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Online Assessment in the Sciences Ian D. Thompson ian.thompson@strath.ac.uk © University of Strathclyde 2004 &

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What is SPIDER? Strathclyde in-house project in development since 1998 Virtual Learning Environment Strathclyde Personal Interactive Development & Educational Resource

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What is SPIDER?cont.. online system to support learning, teaching and administration caters for Faculty of Science (10 departments) plus Master of International Management (90 staff/student users) current trial by dept. Economics SPIDER intranet at IMU in Malaysia since Feb 2002 4200+ users 280+ classes

Why in-house?: 

Why in-house? commercial offerings all have limitations supports our teaching philosophy & style meets individual course learning and management needs allows customisation and continued development integration with current systems cost

Technology : 

Technology Linux OS Apache web server mySQL database PHP all freeware (open source) outlay only for hardware/ development

What is SPIDER used for?: 

What is SPIDER used for? support & enhance teaching content management and content creation communication peer or staff lead discussion/ chat targeted news & mailing list management Assessment, monitoring and reporting Personal Development Portfolio groups, file sharing, dept databases, examination returns, counsellee listings, user data, feedback questionnaires + many other tools… want/ need anything else?  have source code, so build it!

Assessment: SINQ or SWIMS?: 

Assessment: SINQ or SWIMS? Shockwave InterNet Quiz viewer - SINQ tool allows learner to take assessments free movement between questions save and recovery at any point +/- feedback +/- mark

SINQ or SWIMS?cont..: 

SINQ or SWIMS?cont.. ShockWave IMS quiz builder - SWIMS create/ share question banks MCQ (single, multiple T/F) drag and drop/ drag and label numeric import/ export questions question order randomisation question option randomisation create self or formal assessments control access, # attempts, question subsets...

What is SQuID ?: 

What is SQuID ? Fully integrated into the SPIDER system quiz/ assessment monitoring and reporting Student Quiz Information Database

Benefits to learners: 

Benefits to learners Self paced - start, save, return later Any time, from any internet connection Instant marking - no waiting for results Learning from feedback Multiple attempts allow revision if large Q bank -> different Q set each time Self review & achievement “history” general performance indicator

Benefits...: 

Benefits...

Benefits to staff: 

Benefits to staff Automatic marking & result accumulation Report generation + export Review Q by Q responses Access individual or entire class(es) Monitor usage/ compliance Questions/ quizzes re-useable without additional effort

Benefits to staff: 

Benefits to staff

Use cases: 

Use cases 2 examples from undergraduate science courses at Strathclyde

Use case 1 - 59102: 

Use case 1 - 59102 Physiology I - part of MPharm (year 1) Approx. 120 students/pa 5 compulsory self learning quizzes spread across semester

Use case 1 - 59102: 

Use case 1 - 59102 students have deadline for each quiz usage monitored via SQuID “absentee” tool non-completion  email query continued non-completion  NQ’d

Use case 2 - 09310: 

Use case 2 - 09310 Fundamental Immunology - year 3 in joint honours BSc around 80 students/ pa course changed in 2000-01 from 100% written examination to 20% essay, 15% web exam, 65% written 5 self learning quizzes recommended, not compulsory* usage monitored *compulsory from session 03-04

Use case 2 - 09310: 

Use case 2 - 09310 SPIDER used for both formative and summative web assessment changes made a dramatic improvement in student performance pass rate: 61% in 1999/2000 89% in 2000/2001 86% in 2001/2002 85% in 2002/2003

Success?: 

Success? SPIDER - fundamental learning tool SQuID reporting and monitoring integration of assessment quality questions feedback reduced administration overhead improved use of staff time improved overall learning experience

Addresses: 

http://spider.science.strath.ac.uk Development system http://spider-dev.pharmacy.strath.ac.uk guest logins development diary, documentation, training ian.thompson@strath.ac.uk Addresses http://spider-dev.pharmacy.strath.ac.uk http://spider.science.strath.ac.uk