Putting interoperability to the test: building a large reusable assessment item bank

dc.creator	Niall Sclater
dc.creator	Mary MacDonald
dc.date	2004-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:26Z
dc.identifier	10.3402/rlt.v12i3.11254
dc.identifier	2156-7069
dc.identifier	2156-7077
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c3090e0788a94c7798f1a9c7eb30cfee
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19009
dc.description	The COLA project has been developing a large bank of assessment items for units across the Scottish further education curriculum since May 2003. These will be made available to learners mainly via colleges' virtual learning environments (VLEs). Many people have been involved in the development of the COLA assessment item bank to ensure a high level of technical and pedagogical quality. Processes have included deciding on appropriate item types and subject areas, training authors, peer-reviewing and quality assuring the items and assessments, and ensuring they are tagged with appropriate metadata. One of the biggest challenges has been to ensure that the assessments are deliverable across the four main virtual learning environments in use in Scottish colleges–and also through a stand-alone assessment system. COLA is significant because no other large project appears to have successfully developed standards-compliant assessment content for delivery across multiple VLEs. This paper discusses how COLA has dealt with the organizational, pedagogical and technical issues which arise when commissioning items from many authors for delivery across an educational sector.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/11254
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Research in Learning Technology, Vol 12, Iss 3 (2004)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Putting interoperability to the test: building a large reusable assessment item bank
dc.type	article