Innovation: evolution or revolution? Transition to e-assessment

Aga Jop

Head of Student Services 26 March 2015

CIPFA - Background

CIPFA is the professional body for people in public finance

14,000 members work throughout the public services, in national audit agencies, in major accountancy firms, and in other bodies where public money needs to be effectively and efficiently managed

We provide information and guidance, courses and conferences, property and asset management solutions and consultancy

CIPFA Professional Qualification

Professional Certificate - Financial Accounting

- Management Accounting

- Financial Reporting

- Audit and Assurance

Professional Diploma - Public Finance and Taxation - Public Sector Financial Reporting - Governance, Public Policy and Ethics - Financial Management

- Business Strategy - Business Management

Strategic - Strategic Leadership - Strategic Financial Management

Why e-assessment

Push factors Globalisation and

geography War zones Risk management

Pull factors Gen X & Y Academic Technology

available

E-assessment – the vision

do NOT make exams easier make exams easier to achieve

On-demand? Where? How?

E-assessment – the whole 9 yards

Whole System Approach: Online management and authoring of questions and

exam papers Students taking multiple choice, short answer, essay

and case study exams online Online marking and script distribution Remote invigilation – e-proctoring

Planning – is key Start early: Jan 14 – rollout Jun 16

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Script distribution & marking

Management and allocation of scripts all done online

Real time monitoring of markers

Scripts distributed online No physical posting – no

more lost scripts!

Managing risks

Global internet connectivity

Adaption

Education

Administrators Examiners Authors Tutors Students

…and don’t forget governance!

Communication

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

George Bernard Shaw

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Online proctoring – the missing link

Contact details

Aga Jop Head of Student Services

T: +44 (0) 20 3117 1870 E: aga.jop@cipfa.org CIPFA | 77 Mansell Street| London | E1 8AN

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Governance

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What my organisation needs more than anything

else today is ………..?

Item bank?

Online marking system?

e-Assessment system?

System integration

e-Portfolio system?

Psychometric analysis?

Remote Invigilation?

App?

Personality Profile

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What organisations want?

Increase in security

Increase in Customers

Increase in Revenue

Increase in Profitability

Reduction in cost

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Enhanced reputation

What organisations want!

Qualified and continuingly Competent

people

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SnapAssess Question of the day Critical competency

Test of the week CPD points

Practice questions Instant feedback

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Qualifications

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Competencies

Engagement tools

Global server-side delivery

“White City” lockdown

Legacy contracts

Content security/authoring

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Integration

CIPFA specific challenges

Customer experience

Legacy contracts

Environmental Impact

Denis Saunders Director

T: +44 (0) 1332 222683 E: denis.saunders@calibrand.com

web: www.calibrand.com;www.caliqual.org : https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/denis-saunders/b/84a/81 : @calibrand

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