Assessment and Feedback
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Expanded Assessment Top Trumps
Last year I devised some assessment ‘Top Trumps’ cards which detailed 30 possible assessment types with the aim of starting… Read More
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Binary Choices? Authentic Assessment vs Traditional
I have been struck recently by the way that authentic assessment is often simplistically contrasted with ‘traditional assessment.’ A recent… Read More
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Assessment change at scale: Reflections
Earlier in 2021 I talked about the importance of needing to learn from the pandemic, and not simply go back… Read More
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Learning from a time of crisis: A summer reflection
This piece summarises some key points from my reflective Keynote at HEFI’s 2021 Annual conference . The last eighteen months… Read More
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Authentic Assessment Top ‘Reflective’ Trumps!
As a way of supporting dialogue around authentic assessment, I am offering ‘Authentic Assessment Top Reflective Trumps’! These are a… Read More
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Pandemic term: Taking stock
Back near the start of lockdown I wrote a summary of what I’d learned about online teaching and learning over… Read More
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Preparing assessments in the context of pandemic
It’s more important than ever that our assessment approaches are practical, manageable and flexible in light of the operational reality… Read More
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Quick ideas for supporting assessment at a distance
If working remotely there will be a need to support students in the preparation of their assessment work. Here’s a… Read More
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Co-Lab Event: Creating the Conditions for Authentic Assessment
Today I have been to Bloomsbury to the very thought provoking event to present ‘Creating the Conditions for Authentic Assessments’.… Read More
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Creating the Conditions for Authentic Assessment
There is a good deal of advice and guidance available for how to design authentic assessment, but how do we… Read More
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Edinburgh Napier – Authentic Assessment & Action Research
Today I visited Edinburgh, which looked beautifully twinkley and all decked out for Christmas. I came to offer two sessions… Read More
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Supporting ePortfolio Use
This year I have been thinking, at a personal and institutional level, about how we support practice around ePortfolios (in… Read More
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Cardiff University Learning and Teaching Conference Slides – Unlocking the Power of Authentic Assessment #LTCU2019
We had a fantastic, positive Learning and Teaching Conference yesterday at Cardiff University, where we explored ideas about authentic assessment. I… Read More
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Liverpool Hope Slides – Making sense of assessment complexity
It was fantastic to join the Liverpool Hope University Learning and Teaching event today. We shared assessment concerns as captured… Read More
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How do we find the right level for the assessments we set?
One of the things that I am currently exploring is ‘how can we ensure that assessment occurs at the correct level?’.… Read More