1. The eAA will provide members with professional support by...
• creating and sustaining a vibrant e-community, with suitable web services including a website;
• publishing a high quality quarterly newsletter, designed to monitor trends in e-assessment and to document uptake/progress;
• organising an annual conference;
• publishing an up-to-date e-journal, which will present new ideas,
case studies and current practice; and
• establishing a body of independent experts and consultants willing
to provide help, support and guidance.
2. The eAA will work collaboratively with members and national organisations to create and communicate the positive contribution that technologies can make to assessment by…
• publishing and presenting ‘think pieces’;
• opening a dialogue with policy makers on assessment thinking;
• establishing current good practice;
• monitoring emerging new approaches;
• organising a network of leading thinkers to promote discussion and publication;
• seeking appropriate funding for research; and
• publishing the outcomes of that research.
3. The eAA will produce a statement of good practice for commercial
vendors by…
• collecting and explaining the relevance of existing standards, codes
and published guidance;
• bringing a significant group together to add to (or replace?) existing standards, where needed;
• developing and keeping up-to-date a good practice guide for teachers and providers alike;
• creating a kite mark in this area;
• and publishing the eAA standards on the eAA website.