Making Assessment Work
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The document outlines a presentation by Dr. Dawne Irving-Bell at the 23rd Annual SEDA Conference focused on supporting staff in higher and further education to enhance assessment literacy. It discusses development strategies, tools, outcomes, and includes activities to determine best practices for assessment design and implementation. The session emphasizes collaboration and ongoing discussions to establish baseline standards for assessment literacy among staff and students.
Making Assessment Work
- 1. Making Assessment Work Presented by Dr Dawne Irving-Bell 23rd Annual SEDA Conference 2018 Supporting staff to meet increasing challenges in Higher and Further Education 15th – 16th November 2018, Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham Dr John Bostock, Claire Moscrop and Dr Dawne Irving-Bell
- 2. Introduction • Development strategies used at EHU • Tools used • Outcomes so far • Discussion activity – what works? What should be the ‘Baseline’ of staff assessment literacy? • Plenary The Centre for Learning and Teaching
- 3. Development strategies • Working groups – e.g. assessment literacy - outline • Research projects – Staff and student understanding of assessment literacy development • NSS project regarding student perceptions of assessment questions. The Centre for Learning and Teaching
- 4. Tools/Methods used • CPD sessions • Bespoke Sessions – Assessment, feedback, etc • Self-assessment tools The Centre for Learning and Teaching
- 5. Outcomes so far • Example wins – e.g. assessment session for Nursing, Growing number of depts asking for Bespoke sessions • Assessment literacy project – results – ongoing work • Discussions with quality unit regarding embedding discussion of assessments in the quality process The Centre for Learning and Teaching
- 6. Discussion Activity • What has worked in your institution in regard to the development of assessment literacy and the quality of assessment design and implementation? • If you were to develop a ‘baseline’ of practice in terms of assessment design and assessment literacy development (for staff and students), what would be on it? The Centre for Learning and Teaching
- 7. Plenary • Sharing the discussions’ results • Conclusions • Any Questions? The Centre for Learning and Teaching Dr John Bostock @BostockBostock Claire Moscrop @Tigmoscrop Dr Dawne Irving-Bell @belld17