Incluye referencias bibliográficas CONTENIDO: Summary -- Who needs a Crisis? -- Convenience -- Place -- Time -- Pace -- Making education more convenient -- Relevance -- Individualization -- Self-assessment -- Why self-assess? -- What should be self-assessed? -- Self-assessment: a three-stage process -- Standards -- Examples -- Timing -- Interest -- Relevance -- Presentation of materials -- Text desing and layout -- Visuals and colour -- Cartoons and humour -- Active involvement -- Speculation and systematic -- Speculation -- Systematic -- The future -- Acknowledgements -- References.