s approach to EMA The development of an institutional EMA workflow The creation of staff guidance on managing EMA processes Please tweet a few thoughts on the key challenges you’ve encountered working with partners in EMA to ♯ altfiona ♯ altfiona

EMA at the University of Brighton The seeds of the approach to EMA at Brighton are: 1.a focus on ‘joined-up’ solutions that necessitate partnership working. 2.an emphasis on pedagogy driving decision making 3.a broad approach to EMA beyond traditional areas of eSubmission, eFeedback, eMarking ♯ altfiona

Pedagogy Blended learning Assessment for Learning Research-led Policy Strategic context Approval and reporting Communication challenges Processes Technology Identifying workflows Analytics Partnerships CLT, IS, AS, Academics, Admin, Students Union Staff development Student engagement EMA ♯ altfiona

Traditional EMA workflows… …focus on these issues eSubmissioneFeedbackManaging eMarks ♯ altfiona

EMA workflow Aim: to create a document to help in planning EMA policy, process, and pedagogy developments Developed in consultation with Academic Services Benefit: supports on-going assessment enhancements, highlights importance of systems linking

Managing EMA – Results of the eFeedback pilot Key findings: Using the tools was unexpectedly easy. The hard parts were: Managing online processes such as second marking and external examining Giving consistent quantities and types of feedback ♯ altfiona

One result was the creation of guidance documents Guidance on roles and responsibilities in EMA Guidelines for module and course leaders ♯ altfiona

Roles and responsibilities Key aim: sharing good practice Based a flowchart already produced by one School Consultation with administration staff ♯ altfiona

Course and module leaders Key aim: Standardisation of processes Written by CLT/LTA team Subjects covered: Creating eSubmission points Managing teams of markers Blind second marking Moderation Recording and communicating marks eFeedback and eMarking for assessments that weren’t eSubmitted External examining ♯ altfiona

Lessons learnt: Relationships need nurturing and may not develop as you expect Partners need to be clear about what they are contributing, be kept up to date, and be recognised Being truly collaborative takes time – time to manage, time to accommodate their priorities Partnership becomes an important thread running through the next steps – especially dissemination ♯ altfiona

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