Learning outcomes
– Explain how assessment principles and practices are impacted by online technologies
– Describe strategies and tools for assessment in online and blended learning contexts
– Examine, appraise and propose strategies and tools for assessing learners in your own teaching practice
– Discuss issues which arise when using technology for assessment in higher education
Written by our Guest Facilitators, Dr Olga Kozar and Geraldine Timmins from Macquarie University As discussed on Day 1, a crucial element of effective feedback is whether students can use it in their current work. Anything students can employ immediately tends to have a much stronger impact than âgeneralâ tips […]
Written by our Guest Facilitators, Dr Olga Kozar and Geraldine Timmins from Macquarie University Giving and getting critical feedback can be an emotional experience. Even when students know that constructive feedback is about the âoutputâ (e.g. an assignment), receiving feedback can still make them feel anxious, confused or start to […]
Written by our Guest Facilitators, Dr Olga Kozar and Geraldine Timmins from Macquarie University Feedback is the information students receive about their learning/performance which can, if handled well, promote development and improvement. Feedback can have a potent impact on student learning – according to a large synthesis of 180,000 educational […]
Effective feedback is key to learning. But what makes feedback active and influential? Why is some feedback taken on board and other feedback ignored? In this course weâll explore different types of feedback and the role delivery, timing and style play in maximising the usefulness of, and receptivity to, feedback. […]
Over the previous days of this course, we’ve learned about the different things to consider when creating peer assessment activities. This included the different types of peer assessment, how to prepare students, how to have effective and reliable peer assessment, and what tools and technologies can support it. In today’s […]
Today we will be looking at some of the technologies and tools that can be used to help in facilitating peer assessment. By its nature, peer assessment and feedback activities and tasks can be very time consuming and complicated to manage and track, especially if you have a large number […]
Yesterday we looked at how to prepare students for peer assessment and feedback, and we’d like to wrap up this section with a short video with Dr Tony Curran, Sessional Lecturer, at the School of Art and Design at ANU, which showcases peer feedback in teaching practice. The peer “crit” […]
In Day 1 of this course, we looked at why peer assessment can be valuable, and the different types. Today, we will explore how to best prepare students to undertake peer assessment, and look at the common issues faced when bringing peer evaluation into a course. Here are some of […]
Welcome to Day 1!  We hope you have a great start to this coffee course by browsing through our thoughts and links to resources on peer assessment below in your coffee break/s today. Of course if you try to read everything linked here, you will need longer than a […]
Building successful ePortfolio activities Jenny Edwards and Aliya Steed, ANU Online and Shane Nuessler, Manager, Learning Information and Environments, University of Canberra Any tool is only as good as its implementation. We’ve probably all heard of (or been guilty of) cases where a discussion forum has been just flung into […]