Transcript Session 33 powerpoint presentation

Engineering Session
L&T conference 2112
Theme
Assessment, feedback and 2012
• We have been a more autonomous faculty for
just over 3 years
• In that time, driven by external and internal
factors, we have made a conscious effort to
improve the quality and timeliness of assessment
and feedback
• This has gone hand in hand with a desire to
improve the student learning experience through
more and better formative assessment
Were you aware of this?
1. Yes
2. No
50%
1
50%
2
If yes have you changed your approach to
assessment and feedback in this time?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Abstain
33%
1
33%
2
33%
3
Discussion points (10 minutes)
• How were you made aware of these
initiatives?
• How would you have liked these to have been
communicated?
• Have you helped others to improve
assessment and feed back; did you offer or did
they ask?
Ways of providing feedback
• There are numerous ways of providing
feedback to students
• I’m going to ask a few questions and then
we’ll have a discussion
Are you aware that every first year
student in engineering has a clicker?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Sort of
33%
1
33%
2
33%
3
Do you use Turnitin for assessment or
feedback?
1. Yes
2. No
50%
1
50%
2
Do you use non technological methods
for assessment or feedback?
1. Yes
2. No
50%
1
50%
2
Discussion points (20 minutes)
• Is feedback important?
• Is it needed on all modules?
• Do students need to be taught how to use
feedback?
• Do we want a unified “faculty” approach?
• How do we reach out to the “average”
lecturer; should we?
Exams
• A lot of assessment of done using formal
exams
Long questions
Short questions
Multiple choice questions
Other types?
Do you use exams on your modules?
1. Always
2. Never
3. Always on some,
never of others
4. It depends on what
and how I am
teaching
25%
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25%
25%
2
3
25%
4
Do you think that many people use
exams as the easy way out or because
they’ve always done them?
33%
33%
33%
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure
1
2
3
Discussion points (20 minutes)
• Why do we use exams?
• What are they best and worst for?
• Why are they are good and bad for student
learning and engagement?
• Are there better options?
Conclusion (5 minutes)
• Where do we go from here?
• Do we want to take any themes forward?
• If so, how?