Connecting with the Future

21 April 201021 April 2010

Graeme ClarkGraeme Clark

Connecting with the Future

21 April 201021 April 2010

Graeme ClarkGraeme Clark

Technologies and contentTechnologies and content E-testing (Solar) – summative and formative

assessment delivery

E-Portfolio’s for SfW

Games-based assessment and use of social software to assess group work using wikis and blogs

Flexible Web-based learning materials

tools to support improvement in the learning and assessment experience

CPD using SQA Academy

Solar e-assessments Solar e-assessments Summative and Formative e-assessment

Banks of questions developed by subject specialists

Input to central system managed by SQA

Available to all SQA centres

Majority of content for HN & National Certificates

Ongoing expansion plans!

www.sqasolar.org.uk

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Summative– Pre-verified and automatically marked– Unit and topic based– Item bank (no versions)– Secure web-based delivery

Authored, peer reviewed by subject specialists

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Formative– Item bank of topic/unit based questions with addition

of rich context specific feedback– Available direct to learners– Supporting learning rather than practice for

assessment/exam– Web-based delivery –

www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess

Authored, peer reviewed by subject specialists

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Topic-based formative content

Administration & IT

Business

Accounts

Admin & IT – Graded Units (S) – available NOW

www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess

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ContactContactContactContact

Graeme ClarkProject Manager

SQA0845 213 5581

solar@sqa.org.uk

www.sqasolar.org.uk