VIRTUAL WORLD — REAL STUDENT MOTIVATION?

Neville Palmer and Jomo Batola, Faculty of Technology, Southampton Solent University, UK

This paper investigates a study into the adoption of a synoptic form of assessment across two units on undergraduate degree programmes. A study was conducted to examine ways in which these issues could be addressed so that students could identify a clearer relationship between the various units that they study, the relevance to their career objectives, and to enable a more diverse range of students to be accommodated within the assessment framework. The results of the pilot study will be discussed and some conclusions presented.