Episodes

Ahead of their next training session focusing on the Item Authoring and SME management areas of Surpass, Ashleigh and Nathan talk about the process involved in creating a bespoke one day program to meet specific customer needs. They discuss the advantages of having key members of your team join a group training session with other members of the Surpass Community; encouraging conversation, collaboration, and facilitated sharing of real world examples to significantly improve the assessment experi...

Ahead of their next training session focusing on the Item Authoring and SME management areas of Surpass, Ashleigh and Nathan talk about the process involved in creating a bespoke one day program to meet specific customer needs. They discuss the advantages of having key members of your team join a group training session with other members of the Surpass Community; encouraging conversation, collaboration, and facilitated sharing of real world examples to significantly improve the assessment experi...

Ahead of their next training session focusing on the Item Authoring and SME management areas of Surpass, Ashleigh and Nathan talk about the process involved in creating a bespoke one day program to meet specific customer needs. They discuss the advantages of having key members of your team join a group training session with other members of the Surpass Community; encouraging conversation, collaboration, and facilitated sharing of real world examples to significantly improve the assessment experi...

In this interview with Ashleigh and Nathan from the Product Communication and Training Team, we discover what is involved in the average training session when new organizations join the Surpass Community, and how the Surpass training team have optimized their strategy to deliver the best quality training in an efficient manner. We also explore how your organization can benefit from our ‘train the trainer’ approach, and options that are available for later in your journey when new employees join...

In this interview with Ashleigh and Nathan from the Product Communication and Training Team, we discover what is involved in the average training session when new organizations join the Surpass Community, and how the Surpass training team have optimized their strategy to deliver the best quality training in an efficient manner. We also explore how your organization can benefit from our ‘train the trainer’ approach, and options that are available for later in your journey when new employees join...

In this interview with Ashleigh and Nathan from the Product Communication and Training Team, we discover what is involved in the average training session when new organizations join the Surpass Community, and how the Surpass training team have optimized their strategy to deliver the best quality training in an efficient manner. We also explore how your organization can benefit from our ‘train the trainer’ approach, and options that are available for later in your journey when new employees join...

In this short episode, Ben is joined by Tom Wardak from the Product Communications and Training team fresh off the back of our January 2020 pre-release webinar. This is a perfect accompaniment to the recording, or great as an info-blast for those who need information on-the-go. The pair talk in brief about some of the fantastic features coming soon to Surpass: The Assessment Platform and some examples of where these features might be used to enhance the future of assessment across various indust...

In this short episode, Ben is joined by Tom Wardak from the Product Communications and Training team fresh off the back of our January 2020 pre-release webinar. This is a perfect accompaniment to the recording, or great as an info-blast for those who need information on-the-go. The pair talk in brief about some of the fantastic features coming soon to Surpass: The Assessment Platform and some examples of where these features might be used to enhance the future of assessment across various indust...

In this short episode, Ben is joined by Tom Wardak from the Product Communications and Training team fresh off the back of our January 2020 pre-release webinar. This is a perfect accompaniment to the recording, or great as an info-blast for those who need information on-the-go. The pair talk in brief about some of the fantastic features coming soon to Surpass: The Assessment Platform and some examples of where these features might be used to enhance the future of assessment across various indust...

At the 2019 EATP Conference in Madrid, Ben Brady from BTL’s Marketing team, and member of the EATP conference steering committee, found a few moments between sessions to speak to some of the presenters and event organisers to get their thoughts on this popular conference. In this PodcastSam Thompson (also from BTL’s marketing team), chats to Ben about the conversations he had and we play back the interviews, sharing valuable insight on the conference and opinions from the testing industry, incl...

At the 2019 EATP Conference in Madrid, Ben Brady from BTL’s Marketing team, and member of the EATP conference steering committee, found a few moments between sessions to speak to some of the presenters and event organisers to get their thoughts on this popular conference. In this PodcastSam Thompson (also from BTL’s marketing team), chats to Ben about the conversations he had and we play back the interviews, sharing valuable insight on the conference and opinions from the testing industry, incl...

At the 2019 EATP Conference in Madrid, Ben Brady from BTL’s Marketing team, and member of the EATP conference steering committee, found a few moments between sessions to speak to some of the presenters and event organisers to get their thoughts on this popular conference. In this PodcastSam Thompson (also from BTL’s marketing team), chats to Ben about the conversations he had and we play back the interviews, sharing valuable insight on the conference and opinions from the testing industry, incl...

At the 2019 Association for Learning Technology Conference in Edinburgh, Kat Owens from BTL’s design team managed to speak to some of the delegates and organisers to get their reflections on the event.In this podcast, Kat and Tim Burnett play and discuss each of these interviews, including thoughts from: Matt Wingfield, Chair of the e-Assessment Association, gives his thoughts on the conference keynote speech and how technology should be used to enhance teaching and learning but not to replace ...

At the 2019 Association for Learning Technology Conference in Edinburgh, Kat Owens from BTL’s design team managed to speak to some of the delegates and organisers to get their reflections on the event.In this podcast, Kat and Tim Burnett play and discuss each of these interviews, including thoughts from: Matt Wingfield, Chair of the e-Assessment Association, gives his thoughts on the conference keynote speech and how technology should be used to enhance teaching and learning but not to replace ...

At the 2019 Association for Learning Technology Conference in Edinburgh, Kat Owens from BTL’s design team managed to speak to some of the delegates and organisers to get their reflections on the event.In this podcast, Kat and Tim Burnett play and discuss each of these interviews, including thoughts from: Matt Wingfield, Chair of the e-Assessment Association, gives his thoughts on the conference keynote speech and how technology should be used to enhance teaching and learning but not to replace ...

Janet King from NCFE CACHE talks about their PregancyVue product, which uses virtual reality to help learners understand child development from conception to birth. Janet discusses how this innovative use of technology has increased engagement with a subject that is increasingly difficult to teach and created a more interactive teaching programme. Janet also highlights the importance of introducing technology in a way that everyone can connect with, support by more traditional methods of learnin...

Janet King from NCFE CACHE talks about their PregancyVue product, which uses virtual reality to help learners understand child development from conception to birth. Janet discusses how this innovative use of technology has increased engagement with a subject that is increasingly difficult to teach and created a more interactive teaching programme. Janet also highlights the importance of introducing technology in a way that everyone can connect with, support by more traditional methods of learnin...

Janet King from NCFE CACHE talks about their PregancyVue product, which uses virtual reality to help learners understand child development from conception to birth. Janet discusses how this innovative use of technology has increased engagement with a subject that is increasingly difficult to teach and created a more interactive teaching programme. Janet also highlights the importance of introducing technology in a way that everyone can connect with, support by more traditional methods of learnin...

In this audio podcast taken from their presentation at the recent Surpass Conference, Dave Mellor and Rachel Teale from AQA update members of the assessment community on challenges faced by General Qualifications in the UK, and some of the reasons why in 2019, they are still largely paper-based. They discuss government policy, high test volumes, fear of technology and comparability of on-screen and paper tests, all of which contribute to barriers to on-screen testing in the sector. Dave and Rach...

In this audio podcast taken from their presentation at the recent Surpass Conference, Dave Mellor and Rachel Teale from AQA update members of the assessment community on challenges faced by General Qualifications in the UK, and some of the reasons why in 2019, they are still largely paper-based. They discuss government policy, high test volumes, fear of technology and comparability of on-screen and paper tests, all of which contribute to barriers to on-screen testing in the sector. Dave and Rach...

In this audio podcast taken from their presentation at the recent Surpass Conference, Dave Mellor and Rachel Teale from AQA update members of the assessment community on challenges faced by General Qualifications in the UK, and some of the reasons why in 2019, they are still largely paper-based. They discuss government policy, high test volumes, fear of technology and comparability of on-screen and paper tests, all of which contribute to barriers to on-screen testing in the sector. Dave and Rach...

In this audio podcast taken from her successful presentation at the 2019 Surpass Conference, Vanessa Appoh from telc gGmbH updates the Surpass Community on their TOP test delivered through Surpass, and the self-registration portal that has been developed in order to maintain existing registration and certification processes. See Vanessa's full presentation at conference.surpass.com today.

In this audio podcast taken from her successful presentation at the 2019 Surpass Conference, Vanessa Appoh from telc gGmbH updates the Surpass Community on their TOP test delivered through Surpass, and the self-registration portal that has been developed in order to maintain existing registration and certification processes. See Vanessa's full presentation at conference.surpass.com today.

In this audio podcast taken from her successful presentation at the 2019 Surpass Conference, Vanessa Appoh from telc gGmbH updates the Surpass Community on their TOP test delivered through Surpass, and the self-registration portal that has been developed in order to maintain existing registration and certification processes. See Vanessa's full presentation at conference.surpass.com today.