CAVA News

  Exploring the forefront of digital education, the  Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI)  event offered profound insights into the intersection of technology and education. These insights resonate with Access to Higher Education Diplomas, addressing crucial aspects of personalised teaching and learning, human-centric approaches and strategic planning in the age of Generative AI. One of the highlights of the event was Dr. Alina von Davier's presentation on Duolingo's innovative framework for flexible test design using AI. It was particularly fascinating to learn how AI can interact in real time with test takers, guiding writing tasks and assessing abilities based on responses. This marks a significant leap in personalised learning assessment which they term PET-CAT Personalised Ensemble Test (PET) - Computerised Adaptive Test (CAT). As this framework continues to develop, we can envision how such tailored technologies could cater to the diverse learning needs of ad...

 Nottingham College’s Access to HE Diploma (Criminal Justice and Policing Studies) has been acknowledged for consistently going out of their way to engage their students and immerse them in the real-world application of their studies. These efforts are having a direct impact on students’ retention on the course, their overall grades, and their successful progression to higher education. One way they have engaged their students is with a range of different enrichment opportunities at notable locations such as Nottingham Crown Court, Shrewsbury Prison and Mansfield Police Station. These trips offer a firsthand look at the legal process in action, allowing students to envision a future within the legal landscape. Students have had the opportunity to explore a decommissioned prison as well as a commissioned prison and talk to inmates. These opportunities are integral components of Nottingham College’s Access to HE Diploma (Criminal Justice and Policing Studies), designed to spark a pas...

 To support our aim in offering a full package of support for our Access to HE providers, CAVA is pleased to share that we are creating a Resource Library in 2024-25. The library aims to support the creation of content for Access to HE Diplomas, and the use of resources for online delivery. The library will house resources used by our providers to support teaching and learning. Resources include but are not limited to: formative assessments (handouts, workbooks, quizzes, interactive activities) lecture notes/presentations; instructional materials signposts to textbooks and reference materials signposts to journal articles; podcasts; videos signposts to workshops; online courses case studies surveys and feedback forms enrichment activity ideas interaction / engagement activities. From May 2024, providers will be encouraged to share their delivery and assessment resources. We aim to populate the Library by the end of the Summer term and launch the Library for use at the beginning of ...