IAEA Webinar series

After it became clear that the IAEA Annual Congress in 2020 and 2021 could not go ahead due to the pandemic, the IAEA Board of Trustees decided to start a series of webinars to maintain contact with members. In the months after October 2020, 8 webinars were presented by members from different countries. The organization of these webinars was in the hands of Mary Pitnoniak. The webinars listed below can now be viewed again, as soon as a recording becomes available it will be made available via this page.

1st IAEA Webinar Paul Newton, 28 October, 2020

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On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Paul Newton of Ofqual presented on: Validity: The Big Picture In his presentation, Paul explains the two major threats to validity—construct underrepresentation and construct-irrelevant variance—in terms that your grandmother could understand. He introduces a metaphor, the signal processing metaphor, which helps us to understand how educational assessments are supposed to work; and, more importantly, how they can go wrong. This provides a “big picture” perspective…
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2nd IAEA Webinar Jongkamp & Dieteren 19 Januari, 2021

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On Thursday, December 17, at 13:00 (1:00 pm) GMT, Caroline Jongkamp and Nico Dieteren of Cito presented on the following topic: How to Assess Higher Order Thinking Skills: Theory and Practice for e-assessment Item Type. The webinar offers an introduction into item and test development for higher order thinking skills. The presenters share their experience in the do’s and don’ts when developing good digital item types and the use of checklists…
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3rd IAEA Webinar Xiaoting Huan, 29 april, 2021

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[double click on the video for full screen] On Thursday, April 29, 2021, Xiaoting Huang from the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (HKDSE) presented on the topic:  How to Assess Higher Order Thinking Skills: Theory and Practice for e-assessment Item Types. Making use of past HKDSE papers, the HKDSE Diagnostic Feedback System (DFS) aims to provide users with feedback that can facilitate learning and instruction. Specifically, students who take a set…
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4th IAEA Webinar Randy Bennett, 27 May, 2021

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On Thursday, May 27, 2021 Randy Bennett from Educational Testing Service presented on:  Equity and Assessment in the Post-COVID-19 Era In this presentation, Dr. Bennett considers the impact of structural inequity in U.S. society and its implications for educational assessment. To set the context, he briefly describes recent trends in U.S. K-12 and higher education assessment, and the effect of COVID-19 on those trends. Focusing on African Americans, he then…
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5th IAEA Webinar Tzur Karelitz, Thursday 29 July, 2021

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On Thursday, July 29, 2021, Tzur Karelitz from NITE in Israel presented on: Rethinking Face Validity: Using Stakeholders’ Perceptions for Validation Face validity is defined as whether, on the face of it, a test measures what it purports to measure. Measurement experts agree that this is not sufficient evidence to support the interpretation and use of test scores. However, their approach obscures the potential usefulness of studying stakeholders’ perceptions about…
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