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eAA 2022 end of Year Wrap up with Guest Speaker Professor Dr Ger Graus OBE
December 16th 2022The eAA's 2022 end of year wrap up. eAA CEO Matt Wingfield is joined by Professor Dr Ger Graus OBE, in a fascinating discussion on the topic of Edtech through a different lens - views with the benefit of hindsight. Dr Graus touches on developments in the EdTech world, including hybrid and immerse learning, assessment 2030, how we can get to know our children better through measuring what we value, and wonders what it means for us all. He also asks “What’s new?” We also announce the winner of the 2022 People's Choice Award and look back at 2022 as well as sharing some of the eAA's plans for 2023.
Read MoreNewsletter November 2022
December 16th 2022Welcome to our November 2022 Newsletter Guest Editor and eAA Chair, Graham Hudson As 2022 draws to a close, eAA Chair, Graham Hudson, reflects on what has been a very exciting year, including the publication of AQA's report, 'On-screen exams: what school leaders, teachers and students think', articles from eAA Chief Executive Matt Wingfield, our CEO, reflecting on events he has attended over the past few months, contributions from two...
Read MoreAugmenting Professional Creativity through Hands-On Assessment
November 29th 2022A case study from TCS iON 'Hands-On' is a concept of ‘assessing by doing’. We all know the benefits it can provide in making assessments more interesting as well as retaining the knowledge gained for a longer period. TCS iON recently leveraged it to solve business challenges of one of their corporate customers as well as to measure candidate’s capabilities more efficiently while recruiting. We worked with Euroclear - a...
Read MoreSurpass Webinar: Save time and improve your candidates’ exam booking experience with Scheduler
November 8th 2022In this webinar, discover how prominent legal organisation the Bar Standards Board (BSB) have used the new Scheduler booking system to save time and improve their candidates’ exam booking experience. In addition, the webinar covered: how the new system is optimised for Surpass test centres and remote invigilation services how Scheduler's easy and intuitive process lets candidates book tests within Surpass based on exam times, test centre location or online...
Read MorePSI and UK Home Office – Using journey mapping to uphold test integrity and improve the test taker experience
November 4th 2022PSI has partnered with the UK Home Office to deliver secure LitUK testing for over a decade. Well into an effective partnership, with test taker satisfaction levels consistently above 90%, the team knew they were getting a lot right. But they still wanted to identify possible areas for improvement, potential gaps and operational efficiencies. Most importantly, mapping and analyzing the test taker journey was an opportunity to look at the LitUK testing experience from the test taker perspective. To make the experience as easy and accessible as possible – for all test takers.
Read MoreSarasTM Test and Assessment for a leading Public University in Saudi Arabia
November 4th 2022The client is a leading Public University in Saudi Arabia and is a pioneer of technology adoption in colleges across the region. It complies with the National Transformation Program and follows the Kingdom 2030 plan to make the university the first choice for students. In 2022, it sought to migrate its legacy assessment system to Excelsoft’s Saras Test and Assessment to deliver academic high-stakes exams. The client deployed Excelsoft’s Saras Test and Assessment as the sole end-to-end assessment platform. The aim was to increase the process efficiency and facilitate a robust, inclusive, easy-to-use assessment solution for their professors and students.
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