The 2008 eLearning @ Edinburgh Conference took place Friday 25th April in the National e-Science Centre.
The theme this year was improving feedback through the use of technology. Presentations include demonstrations and descriptions of different tools and how they are being used to improve the quality and quantity of feedback available for students.
The venue for the event is the National e-Science Centre.
If you have further questions, comments or suggestions please email elearnhelp@ed.ac.uk
Speakers' presentations are available here as pdf (Printable Document Format) downloads. If you would like a copy of the presentations in their original format please email elearnhelp@ed.ac.uk with your request.
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12:45 - 1:30 Prof David Nicol, University of Strathclyde:
Re-engineering assessment practices in Scottish Higher Education
http://www.reap.ac.uk
Speaker presentation (1.8Mb) 
1:30 - 2:00 Paul McLaughlin/Wesley Kerr
Richer fuller feedback for essays
Speaker presentation (2.7Mb)
2:00 - 2:30 Andrew Litchfield, Sydney University of Technology
Self and Peer assessment in groupwork: TeCTra
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/raban-poster.pdf
Speaker presentation (2.9Mb)
2:30 - 3.00 Coffee Break and Posters
3:00 - 4:00 Case studies
Hazel Hall, Napier University - Blogging, reflective learning and peer support
Publications List
Speaker presentation (1.6Mb)
Dave Laurenson, School of Engineering - Experiment on using new technology for student presentations
Speaker presentation (4.6Mb)
Daniela Gachago, CSE and Ruby Rennie, HSS - Learning academic referencing: awareness and feedback by using Turnitin self-submissions http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/ltstrategy/events.html
Speaker presentation (1.9Mb)
4:00 Response from EUSA
Anna Davidson, EUSA VP Academic Affairs
Speaker presentation (19Kb)
4:10 General Discussion; next steps; general Q & A
Finish by 4:30pm