Inspera + Canvas LMS
The Exam is Dead, but is it Really?
The Case for
Using Exams Appropriately as an Assessment Instrument
12pm (midday) UK time
As Educators continue to innovate and vary their assessment instruments to move away from terminal exams, how do we ensure that the exams that remain are valid and reliable. Is there a place for authenticity in exams, or that be baked into other assessment types instead?
Join us to hear the thoughts of Professor Mary Richardson (Institute of Education, University College London) and Ishan Kolhatkar (Global Client Evangelist, Inspera) on the place for exams within a balanced diet of assessment instruments
- While we diversify assessment, where do exams remain the best assessment instrument?
- Do exams need to be authentic or should authenticity be baked into other assessment instruments?
- What does good look like when it comes to exams in a modern world?
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Featured Speakers
Professor Mary Richardson
Professor Mary Richardson
Mary Richardson is Professor of Educational Assessment at the IOE: UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. She is currently the leader of the EdD Professional Doctorate programme and a tutor on the MA Educational Assessment. Her doctoral candidates focus on a wide range of topics related to assessment including: social media representation, ethics and anxiety in testing, and comparative judgement, to name just a few. Mary's own research is anchored in assessment with specialist expertise in student experiences, public understanding of testing, the ethics of assessment and currently, what AI might mean to all our assessment futures. She sits on the Research Board for Qualifications Wales, for AQA Exam Board's Research Department and is the co-convenor of the British Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group (SIG) for Curriculum and Assessment. When she is not thinking about assessment, Mary is a keen middle distance runner and passionate about northern soul music
Ishan Kolhatkar
Ishan Kolhatkar
Ishan Kolhatkar is a Global Client Evangelist at Inspera and an education technology leader. With over a decade of experience in the intersection of technology and education, Ishan is committed to driving positive change and inspiring the adoption of modern assessment methodologies worldwide. Before joining Inspera, Ishan was a legal academic following a career as a Barrister. He was Deputy Dean of Learning and Teaching and Director of EdTech which led to him purchasing and implementing Inspera. He has a deep understanding of how pedagogy needs to be enabled by technology through experience before and while at Inspera. He was on the Department for Education T-Level panel for Law. Ishan is an internationally recognised industry expert in education, digital assessment, digital transformation, digital enablement and change management. As an author, he writes for national and international education publications such as Times Higher Education. He has been a speaker at numerous leading education conferences, including Assessment in Higher Education and Association for Learning Technology, THE Campus Live and THE Digital Universities in the UK, MENA, Asia and ANZ, and the EDUtech Asia and ANZ. Away from work, he's a keen amateur chef, posting pictures of his food online.