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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Johnson, Martin – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
This project uses the community of practice metaphor to explore some of the discursive characteristics of learning that take place when a group of United Kingdom-based professional examiners engage in joint-work activity in both face-to-face and remote computer-mediated communication contexts. Professional examiners are all subject experts, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Examiners, Expertise
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Johnson, Martin; Hopkin, Rebecca; Shiell, Hannah – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
Technological developments are impacting upon UK assessment practices in many ways. For qualification awarding bodies, a key example of such impact is the ongoing shift towards examiners marking digitally scanned copies of examination scripts on screen rather than the original paper documents. This digitisation process has obvious benefits,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, Technological Advancement