Bob Smart served his apprenticeship as an electrical engineer in the armed forces and served 9 years in various theatres around the world. After leaving and being employed by First Great Western, progressed to become Senior Technical Trainer and Apprentice Controller.  Having achieved Level 4 training and development and his Cert Ed, continued his development into compiling the technical competence standards for First Great Western and introducing modern apprenticeships for the rail industry. Several years ago, Robert was employed as Lead Assessor and Verifier for Rover BMW and led a new and radical NVQ programme across the UK from his base at the National Academy in the Midlands.  It was during this programme that PaperFree was born in 1995. Robert then purchased the rights (for his own product) and set up PaperFree Systems Ltd in 2001. Robert has gone on to speak at over 150 events about assessment practice and the use of technology to record competent performance.  These have included National LSC, Cabinet office, Awarding Bodies and Centres including trips to the USA, Europe and Russia. Recognised as the ‘founder’ of vocational portfolio technology in the UK, Robert now actively promotes e-assessment best practice across the UK.

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Paul Scott is currently Head of EP Assessments, a new division of Electric Paper group established in January 2005 and based in Dublin. Electric Paper, part of ThirdForce Plc develops quality, e-learning solutions to teach, assess and certify ICT skills. The Assessment division enables us to focus this expertise and experience on a wider range of educational subjects and curricula.

Prior to joining EP, he was responsible for the strategic direction, growth and development of Apple’s Education business in the UK and Ireland.

Paul started his career, as a teacher in secondary schools for 12 years, including the early years of the introduction of computers and  ICT in Education, this formed the basis for his interest in education and technology.

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Peter West has been instrumental in managing the introduction and expansion of CLAIT Computer Based Assessment (CBA) and subsequently piloted the remote electronic moderation of e-portfolios for GCSE and GNVQ subjects.

Peter has been with OCR since it was formed. He joined RSA Examinations Board as a Scheme Manager in 1992 and managed a number of qualifications. Prior to joining the e-assessment team in 2000 Peter worked on the production and delivery of on-screen numeracy skills tests for trainee teachers, on behalf of the Teacher Training Agency. Peter’s previous employment includes managing a commercial training centre and FE Lecturing in IT and Business Studies.

OCR’s premier IT qualification CLAiT was originally developed in the early 1980’s. Since then it has undergone a number of updates. The latest of these was launched in September 2005.

The latest development for CLAiT includes the additional option of a Computer Based Assessment (CBA) route for the most popular level 1 and 2 units.

The CLAiT CBA option utilises bespoke systems to deliver tests via the internet to assess candidates’ work from live application software and application simulations environments.

For the Centre and candidate this results in:

• the elimination of printouts having to be assessed by the tutor;
• the elimination of parcels of candidates work having to be sent for moderation;
• the removal of uncertainty about candidates performance;
• the rapid electronic receipt of candidate results.

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