RSC-Northwest eMagazine Supplement
Other Stake-holders
Learning Providers...
Will the use of eAssessment, eRARPA and ePDP Portfolios...
Improve:
Ensure:
- COMMUNICATION about individual learners with all those involved in their learning? (Trainers/Tutors, Assessors, Verifiers etc.)
- MOTIVATION and FOCUS of learners? (Via peer and/or Trainer/Tutor feedback/assessment 24/7)
- SUSTAINABILITY? (Initial & ongoing costs; management/upgrade cost; staff development/learner development costs etc. Providing affordable tools & skills that learners can use throughout their life-long learning and/or use the technology learners 'already have'.)
- LEARNER EMPOWERMENT? - retaining input validation (Use of ePDP Portfolios for preparation; transfer validated evidence into eAssessment or eRARPA Portfolios with digital signatures)
- SAVE time and money? (by using multimedia evidence; VOIP; Mobile Phones; pod-/vodcasts etc)
- ACCESS to quality data and dynamic reports? (Built-in Assessment Management systems)
Practitioners...
Will the use of eAssessment, eRARPA and ePDP Portfolios...
- EMPOWER LEARNERS? - enabling them to participate more actively in the planning and evaluation of their own learning
- TRACK INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS? - facilitating effective and relevant target setting, monitoring and formal and informal reviewing.
- PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION? - access to individual and group information through one system - removing the need for paper-based records; providing a full and holistic view of the learner.
- ENGAGE THE DISENGAGED? - raise aspirations and increase the take-up of continued lifelong education; providing personalised support and guidance needed in their learning to be able to look, plan and progress towards achievement.
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Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University