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
Category: Collaboration and group assessment
A UCL Education Conference 2022 theme.
From 50 to 150: growing in numbers while improving in quality
Presenters: David Pérez-Suárez and Anastasis Georgoulas, Centre for Advanced Research Computing Format: Case study/individual presentation MPHY0021 is a postgraduate module on software engineering practices for research. Over the last few years, the cohort has approximately trebled in size which, alongContinue reading… From 50 to 150: growing in numbers while improving in quality
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
IDEAS (Inspirations for Digital Engagement Activities) to support feedback and assessment literacy
Presenters: Silvia Colaiacomo, Leo Havemann and Nidal Al Haj Sleiman, UCL Education and Student Experience Format: Case Study/Individual presentation IDEAs are theory-informed ‘recipes’ for activities designed to scaffold and support teaching in online or blended contexts, and particularly useful to those newer toContinue reading… IDEAS (Inspirations for Digital Engagement Activities) to support feedback and assessment literacy
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