Hi all

The third year Radiography students only write three tests during the year according to the blocks that they have finished in the Anatomy class.  Because they only have three assessments, their formative assessment is high stakes instead of low stakes, taking into account that their year mark (made up by the three tests alone) counts 60% of their final mark.

Therefore there is a need to increase the amount of assessments to increase the learning that takes place by the students during the block.  This will also help that students undertake a deep approach to learning all of the time and not just cramming when it comes to the tests.  Also the third year students are required to identify structures on cross sections, CT and MRI scans and they only see these images that they have to know, once during the block just before they have to write their block test.  They therefore do not have sufficient revision time with the materials in the cross-section training practicals.

My needs analysis is therefore to increase the amount of assessments in the year so that the students are not over assesssed but that their year mark counts out of more assessments that just the three block assessments during the year.  At the same time students must be able to learn their cross sections.

I think the best medium where we can do this is through blogging or WIKISpace where i can post pictures of the cross sections where each student will have to answer the posted questions regarding the posted cross section. I still have the issue of how I will go about marking the activity of the students for marks or do they only get marks for active participation in the process?

Expectations for the block

I have been waiting in trepidation for this to start. I am so excited about learning all the ins and outs of what lEarning can offer me.
In the beginning of the year my plan was to use WIKISpace with my third year Radiography students but I must admit that I never got round to it with all the pressure of the other modules and another change in the structure of their curriculum.

So I am just looking forward to have somebody to bounce my ideas off, for what i might be able to do with my students next year.  I am also eager to learn all that is to know about using technology as a tool in the learning of students and how to make use of different tools to engage the students when necessary.

This is going to be so exciting