Recently, a panel of experts from Jisc (a UK-based digital, data, and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research, and innovation) and Warwick University participated in a webinar on reframing assessment, hosted by GoReact and EdQuarter magazine. Many of the findings that follow are lifted from that conversation.
Prior to the pandemic, student evaluation in higher education looked very different. Assessment of knowledge and competency was largely accomplished through exams, written assignments, and the like. When COVID happened, universities were forced to pivot quickly, from in-person to online instruction and assessment. They soon recognized that former assessment strategies would not work in a digital space.
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