Your WB Workflow. Effective Assessment in a Digital Age. Materials are now available from the series of workshops based around the JISC Effective Assessment in a Digital Age publication.
Find out more1 Effective Assessment in a Digital Age is aimed at those in higher and further education who design assessment and feedback for their learners. The guide draws on recent JISC reports and case studies from different contexts and modes of learning to explore the relationship between technology-enhanced assessment and feedback practices and meaningful, well-supported learning experiences. 2Effective Assessment in a Digital Age complements Effective Practice in a Digital Age3, the 2009 JISC guide to learning and teaching with technology, and Effective practice with e-Assessment4 (JISC 2007) by focusing on the potential enhancement to assessment and feedback practices offered by both purpose-designed and more familiar technologies.
Order a printed copy10. Formative vs Summative Assessment. Formative assessment The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.
More specifically, formative assessments: