second Indian e-Assessment conference and exhibition to be held in Kolkata in the summer of 2009 (click here for more details) - an event in partnership with NASSCOM
The next in a series of Seminars on e-Assessment and it’s impact on Education and Development in India
21st Century Techniques and Technologies to Measure Knowledge and Understanding
Thursday 12th February 2009 School of Management Sciences, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
click here for details of the forthcoming Kolkata 2009 Conference
Assessment Tomorrow was invited by Bengal Engineering and Science University, School of Management Sciences, West Bengal to run the another in it’s series of seminars in India on e-Assessment - that is the use of technology to measure skills, knowledge and understanding.
As with the earlier Assessment Tomorrow seminars, this event at the University focussed on the tools and techniques of e-Assessment, how it can be applied to successfully provide assessments of skills, knowledge and understanding and hear case studies of implementations and the lessons learnt.
This invitation resulted from the highly successful Bangalore 2007 Assessment Tomorrow conference (click here for more details) managed by Assessment Tomorrow Ltd. It augers well for the second Indian e-Assessment conference and exhibition to be held in Kolkata in the summer of 2009 (click here for more details) - an event in partnership with NASSCOM
For those using, or considering using, ICT
to measure the skills & knowledge of candidates taking formal academic or professional qualifications,
or taking advantage of the flexibility and effectiveness of the technology to record and assess learning,
or for continuing professional development of staff, even using it to appraise employees and candidates,
The focus of the event will be the use of e-Assessment in the Higher Education The challenge for higher education is how it can use the technology to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of it’s students and how it can optimize the benefits that the latest tools and techniques offer.
e-Assessment offers exciting and innovative approaches to otherwise costly or inflexible assessment of learners, students or employees.
The seminars, lasting 3 hours each, present options and best practice for the successful selection and implementation of e-Assessment in an educational institution. Attendance at the seminar is by invitation only. For more details about this and other seminars please email e.aryans@gmail.com
Location: School of Management Sciences, BESU, Shibpur, PO- Garden, Howrah-711103
We are grateful to the vision and support of School of Management Science BESU
For the latest developments in e-Assessment and computer based testing and assessment The e-Assessment-Question 7th annual conference 18th/19th March 2009 at the Shaw Theatre and Novotel St Pancras London click here to find out more about this exciting event
Assessment Tomorrow, UK, Director, Jeff Ross is invited to speak at the ICT East 2008 Conf organised by Confederation of Indian Industries on 6th August 08 Session IV : 1645 hrs – 1745 hrs : Panel Discussion – "Human Resource – The Rocket Fuel for Growth" LINK
