translatability
2022-07-01
by savita.gauchan

Translatability and Cultural Suitability Workshops for Test Authors

Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO It may take a psychologist or a subject matter expert to be a test author and develop good questions, but nothing speaks against that person being monolingual, right? It doesn’t prevent them from doing a sterling job. Anglo-Saxon items writing practices have dominated the assessment universe for over half a century, …

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vocational_training
2019-10-16
by savita.gauchan

Are apprenticeships going to emerge as a viable and scalable future alternative to college?

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Two recent articles in the Harvard Business Review present radically opposing views on the issue of skills training as a possible future alternative to higher education. This is an issue which is likely to continue to be the object of heated debate and both authors …

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gender diversity
2019-10-16
by savita.gauchan

Making the case for non-binary measures of gender in surveys and censuses

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Despite the global movement for greater recognition of gender diversity, few major surveys and censuses use non-binary gender questions outside the health and medical fields. One year ago we wrote an article on this topic for our blog (1), putting together what little literature we …

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2019-07-15
by savita.gauchan

Industry experts share their optimistic visions for the future of education

Online, remote, on-demand, self-paced, informal, diverse, flexible, practical, life-long, augmented, gamified, automated … these are some of the buzzwords related to the future of education, as seen by some of the most innovative players in the field. An interesting overview. Source: https://www.disruptordaily.com/what-is-the-future-of-education-11-experts-share-their-insights/ Photo credit: Caleb Minear @ Unsplash

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