Group work in assessment can be challenging. Module leaders need to ensure that each member contributes meaningfully to the project and be ready to deal with disparities in individual efforts. This involves clear expectations, guidance on what good collaboration looksContinue reading… Facilitating Group Work Assessments
Category: Case study
Enhancing the Student Experience with a Feedback Tracker
The National Student Survey (NSS) provides students in their final year of undergraduate study with the opportunity to reflect on their Higher Education experience and offer their views on a number of different areas including teaching, learning opportunities, academic supportContinue reading… Enhancing the Student Experience with a Feedback Tracker
Improving Programming Assessments using Submitty
Submitty is an open source course management and assignment submission tool developed by the Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software (RCOS) in the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It is designed to streamline the administrative and grading processes associated withContinue reading… Improving Programming Assessments using Submitty
IRDR’s shift to AssessmentUCL
At this year’s UCL Education Awards, a collaborative team comprising of members from the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) and the Digital Assessment Team earned a nomination in the Assessment and Feedback category. They were distinguished for theirContinue reading… IRDR’s shift to AssessmentUCL
Developing an AI Assessment in the Division of Medicine
The UCL AI Expert group have recently published a resource providing guidance on adapting assessment methods to better support learning and accommodate the challenges that may arise from the global use of generative AI. The resource (Designing assessment for anContinue reading… Developing an AI Assessment in the Division of Medicine
AI Assessment Hackathon
Earlier this week, a team of academic staff from the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Institute of Education (IOE) facilitated an AI assessment hackathon, aiming to investigate innovative ways of incorporating language models into assessments. The project was madeContinue reading… AI Assessment Hackathon
Students’ reflections on use of AI in coursework
This guest blog post has been written by Professor Adam Gibson from the Institute of Sustainable Heritage in the Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources. It complements the video case study from Dr Josep Grau-Bove, who teaches on the sameContinue reading… Students’ reflections on use of AI in coursework
Using AI in Assessments
AI has ushered in a new era in education, presenting both opportunities and challenges for teaching, learning, and assessment. It offers immense potential to personalise learning experiences, optimise teaching strategies, and streamline assessment processes. However, the integration of generative AIContinue reading… Using AI in Assessments
Patchwork assessments
In the AdvanceHE Patchwork Assessment Guide the authors start by providing practitioners with a working definition. They use Richard Winter’s 2013 explanation as a starting point but explain that developments mean that the patchworks now may comprise of the textContinue reading… Patchwork assessments
Reducing the emphasis on grades
Grades feel as much a component of education as learning itself, but are they actually an essential part of that process? In her book ‘Ungrading’ and in this accompanying article Susan D Blum actually argues that “formal education has ledContinue reading… Reducing the emphasis on grades