Assessment and FeedbackCoffee Course

Authentic Assessment

Are essays, tests and exams a good measure of student readiness for their professions?  To prepare for today’s professional work environments, does Higher Education need to prepare and test students on a wider range of relevant skills?  

Authentic assessment is about assessing students for their ability to complete complex, real-life, and ill-defined tasks that are closer to tasks in an actual job role in their field of work. In this exciting coffee course, get ready to be challenged about established wisdom on assessment!  Enter the world of wicked problems, ill-defined tasks and complex projects requiring collaboration….

We will be looking at the latest ideas about what is meant by “authentic assessment,” why it is being adopted by many teaching academics, some key design features, some case examples and critiques, and also a “big picture” look at the future of assessment in Higher Education.

Modules

There are 5 blog posts, that will take about 15-20 minutes to work through.

All are welcome

We welcome all staff, including tutors, demonstrators, professional staff, and academics at the Australian National University and beyond to join us for this course.

Facilitators

Jill Lyall has a background in social sciences, community services, and adult education.  Jill has worked for many years in Vocational Education and Training in a TAFE environment in Western Australia.  During that time she developed an interest in technology for learning, and developed her skills for online learning. Since early 2015, Jill has been working on a range of projects with ANU Online, helping to create online materials for post-graduate courses and creating support and training resources in technology enhanced learning for academics at ANU.

Mandy Tutalo joined ANU in 2017 and moved to ANU Online in 2018 as Education Support Officer. Having spent a few decades working in education including ten years as a classroom teacher in the ACT, she is passionate about education, teaching and learning.

 

 

Technology-Enhanced Learning in Higher Education Certificate

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Questions?

Please feel free to contact clt@anu.edu.au with any questions.