In 2014, the Bloomsbury Learning Environment (BLE) Consortium initiated a wide-ranging, two-year-long research and dissemination project focusing on the use of technology in assessment and feedback. Our aim was to understand and improve processes, practices, opportunities and tools available to the institutional members of the BLE Consortium. From the project, we produced three research papers investigating current practice and 21 case studies describing both technology-enabled pedagogy and technical development. Now presented as a free ebook, co-edited by Leo Havemann and Sarah Sherman, we offer the flavour of the variety and breadth of the BLE’s activities relating to the project theme as a contribution to the education sector’s widening conversation about the interplay of assessment, feedback, pedagogy and technology.

Feedback support

Cardiovascular effects of exercise explained for the general public, including simulations, videos and scientific papers. Used to inform and provoke the general public live healthier and learn more. The concepts explained can facilitate the teaching and learning process. Some of the concepts covered are: Risks factors and causes of cardiovascular disease. The way cardiovascular disease causes chronic kidney disease and problems with other organs such as the lungs. The videos created explaining heart adaptations can also be used to facilitate the teaching and learning process. The scientific blog can showcase the type of work first year Applied Medical Sciences, Cancer Biomedicine and Nutrition are expected to create.

Developed through an interdisciplinary collaboration between UCL Engineering and the Slade School of Fine Art, this toolkit provides guidance for HE staff who wish to create outward-facing student-generated educational materials.

Short overview on how to re-think and re-design multiple choice questions with online delivery in mind.

Rubric to assess internships/work-based learning through video-blog (vlog) submissions

Blogging as an assessment tool for a third-year Master's level module.

Creating a virtual exhibition using UCL Reflect, UCL's blogging tool, in Arts and Science.

Creating an online exhibition by using the UCL Reflect blogging platform.

Introducing a portfolio assessment activity in Medical Sciences via blogging, with UCL Reflect.

Worksheet for students. Helps students to unpack, understand and use feedback more effectively.

Short presentation given to students that is aimed at helping them use feedback more effectively. Helps students to understand and make the most of feedback.