Talk:Assessment item banks and repositories

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If would like to discuss any of the issues raised in these papers, you may also post to either or both of the JISC CETIS Assessment and Metadata and Digital Repository JISCMail lists. --Philb 09:54, 4 June 2007 (BST)

Assessment Item Banks and Repositories
general issues:


 * I know they probably are, but are the rights over the use of the illustrations/ images cleared?
 * this is a fee-paid piece of work and the author may not be covered by fair dealing - I comment as only one figure (D) has a cc licence. In particular the IMS one has no rights info.--Johnr 17:02, 26 March 2007 (BST)


 * There's a lot of narrative/history related in this document and included in the style of its presentation - especially in the repositories section.
 * I appreciate why it's there, but is it necessary?
 * I think it leads to item banks being overpowered (both in terms on number of pages and the impression given). I can provide specific examples if that would be helpful.--Johnr 17:02, 26 March 2007 (BST)

section 4.2:Overview of similarities
(thank you for numbering the sections :) ) this section is too short - this is the crux of the paper and the tables should be in this section and discussed. these tables form the basis of the concluding second sentence in section 5 "clearly, in line with... " and there has not been enough (any?) discussion of the evidence for this conclusion in the main body of the document. --Johnr 17:02, 26 March 2007 (BST)