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"The conference is part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project, a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. REAP is a collaboration across the University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University. REAP is evaluating the impact of new assessment practices supported by technology at course, faculty and institutional level.Conference themes: Focusing on assessment FOR learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions.Assessment and the first year experienceGreat designs for assessmentInstitutional strategies (designs) for assessment"

Tool to support assessment strategy and ensure alignment with learning outcomes (a la Biggs) Would be useful to test with some assessments and see how it matches.

Thoughtful piece on self assessment by students

Abstract How we go about assessing HE students has such a significant impact on student learning that we need to rethink our whole curriculum design process to foreground assessment.

Develop your assessment strategy and align your assessment with your learning outcomes.

A high level view of the the academic process of assessment and feedback.

"Enhancing assessment and feedback with technology: a guide for FE and skills"

Deakin trying out a MOOC with some interesting assessment ideas - mainly assessed via peer review and awarding of badges, formal credit on payment of $495 fee involves an interview with the student as well as learning artefacts. 

the place and purpose of authentic assessment - based on the premise that when students leave education 'they should know what big people do'.

Innovative Assessment. Article by Graham Mohl.

Lit Reviews on e-assessment.

"A brief but informative booklet has just been released by BECTA titled Messages from Evidence: Assessment using technology."

Professor Geoffrey Crisp (University of Adelaide, Australia) presents a webinar on the changes in the student learning environment afforded by Web 2.0 and leads a discussion on why assessment practices need to change in response to these new learning environments.

"Here, learning designer Judith Boettcher examines online assessment strategies beyond the traditional end-of-term paper."

Open course on Open Badges (Mozilla) and assessment

"Presented here are several original CATs [classroom assessment technique] proposed by Angelo and Cross with their technology-enhanced suggestions for use in online classrooms"

Where is all the assessment in a programme? A set of tools to visually display programme assessment.

"(NZ) pupils may soon be able to sit school assessments online when they are ready, rather than waiting for the traditional exam period."