Connecting with the Future
21 April 2010
Graeme Clark
Technologies 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
 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
Solar e-assessments
 Summative
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Pre-verified and automatically marked
Unit and topic based
Item bank (no versions)
Secure web-based delivery
 Authored, peer reviewed by subject specialists
Solar e-assessments
 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
New HN - Summative & Formative
Content – available Summer 2010
Topic-based formative content
 Administration & IT
 Business
 Accounts
Admin & IT – Graded Units (S) – available NOW
www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess
Questions
Contact
Graeme Clark
Project Manager
SQA
0845 213 5581
[email protected]
www.sqasolar.org.uk