The event programme for the 10th International CAA Conference is available in both HTML and PDF format:
The PDF version of the programme is the master copy, we aim to keep the version listed below as up-to-date as possible, however, there maybe minor discrepancies.
2006 CAA Conference Programme - Day 1
| time/location |
activity |
09.00
CONVENTION ROOM |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10.00 |
Introduction and Welcome |
| AVON |
Morag Bell (Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching) and Myles Danson (Conference Director) |
| 10.30 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
A: Short Paper Session: Item banking and standards
- a1: Item banking infrastructure: A proposal for a decoupled architecture
Mhairi McAlpine and Linn van der Zanden
- a2: Generalise not specialise: design implications for a national assessment bank
Rod Johnson and Sandra Johnson
- a3: R2Q2: Rendering and Reponses processing for QTIv2 question types
Gary Wills, Hugh Davis, Lester Gilbert, Yvonne Howard, Steve Jeyes, David Millard and Robert Sherratt
- a4: QuestionBuddy - A collaborative question search and play portal
Will M. Davies and Hugh C. Davis
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Or |
| AVON |
B: Short Paper Session: Assessing mathematics
- b1: Issues with setting online objective mathematics questions and testing their efficacy
Nabamallika Baruah, Edward Ellis, Mundeep Gill, Martin Greenhow and Justin Hatt
- b2: Formative assessment using CAA: an early exploration of the Slim Pilot Project
Helen Martin and Sara Preston
- b3: Exportable technologies: Mathml and SVG objects for CAA and web content
Edward Ellis and Martin Greenhow
- b4: Mathematical Question Spaces
Christopher J Sangwin
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Or |
| SWIFT |
C: Short Paper session: Experiences from the commercial sector
- c1: Innovations in e-assessment
Eric Shepherd (Questionmark Computing)
- c2: Acceptance and usage of e-assessment for UK awarding bodies - a research study
Geff Chapman (Thomson Prometric)
- c3: Maple T. A. a springboard for web based testing and assessment
Samir Khan (Adept Scientfic)
- c4: Implementing Large Scale Assessment Programs
Liam Wynne and Suzana Lopes (Pearson Vue)
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| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
D: Short Paper Session: Staff attitudes and development
- d1: Measuring staff attitude to an automated feedback system based on a Computer Adaptive Test
Mariana Lilley and Trevor Barker
- d2: An evaluation of the formative functions of a large-scale on-screen assessment
Andrew Boyle
- d3: Empowering the assessors - staff development for e-assessment
Margaret Wallace
(WITHDRAWN)
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Or |
| AVON |
E: Short Paper Session: Cross-sector studies
- e1: Identifying innovative and effective practice in e-assessment: findings from seventeen U.K. case studies
Denise Whitelock, Don Mackenzie, Christine Whitehouse, Cornelia Ruedel and Simon Rae
- e2: QuickTri and intelligent shell system (ISS) from innovation 4 learning. Building on practical experience
Don Mackenzie
and Matthew Stanwell
- e3: Developments in on-screen assessment design for examinations
Che Osborne and John Winkley
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Or |
| SWIFT |
F: Long Paper Session: Constructed answers
- f1: A diagram drawing tool for semi-automatic assessment of conceptual database diagrams
F. Batmaz and C.J. Hinde
- f2: Light-weight clustering techniques for short text answers in Human Computer Collaborative (HCC) CAA
Mary McGee Wood, Craig Jones and John Sargeant
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15.00
CONVENTION ROOM |
Coffee |
| 15.30 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
G: Short Paper Session: Text and speech
- g1: Development of web browsing techniques to capture responses in the context of English Language Skills Assessment
Jenifer Moody and Jeremy Swift
- g2: Symbolic assessment of free-text answers in a second language tutoring system
Matthieu Hermet and Stan Szpakowicz
- g3: Using role and reference grammar to support computer-assisted assessment of free text answers
Elizabeth Guest and Sally Brown
(WITHDRAWN)
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Or |
| AVON |
H: Short Paper Session: Delivery technologies
- hi: A call to arms for handheld devices
J.J. Trinder, J. Magill and S. Roy
- h2: Exams, essays and tablets - trying to make the pill more palatable
Nora Mogey and Greg Sarab
- h3: The mobile wireless classroom
Chris Dechter
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Or |
| SWIFT |
I: Long Paper Session: Group and peer assessment
- i1: Summative peer assessment using 'Turnitin' and a large cohort of students: a case study
Silvester Draaijer and Patris van Boxel
- i2: Development of a web-based groupwork assessment tool
Hannah Whaley and David Walker
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| 17.00 |
Close |
2006 CAA Conference Programme - Day 2
| time/location |
activity |
| 09.00 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
J: Short Paper Session: Applications of selection questions
- j1: Development of a student-searchable database of veterinary MCQs with educational feedback, for independent learning
S Head and C Ogden
- j2: Has online self-assessment improved medical students engagement with clinicopathological conferences (CPCs)?
Sally Wilks, Karen Mattick and Rob Marshall
- j3: An investigation of the response time for items in a computer adaptive test
Chris Wheadon, Quingping He, Robert Coe, and Peter Tymms
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Or |
| AVON |
K: Long Paper Session: Assessment instruments
- k1: Generic model of computation for intelligent computer aided progress assessment (iCAP)
Esyin Chew and Norah Jones
- k2: A comparison of an innovative web-based assessment tool utilizing confidence measurement to the traditional multiple choice, short answer and problem solving questions
Graham Farrell
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Or |
| SWIFT |
L: Short Paper Session: Software engineering issues
- l1: Moodle: enhancing the assessment capabilities of the leading open source virtual learning environment
Niall Sclater, Phil Butcher, Pete Thomas and Sally Jordan
- l2: Use cases as a means of capturing e-assessment practices and identifying appropriate web services
Gráinne Conole, Isobel Falconer, Ann Jeffrey and Allison Littlejohn
- l3: E-Testing based on service oriented architecture
Goce S. Armenski and Marjan Gusev
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10.30
CONVENTION ROOM |
Coffee |
| 11.00 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
M: Long Paper Session: Pedagogy and practice
- m1: Bridging the gap between assessment, learning and teaching
Helen Ashton and Ruth Thomas
- m2: Assessment for learner self regulation: Enhancing the first year experience using learning technologies
David Nicol
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Or |
| AVON |
N: Long Paper Session: Support tools
- n1: System dynamics based learning environments: a technology for decision support and assessment
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
- n2: Constructing Assessments using Tools and Services (CATS)
lain Tulloch
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Or |
| SWIFT |
O: Long Paper Session: Student experience
- o1: Online assessment of laboratory coursework in microbiology: a case study
Malcolm Andrew
- o2: Evaluating the user experience in CAA Environments: What affects user satisfaction?
Gavin Sim, Janet C Read and Phil Holifield
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| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 |
P: JISC Session |
| AVON |
- p1: Overview of JISC assessment activities
Lou McGill
|
| 14.15 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
Q: Short Paper Session: Students' use of technology
- q1: In-depth case studies of students' use of technology to support assessment
Gráinne Conole, Maarten de Laat, Jonathan Darby and Teresa Dillon
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Or |
| AVON |
R: Short Paper Session:Linking traditional and e-assessment
- r1: Intelligent Paper, Pens and Ink
Gillian Whitehouse and Dale Hinch
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Or |
| SWIFT |
S: Short Paper Session: Accessibility
- s1: A Computer-assisted test for accessible computer-assisted assessment
Gill Harrison and John Gray
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14.45
CONVENTION ROOM |
Coffee |
| 15.15 |
Parallel Papers |
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Either |
| DERWENT |
T: Short Paper Session: Evaluating the student experience
- t1: The SPRInTA Project: Engaging students in formative assessment: strategies and outcomes
Nicola Bryan, Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown and Martin Sellens
- t2: Learning from assessment: Evaluating the benefits of DALI (Diagnostic Assessment Learning Interface)
Hershbinder Mann and Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown
- t3: Identifying E-assessment development priorities through user evaluation
Susie Hill and Martyn Ware
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Or |
| AVON |
U: Short Paper Session: Continuous assessment
- u1: Assessing student activity in online forums
Liam Rourke, Greg Sadesky and Heather Kanuka
(WITHDRAWN)
- u2: Assessment to Improve Self Regulated Learning
Poppy Pickard
- u3: Online coursework submission. From pilot to University-wide implementation: rationale, challenges and further development
Andrew Downton and Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown
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Or |
| SWIFT |
V: Long Paper Session: Which way now?
- vi: Quick win or slow burn? Modelling UK HE CAA uptake
Bill Warburton
- v2: Developing a roadmap for e-assessment: Which way now?
Denise Whitelock and Andrew Brasher
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16.45
AVON
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Closing Note/Champagne Draw |
