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=About Web-PA=


==Current Developments==

The latest version of Web-PA has now been completed and released.  The system is available for use by any Loughborough University department, and is being supported and maintained by the Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning ([http://www.engcetl.ac.uk/|engCETL]).

Recent Academic Practice Awards to both Peter Willmot (Wolfson School) and Keith Pond (Business School) have led to improvements in the Web-PA system, as well as supporting research into the area Peer Assessment. 

In the summer of 2006, Web-PA made a successful bid under JISC's e-Learning Capital Programme.  This new two year project has received funding of &pound;200,000, and will allow us to further develop the current system, and help port the system to other UK universities.  A second researcher will also be appointed to help build upon the work done so far.

==History==

A small group of academics at Loughborough University have been using online peer assessment since 1998.  The online peer assessment system (PASS) was created as a small-scale project for the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, based on an existing paper based system used by Peter Willmot.

Later, Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF) money was used to rewrite the system based on tutors' feedback and the new system, renamed Web-PA, was launched.

In 2004, Peter Willmot proposed a new Engineering Education Centre (now the [http://www.engcetl.ac.uk/|engCETL]) project to further improve the online system.  This project has now culminated in the release of the new Web-PA online system that is in use today.