Blogs on 'Digital'

This November, research from the Cambridge Digital Assessment Programme will be presented at the 25th AEA-Europe conference. In this blog, Research and Thought Leadership Lead Sarah Hughes summarises the research her team will present at this global event, all of which focusses on digital assessment.

In this blog, Cambridge researcher Santi Lestari, explores the differences between handwriting and typing in high-stakes school exams, focusing on score comparability, marking biases, text characteristics, and composing processes. You will gain insights into the impact of digital exams and the some of the key considerations required for a smooth transition from paper to digital formats.

Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT gained significant attention in education. In this blog, Senior Researcher at Cambridge University Press & Assessment Martina Kuvalja, explores a study run by Cambridge Assessment International Education on the quality of essays written with the help of ChatGPT, compared to essays written without the help of ChatGPT.

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many schools to use and rely on digital technology in order to continue teaching and learning. In this blog, we examine and address concerns that the move to remote education has highlighted digital inequality within UK education.

Over the last 12 months existing digital platforms used to deliver English learning and assessment have been fully road tested, but what does this mean for the teacher of the future? To answer this question we look at the types of technology that are making an impact in language education.

As the call and need for digital assessment continues to grow, across Cambridge Assessment we are actively exploring what qualifications purely designed for delivery and taking in a digital format might look like.

eLearning Manager for Cambridge Assessment International Education, Andrew Field, looks at teaching and technology in 2021 and the opportunities for the future.

The Cambridge Assessment Group has produced a range of resources and digital products that can support and enable remote teaching and learning.

Dan Frost, Learning Technology Lead at Cambridge Assessment English and part of the team behind the SHAPE initiative, reflects on the online event and its outcomes.

Video games have become a mainstream phenomenon. Despite this, many people don’t realise how beneficial video games can be for language learning, and for learning more generally. We explore the potential benefits of video games for English language learners and challenge some of the common misconceptions that exist about video games.

The novel coronavirus outbreak presents huge and unexpected challenges for the education community worldwide. As an international exams group, Cambridge Assessment has a range of resources and digital products available that can support and enable remote teaching and learning.

Dr Julia Yu, Cambridge International’s Regional Professional Development Manager for East Asia, shares how the novel coronavirus has impacted on teaching and learning in China.

Jaideep Prabhu gives an insight into innovation and why the best innovation is often fast, fun and frugal.

Designing assessments for a digitalised world

Saul Nassé has to get creative with a selfie stick and gaffer tape while delivering a speech in Tasmania.

Saul Nassé, Group Chief Executive at Cambridge Assessment, looks back at how far virtual reality technology has come, and forward to how it may change the way we learn.

Saul Nassé, Chief Executive of Cambridge English, travels back to the future of IELTS in California.