Minutes of SIG meetings



contents home standards news features documents frequently asked questions events forum links www.cetis.ac.uk		CETIS: Interoperability Standards and Assessment Minutes of SIG meetings The Assessment SIG holds quarterly meetings at which members have the opportunity to network, learn about developments in relevant standards and specifications, and see examples of QTI implementations in action. Minutes from previous meetings are available below; for information on forthcoming meetings, see Events Viewers for MS Word and PowerPoint files can be downloaded for free. Linux, Macintosh and Solaris users (and some Windows users!) may prefer to download OpenOffice, also free. Adobe Acrobat Reader is also free to download. 27 June 2006, University of Wales Bangor: joint meeting with the CETIS-TechDis Accessibility SIG Presentations and notes from the day are available through the Accessibility SIG events page. 16 March 2006, University of Strathclyde: twentieth SIG meeting Presentations: eAssessment Glossary - Malcolm Batchelor, JISC eAssessment Roadmap - Denise Whitelock, Open University eAssessment Reference Model - Dave Millard and Yvonne Howard, University of Southampton ELF: future plans - Sam Easterby-Smith, CETIS QTITalk - Niall Barr, NB Software/Questionmark The event was followed by an evaluation workshop by the eAssessment Reference Model (FREMA) project. 24 January 2006, University of Wolverhampton: joint meeting with the CETIS Portfolio SIG Presentations will be made available through the Portfolio SIG events page. 15-16 November 2005, Heriot-Watt University: JISC-CETIS Conference Presentations and podcasts from the assessment strand are available from the conference website. The recommendations of the assessment strand are also available. 21 July 2005, University of Strathclyde: seventeenth SIG meeting minutes and agenda. Presentations: Dick Bacon, University of Surrey: QTI in SToMP. Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde: Web services in the assessment domain. Mhairi McAlpine, Scottish Qualifications Authority: Maths Itembanking Project. Documents: Mhairi McAlpine, Martyn Ware and Linn van der Zanden, Scottish Qualifications Authority: Maths Itembanking Project - a work in progress (first published at CAA 2005). Summary of evaluation forms. 20 July 2005, Premier Travel Inn, Glasgow: CETIS QTI CodeBash and ELF Developers' Forum meeting Presentations and resources: Presentations from the ELF Developers' Forum are available on the Forum website. Public version of the CodeBash website; participants can also log in here. Documents: Summary of evaluation forms. Reports on the event: Mark Stubbs, the eLearning Framework 28 April 2005, University of Southampton: sixteenth SIG meeting agenda. Presentations: Rowin Young, University of Strathclyde: Standards and specifications update Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde: APIS Alex Smith, University of York: RQP Summary of evaluation forms. 26 January 2005, University of York: fifteenth SIG meeting minutes and agenda. Presentations: Steve Lay, UCLES - What's new in IMS QTI v2.0? Manolis Mavrikis, University of Edinburgh - MathsQTI update Robert Sherratt, University of Hull - ISIS and Assis: a tale of two projects Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde - ASSIS/APIS Chris Sangwin, University of Birmingham - Response processing in CAA with computer algebra Summary of evaluation forms. 20 October 2004, Bolton Institute: joint CETIS Assessment SIG and Pedagogy Forum meeting minutes and presentations. 28 July 2004, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow: thirteenth SIG meeting minutes. 26 April 2004, University of Surrey, Guildford: twelfth SIG meeting minutes. Presentations: Steve Jeyes, Newark and Sherwood College - QTI, Learning Design and Simple Sequencing Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde - QTI activities Niall Sclater, University of Strathclyde - IBIS Dick Bacon, University of Surrey - SToMP and item banks 12 January 2004, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam: eleventh SIG meeting minutes. Presentations: Presentations from the meeting can be downloaded from the SURF SiX website. 29 August 2003, Learning and Teaching Scotland, Glasgow: tenth SIG meeting minutes. Presentations: Scott Wilson, CETIS Assistant Director - Assessment: IMS & OKI Updated version (3 October 2003) of the LTScotland content package (zip file) (4 August 2003) LTScotland content package - includes viewer. (zip file) Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde - QTI for Maths. Manolis Mavrikis, University of Edinburgh - QTI Extensions with Maths and Interaction in Mind. Dick Bacon, University of Surrey - QTI Extensions: variables. Summary of evaluation forms. 29 April 2003, University of Southampton: ninth SIG meeting minutes. Presentations: Lorna Campbell, CETIS Assistant Director - The UK Common Metadata Framework and X4L. Niall Sclater, University of Strathclyde - TOIA. Link to Kevin Palmer's Free Response Enquiry Engine, Coleg Llandrillo. Dick Bacon, University of Surrey - Numeric Answers and Random Variables. Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde - Oghma. Niall Barr, University of Strathclyde - Interactive ASI Documentation. Summary of evaluation forms. 8 January 2003, University of Surrey, Guildford - eighth SIG meeting minutes. Presentations: Dick Bacon, University of Surrey - Developing a new testing system aimed at QTI compliance. 27 September 2002, Sheffield Hallam University - seventh SIG meeting minutes. 8 July 2002, Loughborough University - sixth SIG meeting minutes. 5 May 2002, Universities of Oxford and Sheffield Roadshows - presentation on IMS QTI Specification and Assessment Content Reuse. 18 March 2002, University of Cambridge - fifth SIG meeting minutes.