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The three-year Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) Programme has now closed, as planned, on 31 ...
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The Blackboard Catalyst Award at the EMA Awards Celebration 2019
On Thursday 13th June, the EMA team was delighted to welcome colleagues from across a ...
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We would like to remind staff that the EMA Programme is pleased to be able ...
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Yota Dimitriadi in interview
In this latest EMA Interview, Dr Yota Dimitriadi speaks to Daniela Standen and Rachel Wood ...
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Students taking part in a focus group
Since the start of the EMA Programme we had been aware of student feeling surrounding ...
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Finalist badge for e-Assessment Awards 2019
Following a nomination back in January, we have just been informed that the EMA Programme ...
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There are a number of features, preferences and extensions built into to your computer and ...
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Emma Mayhew (EMA Academic Director), Geoff Taggart (EMA Academic Partner) and Michelle Reid (Study Advisor) ...
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The second go-live for EMA Integration took place on 1st February 2019, which means that ...
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Are you marking coursework and returning feedback to your students online?  Go to the TEL ...
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Vikki Holmes presenting at Durham
The work of the EMA Programme was profiled earlier this month at the annual Blackboard ...
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The first EMA Integration, between RISIS and Blackboard, successfully went live on schedule for the ...
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Integration between Blackboard and RISIS – Go-Live on 3rd January!   The “go-live” of the ...
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Colleagues taking their seats at the December Mince Pie briefing.
December 12th saw the EMA Programme hold the latest in its series of 'EMA Programme ...
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The EMA Programme and the Academic Tutor System are working collaboratively to support student success ...
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TEL: EMA USING BLACKBOARD WITH RISIS INTEGRATION These sessions are specifically designed for Administrators.  They ...
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Did you know… about the range of functionality now available to you in RISIS? The ...
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Update: We are pleased to be able to now provide a comprehensive update on EMA ...
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This academic year the EMA programme is supporting the majority of Schools to increase electronic ...
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How can I get a second screen to make online marking easier? During discussions with ...
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Amanda Cockayne is Programme Director of the PGCE Primary programme in the Institute of Education. In this ...
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The EMA Programme have created an Online Resource Map in liaison with colleagues from the Technology Enhanced ...
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About Quickmarks A ‘quickmark’ is a tailor-made bubble comment which tutors tend to use repeatedly ...
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Dear Colleagues, This year the Electronic Management of Assessment Programme (EMA) is helping schools across ...
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The TEL team have been working to prepare resources and training for the rollout of ...
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Attendees sat at the REmaking Marking conference
On Tuesday 4th September 2018, 74 colleagues representing 34 UK Higher Education institutions attended the ...
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We are pleased to report that after detailed project scoping work, in late July the ...
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In this interview, Professor Cindy Becker talks about her experiences implementing audio feedback in her ...
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Experience of EMA: Luisa Ciampi (SPA) Role: Senior Programme Administrator   Previous experience of electronic management ...
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The lecture theatre prior to the breakfast briefing
On Wednesday 27th June the EMA Programme held one of our regular 'Breakfast Briefings'. These ...
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Students taking part in a focus group
The University is running a major programme to improve the experience of assessment for students ...
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On September 4th 2018, the EMA Programme is hosting a one-day national conference, at the University of Reading, ...
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Experience of EMA: Sophie Harrington Role: Student, BA English Literature   Previous experience of electronic management ...
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Experience of EMA: Dr Nicola Abram Role: Lecturer in Literatures in English   Previous experience of ...
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Catherine Foley Catherine Foley is a lecturer in Primary Maths Education in the Institute of ...
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Emma Mayhew welcomes attendees at the EMA symposium
Dr Madeleine Davies and Dr Emma Mayhew On Tuesday 22nd May 2018, over 150 colleagues from across the university ...
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Today the EMA Symposium (#REMA18) took place at the University of Reading, generating a lot ...
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Emily Parsons Emily Parsons is a Senior Programme Administrator within the School of Agriculture, Policy and ...
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Experiences of EMA: Stephanie Sharp Role: Lecturer BA Ed (QTS) with English Specialism   Previous experience ...
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Today we are pleased to present the official programme for the EMA Symposium (#REMA18), which ...
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Dr Bolanle Adebola Today we present a new EMA case study by Dr Bolanle Adebola. Dr ...
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We are delighted to announce that the EMA programme is hosting a one-day EMA Symposium on online ...
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Thursday 26th April, The EMA programme will be hosting an EMA Online Submission and Marking Introduction session, ...
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Professor Andrew Wade Today we present a new EMA case study by Professor Andrew Wade ...
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Pilar Gray Carlos Pilar Gray-Carlos is a Lecturer and Institution Wide Language Programme Coordinator for ...
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Dr Geoff Taggart Dr Geoff Taggart is a lecturer in the Institute of Education and Programme ...
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One year ago the Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) Programme secured full agreement to proceed ...
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Rob Playfair On the pre-sessional English (PSE) course, in the summer of 2017, the course ...
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Attendees at the EMA symposium
The eSubmission, Feedback and Grading (eSFG) Work Stream ran a briefing today for all Teaching ...
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Dr Madeleine Davies This Case Study outlines the use of Learning Journals and online marking ...
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Emma Mayhew (Academic Director, EMA) and Maria Papaefthimiou (Senior TEL Advisor) headed north this week ...
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Colleagues from the core systems work stream.
After 7 months of preparation, development and testing, the Core Systems workstream celebrated the go-live ...
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Jonathan Smith is the School Director for Technology Enhanced Learning in ISLI. He is also ...
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Professor Will Hughes Professor Will Hughes has extensively used rubric grids within Grademark across of ...
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Attendess at the spring breakfast briefing.
The Core Systems Work Stream held a fourth breakfast briefing for all Programme Administrative colleagues ...
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Kat Lee, lead for the Core Systems Work Stream, and Emma Mayhew attended the Autumn ...
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Yara El Gowhary, Sarah Craig and AJck Lambert-Taylor in the Harris garden
Over the past three months the EMA programme has recruited three Graduate Partners, joining the ...
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