The event programme for the 9th International CAA Conference, detailed below, is also available in PDF format:
2005 CAA Conference Programme - Day 1
| time |
activity |
| 09.00 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 09.30 |
Introduction and Welcome |
| |
Andy Wilson, Director of Professional Development, Loughborough University
Myles Danson, Conference Director |
| 09.40 |
Day 1 Key Note Address |
| DERWENT |
Testing Triage: Greater Assessment Effectiveness at Lower Cost
Sharon Shrock and William Coscarelli |
| 10.25 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
A: Short Paper Session
- a1: The Design of Multimedia Assessment Objects
Gavin Sim, Stephanie Strong and Phil Holifield
- a2: A Personal Agenda for E-Assessment Research
Andrew Boyle
- a3: The Continual Assessment of Confidence or Knowledge with Hidden MCQ?
Phil Davies
- a4: Aggregating Assessment Tools in a Service Oriented Architecture
Will M. Davies, Hugh C. Davis and Niall Sclater
- a5: Issues in Question Design within a National High-Stakes Programme
Susan C. Woodger, Helen S. Ashton and Cliff E. Beevers
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Or |
| AVON |
B: Long Paper Session
- b1: Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Computer Assisted Assessment for UK Awarding Bodies
Geoff Chapman
- b2: A Checklist for Inclusive Assessment: Getting Started with Accessibility
Dr Simon Ball
- b3: The PePCAA Project: Formative Scenario-Based CAA in Psychology for Teachers
Victoria Crisp and Christine Ward
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Or |
| SWIFT |
C: Commercial Presentations
- c1: Higher Education Academy
- c2: Question Mark Computing
- c3: Thomson Prometric
- c4: Scottish Qualifications Authority
- c5: University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
|
| 12.55 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
D: Short Paper Session
- d1: Weighting for Computerized Peer-Assessment to be Accepted
Phil Davies
- d2: The Development of a Fraction Testing and Tutoring System
Qingping He and Paul Brna
- d3: Foiling the Free Riders: Early Experience with Compulsory Peer Assessment at an Online Business School
Dr Jeremy B. Williams
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Or |
| AVON |
E: Short Paper Session
- e1: Automated Feedback for a Computer-Adaptive Test: A Case Study
M. Lilley, T. Barker and C. Britton
- e2: Assessment of A-Priori and Dynamic Extended Learner Profiling for Accommodative Learning
Allan J. Pellow, Elaine M. Smith, Barry J. Beggs and Hernando L. Fernandez-Canque
- e3: Degrees of Incorrectness in Computer Adaptive Language Testing
Tsopanoglou, A., Ypsilandis, G.S. and Mouti, A.
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Or |
| SWIFT |
F: Long Paper Session
- f1: Sophisticated Tasks in E-Assessment: What are they? And what are their benefits?
Andrew Boyle
- f2: Evaluation of the Scottish Pass-IT Assessment Project
Gráinne Conole
|
| 15.30 |
Coffee |
| 16.00 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
G: Long Paper Session
- g1: Cost Effective use of Simulations in Online Assessment
Ruth Thomas, Helen Ashton, Bill Austin, Cliff Beevers, Dave Edwards and Colin Milligan
- g2: Questionbank: Computer Supported Self-Questioning
Silvester Draaijer and Jaap Boter
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Or |
| AVON |
H: Long Paper Session
- h1: Evaluation of Computing Students Performance using Group Based Learning Online and Offline
Martina A. Doolan and Trevor Barker
- h2: Online Assessment for University Admission: Goals, Problems, and Experience
Volker Turau, Dietrich Fahrenholtz and Marcus Venzke
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Or |
| SWIFT |
I: Long Paper Session
- i1: Using Evaluation to Inform the Development of a User-Focused Assessment Engine
Gráinne Conole and Niall Sclater
- i2: Whither E-Assessment?
Bill Warburton and Gráinne Conole
|
| 17.30 |
Close |
| 19.30 |
Conference Dinner and Casino sponsored by Questionmark Computing |
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The conference dinner is at Burleigh Court followed by the now infamous CAA Conference Casino |
2005 CAA Conference Programme - Day 2
| time |
activity |
| 09.00 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
J: Short Paper Session
- j1: The Maths Itembanking Project: A Work in Progress
Mhairi McAlpine and Martyn Ware
- j2: “Well Nobody Reads Learning Outcomes Do They?” - An Evaluation of CAA and its Feedback on Directed Student Learning
Sophie Brettell, Justin Durham and Steve McHanwell
- j3: Discriminative Marking of Numeric Problems
Richard A. Bacon
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| |
Or |
| AVON |
K: Long Paper Session
- k1: A Comparison of Blackboard CAA and an Innovative Self Assessment Tool for Formative Assessment
Graham Farrell, Viviene Farrell and Ying K Leung
- k2: Diagram Matching for Human-Computer Collaborative Assessment
Christos Tselonis, John Sargeant and Mary McGee Wood
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Or |
| SWIFT |
L: Short Paper Session
- l1: Using PDAs for CAA: Practicalities, Disasters, Apathy
Jon Trinder, Scott Roy and Jane Magill
- l2: The Problem of the Saltatory Cut-Score: Some Issues and Recommendations for Applying the Angoff to Test Item Banks
William Coscarelli, Andrew Barrett, John Kleeman and Sharon Shrock
- l3: Conceptualising Item Banks
Niall Sclater
|
| 10.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.00 |
JISC Session Parallel Presentations |
| |
Building on JISC Activities in Developing a Roadmap for E-Assessment for the Future |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
M: Changes in Pedagogical Approaches
- m1: Re-Thinking Technology-Supported Assessment Practices in Relation
to the Development of Self-Regulated Learning
David Nicol and Jim Boyle
- m2: Consultation session - Case studies of effective and innovative practice
Sarah Knight
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Or |
| AVON |
N: Emerging technical requirements
- n1: FREMA - Developing an e-Assessment Reference Model
Yvonne Howard
- n2: Consultation session - e-Assessment Glossary
Malcolm Batchelor
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| |
Or |
| SWIFT |
O: Tools for e-assessment
- o1: Assis - Facilitating next generation learning experiences
Robert Sherratt and Steve Jeyes and: TOIA Update Jalshan Sabir
- o2: Consultation session - Building a roadmap for e-assessment
Helen Beetham
|
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 |
P: JISC Discussion Session |
| DERWENT |
Challenges and opportunities for embedding e-assessment in Lifelong Learning
Amanda Black–Becta, Niall Sclater–University of Strathclyde, Paul Bailey–JISC
Eddie Gulc–Higher Education Academy, Alika Gupta–QCA, Andy Wilson–Loughborough
University (Panel facilitator) |
| 14.15 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
Q: Short Paper Session
- q1: What Students Really Say
Mary McGee Wood, John Sargeant and Craig Jones
|
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Or |
| AVON |
R: Short Paper Session
- r1: The SPRInTA Project: Supporting Student Assessment through a Portal
Nicola Bryan and Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown
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Or |
| SWIFT |
S: Short Paper Session
- s1: A Technical Perspective on ASAP - Automated System for Assessment of Programming
Christopher Douce, David Livingstone, James Orwell, Steve Grindle and Justin Cobb
|
| 14.45 |
Coffee |
| 15.15 |
Parallel Papers |
| |
Either |
| DERWENT |
T: Long Paper Session
- t1: CriterionSM Online Writing Evaluation - a Web-Based Service for Real-Time Evaluation of English-Writing Skills, Providing Instant Diagnostic Feedback and Scoring
Ian Lucas
- t2: Recent Developments in Setting and using Objective Tests in Mathematics using QM Perception
Nabamallika Baruah, Edward Ellis, Mundeep Gill and Martin Greenhow
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Or |
| AVON |
U: Long Paper Session
- u1: Investigating Gender Bias in Formative and Summative CAA
Karen Fill and Dr Sally Brailsford
- u2: Adapting the Automatic Assessment of Free-Text Answers to the Students
Diana Pérez and Enrique Alfonseca
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| |
Or |
| SWIFT |
V: Long Paper Session
- v1: Parameters Driving Effectiveness of Automated Essay Scoring with LSA
Fridolin Wild, Christina Stahl, Gerald Stermsek and Gustaf Neumann
- v2: Defining the Infrastructure for a National Item Bank Service
Niall Sclater, Eddie Boyle, Joanna Bull, Clive Church, Patrick Craven, Rowin Cross, Myles Danson, Leah Halliday, Ian Howie, John X. Kelly, Steve Lay, Moira Massey, Mhairi McAlpine, Diane McDonald, Mary MacDonald, Steve Rogers and Su White
|
| 16.45 |
Closing Note, Champagne Draw |
