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Viewpoints Assessment and Feedback workshops at the Ulster eLearning Conference 2010 - helping practitioners creatively reflect on their assessment and feedback practice, considering the student perspective.
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Reflecting Viewpoints: Encouraging creativity in curriculum design(Assessment and feedback)Dr Alan Masson, Catherine O’Donnell, Fiona DohertyTechnology Facilitated Learning, University of Ulster
Ulster E-Learning Conference – 21st January 2010
Session Outline
1. Introduce Viewpoints (2 mins)
2. Assessment and Feedback (A&F) workshops (3 mins)
3. Group work tasks - demo, compare and share (27 mins)
4. Viewpoints involvement in the CETL Institutional E-learning Services (CIES) Reward and Recognition (R&R) programme - photos and findings (5 mins)
5. Next steps (3 mins)
6. Questions (5 mins)
Viewpoints Overview
Viewpoints is a JISC-funded curriculum design project.
Its remit is to create a series of user-friendly reflective tools (in workshop and online format) to promote and enhance effective curriculum design.
The tools will help staff consider areas such as:- assessment and feedback, information skills, student interactions, teaching & learning and options & pathways.
A&F Workshop
Develop an activity-based workshop that aims to encourage reflection and creativity in assessment and feedback practice, considering the student perspective.
Use large laminated worksheets (with a student timeline) and best practice assessment and feedback cards as prompts.
Work together in groups to plan how to address their assessment and feedback objective(s).
Produce visual output.
CIES R&R Programme Involvement
2 day residential event facilitated by RLO CETL and Wolfson Reward Programme.
Delivered one-hour sessions to R&R (E-facilitated A&F) groups Dec ’09.
Sessions helped groups reflect on their project proposals and discuss possible solutions.
Visual outputs were available at the residential event (14th & 15th Dec 09) to help each group develop their project designs.
Group work activities
Split into groups. Each group will:
• Be given a real-life scenario (from R&R), prompts and 4 tasks to complete.
• Have the opportunity to compare their output with the R&R output.
• Be required to feed back similarities, differences and any new ideas.
Firstly, please take a moment to individually read your group scenario.
Task 1 – Cards (5 mins)
Write your scenario on the worksheet. Chose relevant cards that might address this and
place them on the timeline, where relevant, considering the student perspective.
Task 2 – Ideas (5 mins)
Turn over the most important card(s) and tick any ideas that might help address your group scenario.
Task 3 - Tailoring a solution (5 mins)
Discuss how your selected ideas could be used in practice to address your group scenario.
As a group make notes on the worksheet using post-its or markers.
Task 4 - Compare with R&R output (5 mins)
Compare your worksheet with the R&R output handout.
Make notes using post-its of: similarities, differences and any new ideas.
N.B. One member from each group will briefly feed back your findings.
(1 min each)
Group 1
Scenario: Improve dissertation standards
Why: To bridge gap between module-based assignments and independent research.
Group 2
Scenario: Improve feedback methods
Why: Students fail to engage with written assessment feedback.
Group 3
Scenario: Effective use of an ePortfolio
Why: Course up for revalidation – artefacts could be useful beyond the module.
Group 4
Scenario: ‘Reflect on Me’
Why: To allow students to develop skills and share these across modules.
Group 5
Scenario: Improve student engagement
Why: Course up for revalidation – going to be using a blended approach (combination of block face-to-face teaching and online learning).
Group 6
Scenario: Student Assessment handbook
Why: To help 1st year students initially in their transition to higher education.
Group 7
Scenario: Enhance CAD feedback
Why: Enhance A&F to measuring student ability to analyse and manipulate drawings and make constructive comments about example drawings.
Captured Process
A&F sessions R&R residential
Viewpoints Session - Findings
The workshop helped to… Result
Structure a clear and sensible plan 100%
Consider the learner’s experience of A&F 96%
Explore creative ideas about A&F 92%
Reflect on A&F 88%
Encourage effective teamwork 100%
Think differently about their A&F practice 80%
The cards are relevant and useful 96%
Total number = 25
Findings - Quotes
From participants:“Thought provoking.”“Good to see the plan in front of you.” “Short sessions exploring ideas - very useful.”“Enjoyed it – not too time-consuming and time used very well.”
From external residential facilitator:“Broader range of designs - not just focused on learning objects.”
Next steps
• Refine the workshop format based on feedback• Develop the online version of the A&F tool• Promote and disseminate both versions• Build up examples / case studies
Use a similar structure for the other aspects of the Viewpoints project (information skills, learner interactions, teaching & learning and options & pathways)
Any Questions?
Further information
Project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk
CIES R&R Programme: http://www.cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/rrs/
RLO CETL: http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk
Dr Alan Masson, Project Director - [email protected]
Catherine O’Donnell, Academic E-Learning Consultant - [email protected]
Fiona Doherty, Instructional Technologist - [email protected]
