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Thanks to all participants! The conference is now over and the organising committee would like to thank all participants, especially the speakers and paper-/poster-presenters. The overall aim for this international interdisciplinary conference (June 7-9, 2006) was to gather people, thoughts, and experiences to analyse and advance the use of assessment in higher education. There were a number of presentations available (international keynote speakers, paper presentations and poster displays) . The list of participants includes over 130 researchers, university teachers, higher education administrators and scholars from these countries: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden (40 percent of the participants), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. * * * The information and discussion forum is up and running. * * * The Conference Proceedings
are published. The document is entitled “EM No 57. ECTS and Assessment
in Higher Education. Conference Proceedings.” (Kent Löfgren,
Editor) and it can be accessed from this
page. * * * The assessment and grading of students is one of the most important elements of higher education given its profound effect on students’ learning and their future careers and given the information it provides for institutions about the effectiveness of teaching and learners’ support. It is an important factor in the effort to monitor and develop quality, as described and discussed in, for example, the “Standards and Guidelines” developed by The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). It is also an important factor for discussion in the on-going Bologna Process in European higher education, given its relationship to concepts such as learning outcomes and competences to be acquired. These aspects of assessment, and many other perspectives and issues, were discussed at this conference and that is why it was important for anyone who is interested in quality assurance in higher education to attend. Attending the conference was a must if you wanted to gain a picture of current approaches to assessment, share experiences and locate your own practices in a wider context. * * * I sincerely hope
this web site provides you with sufficient information. Should you have
any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards Kent Lofgren, for the Programme Committee * * * Link to the International Office at Umeå University, Sweden. Link to information about funding to study or do research in Sweden. * * * |
The Bologna 2007 Secretariate web info.
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This conference was organized by the Department of Educational Measurement at Umeå University, Sweden. |
