Adaptive Online Assessment for Control Students with Automated Marking

As many HEI's have new widening participation targets set by funding bodies and government it is becoming more difficult to have one set control curriculum that caters to students of all abilities. These new targets, coupled with the ever expanding search for income from International Students and industrial based distance learning students, has led many to search out innovative techniques to try and get all students to a common level of ability and skill within the control curriculum. This problem is particularly acute at masters level where many applicants meet the criteria for entry, a good BEng, but that may have been completed some time ago. This presentation will look at the trends in historical attainment data for a control module within a more general MSc, problems that have been identified and proposed solutions. The major initiative has been to look at an extended module delivery, within the confines of the HEI coupled with online adaptive assessments using Maple TA.