Roundtable Discussion Notes A free-ranging conversation that viewed ‘authentic’ as a continuum rather than a specific endpoint. Three overlapping themes emerged: Aligning with what employers expect. Less then 10% of students stay in the HE system (including PG programmes). OverContinue reading… Authentic assessment – a holy grail or just a fad?
Category: Authentic assessment practices
A UCL Education Conference 2022 theme.
Better learning outcomes, better assessment
Clive Young and Simon Walker, UCL Education and Student Experience Learning outcomes should accurately define what students should learn during a programme of study and serve as a formal reference point for students and the institution. Well-written learning outcomes mayContinue reading… Better learning outcomes, better assessment
Authentic master’s dissertations through student-community partnerships
Presenter: Anne Laybourne, Students’ Union UCL Format: Case Study/Individual presentation The dissertation is one of eight sections comprising the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey. Overall satisfaction scores are high – 81% in 2020 – but sub-scores are lower; support with dissertation planningContinue reading… Authentic master’s dissertations through student-community partnerships
Assessment Without Grades: Co-Authoring With Students
Would our students do any work at all if it wasn’t for a grade? Would they even bother to show up? I think the assumption that we need the extrinsic motivation of grades and marks and credits and degree awardsContinue reading… Assessment Without Grades: Co-Authoring With Students
Designing Authentic Assessment
Presenter: Richard Osborne (MAPS) & Marieke Guy (Digital Education) Format: Workshop This workshop presented the results of a Jisc funded project that finished in 2014, which produced a range of tools and techniques to support the design of authentic assessments.Continue reading… Designing Authentic Assessment
Using the student voice to transform medical student portfolios
Abstract Presenter: Charlotte Hammerton and Carys Phillips, UCL Medical School The UCLMS clinical portfolio, which encompasses a range of mandatory activities involving assessment, feedback and reflection, was unpopular among students. Further investigation through focus groups revealed students perceived the portfolio asContinue reading… Using the student voice to transform medical student portfolios
Providing a range of engagement options to support student abilities: a single module case study
Author: Jennifer A. L. McGowan jennifer.a.l.mcgowan@ucl.ac.uk Abstract A conversation that frequently appears in both pedagogy and the media is whether traditional assessment is inclusive to all learning types and appropriately reflects the range of skills that a student may have.Continue reading… Providing a range of engagement options to support student abilities: a single module case study
Designing alternative assessments
The UCL Digital Assessment Team were on hand at the Education conference to help with assessment queries. They facilitated a marketplace stand encouraging attendees to ‘Design alternative assessments’. UCL staff were encouraged to read the alternative assessments poster and beContinue reading… Designing alternative assessments
Beyond traditional assessment: designing eportfolio-based assessment activities (workshop)
Presenter: Aurelie Soulier, UCL Digital Education Format: workshop Presentation notes Participants worked in teams for the workshop. The workshop allowed us to discuss various uses of eportfolio and the groups initiated work on designs on a portfolio activity. The presentation includedContinue reading… Beyond traditional assessment: designing eportfolio-based assessment activities (workshop)
Co-learning with my students: supervising literature-based dissertations within education contexts.
Abstract The move to online supervision during the Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2022) encouraged postgraduate students to adopt different ways of demonstrating their learning through dissertation-based assessment. This differs from more classic and traditional approaches such as conducting empirical research with teachersContinue reading… Co-learning with my students: supervising literature-based dissertations within education contexts.
Authentic assessment – a holy grail or just a fad?
If you’ve been hearing about “authentic assessments”, you’ll be aware that the concept is not that new-found. You have probably been assessed “authentically” but just never realised it! For example, if you drive you would have been tested on yourContinue reading… Authentic assessment – a holy grail or just a fad?
Research, Pitch, Publish: Preparing comparative literature students for the creative industries
by Elettra Carbone (Associate Professor in Norwegian Studies) and Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (Professor in Scandinavian and Comparative Literature) Abstract Publishing and Comparative Literature is an advanced UG module designed to provide literature students with essential knowledge about the transnational publishing industry.Continue reading… Research, Pitch, Publish: Preparing comparative literature students for the creative industries
Will physical classrooms soon be extinct? What is the role of electronic case-based learning in medical education? A review of the literature
Author: Dr. Sara Al-Khafaji Background The appearance of the unprecedented Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) (Darras et al., 2021) has created a sudden and noticeable shift towards the exclusive usage of online learning environment as the main source of medicalContinue reading… Will physical classrooms soon be extinct? What is the role of electronic case-based learning in medical education? A review of the literature