Neil Defty
@NeilDefty
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Head of Customer Relations, No More Marking Ltd. Director, Defty Consulting Ltd. Occasional charity work Obsessive runner
Durham
Joined October 2013
Latest on our Substack - What kind of student feedback do teachers think is best? Turns out they are quite keen on summaries of their class's performance... We've created AI-generated "examiner's reports" to help them. https://t.co/NxinsiyJQl
substack.nomoremarking.com
The tension between personalised and in-person education
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If you have heard about our AI marking projects and are intrigued, then you can take part in one for free this summer and see if you agree with the AI. CJ Dynamo is our Y6 project. CJ Lightning for Y9. Places are free but limited, so sign up asap! https://t.co/OyHZFKDAIS
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Using AI to judge student writing 'has the potential to revolutionise assessment and decimate workload', say @daisychristo and @nmmarking after their trail of the approach https://t.co/Zu7Qed6DPj
schoolsweek.co.uk
No More Marking says its trial found AI is 'very good at judging student writing'
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@HCFEprincipal @YouGov And you can still have a go of the judging if you want! Follow the link to sign up: https://t.co/6Mmu7rodm2 Then start judging by clicking the purple Left/Right buttons to choose your favourite!
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Thanks for the initial idea, @HCFEprincipal ! And apologies, Kemi Badenoch - although commenting on the @YouGov survey that Yellow Submarine was your favourite, it seems the rest of the nation disagrees with you!
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Comparative judgement has helped us find the nation's favourite Beatles song! The winner was decided yesterday, and despite the stiff competition from 3 other classic Beatles tracks, the winner was indeed decided as... 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 Yesterday Top 10 here:
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Last couple of days to take part in our comparative judgement task to find the nation's favourite Beatles song! Follow the link to sign up: https://t.co/6Mmu7rodm2 Then start judging by clicking the purple Left/Right buttons to choose your favourite! @nmmarking @daisychristo
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No More Marking transforming the world? Or at least, the world of assessment? Possibly, as long as we recognise that we still need the “human in the loop”...
We have a new Year 7 AI assessment project any secondary school in England can take part in for free. Deadline 28 Feb. Details here. https://t.co/7CtVA9WGHP Intro webinar here. https://t.co/WJ06uCAovb Theory behind it here.
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45 of the greatest Beatles 45s - but which is the best? Let's use comparative judgement! Open your laptop (or tablet or sideways phone). Follow the link to sign up: https://t.co/6Mmu7rodm2 Then click the purple Left/Right button to choose your favourite! @nmmarking @daisychristo
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The comparative judgement way to find the nation's favourite Beatles song! It's easy... All you need is... a laptop/tablet/sideways phone. Follow link to sign up: https://t.co/6Mmu7rodm2 Then click the purple Left/Right button to choose your favourite! @nmmarking @daisychristo
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Struggled to keep it down to 45 songs to judge, actually! The Beatles recorded an awful lot of classic songs. Only takes a couple of minutes to judge them all, though...
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Leave it to No More Marking! We can work it out... (with a little help from our friends). Judging link here: https://t.co/6Mmu7roLbA
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Oh yes indeed! This is a perfect opportunity to answer such a question by the simple and reliable method of comparative judgement. Watch this space, Darren...
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AI. Brings to mind IA (Isaac Asimov). According to him a robot must obey orders given it by human beings...
Humans are really good at making Comparative Judgements like the one in the image below - looking at two things and saying which is better. What about AI? Is it as good as humans? We've found 2 big biases. Position bias: the AI prefers the first response it sees. Inducement
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Quite reassuringly, the comparative judgement process has given us exactly the same top 7 chocs and the same bottom 5 chocs as when we ran this back in 2021! Here's a graph of how the 2021 results look compared to the 2024 results:
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So it seems that the only way to beat smooth milk chocolate, or caramel chocolates, is by adding mini balls of crunchy malt! Time for some @UKCelebrations all round! Here's the full list of 37...
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The power and simplicity of comparative judgement has given us The Nation's Favourite Selection Chocolate, thanks to over 8,000 judgements from over 150 judges! Despite the stiff competition from a squad of Heroes chocolates, the winner is.... The Maltesers Teaser! Top 10 here:
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Tricky decisions ahead! To help us find The Nation's Favourite Selection Chocolate (if you haven't already), follow the link to sign up, then start judging by clicking the purple Left or Right button to choose your favourite... https://t.co/zJDRwCKV9r
@nmmarking @daisychristo
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