Assessment of learning outcomes: The EASIMAP solution

This paper was presented at the 2008 Engineering Conference - Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education.

This paper explores some of the key issues regarding assessment practice details the rationale for and purpose of the project identifies stakeholder needs and describes the work undertaken to design and develop an electronic tool to support academics in the assessment of learning outcomes. In addition the paper reports upon the early stages of the piloting of the EASIMAP Tool in a number of Engineering degree programmes across different higher education institutions.