The unit looks at the relationships between learning, teaching and assessment and the design of appropriate assessment tasks. This is set against the wider context of national, institutional and departmental strategies and the need to situate assessment activity in the whole programme.
On successful completion of this unit participants will be able to:
The unit will aim to give participants an opportunity to make a deeper study of assessment in the context of their own professional practice and to make recommendations for change in assessment strategies for their units and programmes.
The unit will cover:
Formative Assessment:
Progress towards the summative assessment tasks is staged, with participants being expected to complete regular relevant activities for which they will receive rapid feedback. Examples of such activities include an analysis of the alignment of learning outcomes and assignment tasks for a given unit of study, or of a type of assignment task which is novel to the participant.
Summative Assignment Task:
The assignment task is to present an assessment strategy for a unit or programme of study in Higher Education, explaining the rationale with reference to a critical review of an existing strategy and to relevant recent literature about learning and assessment in HE. The exact format of the presentation will be negotiated with the unit leader. For guidance, it might consist of a combination of a 10 minute oral presentation, video or audio presentation, a web resource for colleagues, a set of completed forms for a quality committee, or an A2 poster, supported by a 1500 word review of an existing unit or programme assessment strategy; or it could be a traditional written report (guide length 2500 words).
For more information contact the Unit Leaders Rachel Forsyth r.m.forsyth@mmu.ac.uk and Rod Cullen r.cullen@mmu.ac.uk
As well as registering below, in some circumstances you may need to complete an application form to study this unit. Please check on the application form page »
Mode of study: F2F or online, depending on instance
Number of sessions: F2F 4, Online 6
Type of session: workshop
Assessment type and size:
A review of an assignment, in a negotiated format - 2500 words if written, but other formats are acceptable
Prior knowledge/experience required: Experience of marking and giving feedback in a HE context. Suitable for existing or prospective unit leaders.
When will it run: Summer term online
Unit leader/contact: Rachel Forsyth, Rod Cullen
Please note: Units are delivered online. Processing time required for applications and preparation time for participants means that the last registration date cannot be extended
Online sessions begin:
Monday
26th April
Delivery:
1:00pm - 02:00pm
Venue: online
last date for registration for all students:
7th April
Date | Activity | Location |
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26 April 2021 | Session 1 | online |
3 May | Session 2 | online |
10 May | Session 3 | online |
17 May | Session 4 | online |
24 May | Session 5 | online |
7 June | Session 6 | online |
13th Sept 2021 | Written Assignment Submission | Moodle |
Please contact the UTA CPD team if you have any queries.