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DIP ULT
Assessment we would expect submissions to show critical
engagement with discipline-specific educational
Formative Assessment and theory and literature as well as disciplinary context.
Feedback
The award of PG Diploma is unclassified with students
In the PG Diploma students get informal formative achieving a ‘commended’ or ‘not yet commended’
feedback on their participation in the taught week mark based on a mark over or under the 50%
activities and tutors provide detailed formative pass mark respectively. Although the Diploma is
feedback on drafts of Assignment One, Assignment unclassified the essays and library project are given
Two and the Library Project. Students can guide a percentage mark and this is used to help determine
tutors as to which aspects specifically they would like the final classification for those that continue to the
feedback on. Feedback will normally be given within Master’s (which is a classified qualification). The
two weeks of submission. Students will also receive assignments and the library project will be marked
formal feedback on their summative work. This will against the marking criteria associated with each
identify both strengths and areas for improvement piece of work, already outlined. Please refer to the
and should be used to inform subsequent work. There assessment criteria closely whilst planning and
will also be the opportunity to receive feedback from writing your assignments.
peers during the group seminars.
Submission deadlines and
penalties
Summative Examination and The three assignments should be submitted
Submission electronically using Blackboard Learn. The deadlines
for submission are shown in the table overleaf.
In the PG Diploma summative examination is by Blackboard Learn will not permit submission after
submission of two assignment essays (2000-3000 these dates and times.
words ±10%), one after each of the taught weeks.
The first assesses critical reading of educational N.B. The Assignment Two draft and Library Project
literature, while the second assesses critical writing draft should be emailed to k.ippolito@imperial.ac.uk
in an educational style. The assignment essays will and s.beasley@imperial.ac.uk, not submitted via
be completed in order, the critical reading task first, Blackboard Learn.
before the critical writing task, and both of these
before the Library Project.
The major piece of summative assessment for the
PG Diploma is the Library Project. This individually
negotiated piece of work is supported by an
individual tutor and summative examination is by
submission of a report of 5000-7000 words (±10%).
In order to add the optional faculty identifier
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Assessment we would expect submissions to show critical
engagement with discipline-specific educational
Formative Assessment and theory and literature as well as disciplinary context.
Feedback
The award of PG Diploma is unclassified with students
In the PG Diploma students get informal formative achieving a ‘commended’ or ‘not yet commended’
feedback on their participation in the taught week mark based on a mark over or under the 50%
activities and tutors provide detailed formative pass mark respectively. Although the Diploma is
feedback on drafts of Assignment One, Assignment unclassified the essays and library project are given
Two and the Library Project. Students can guide a percentage mark and this is used to help determine
tutors as to which aspects specifically they would like the final classification for those that continue to the
feedback on. Feedback will normally be given within Master’s (which is a classified qualification). The
two weeks of submission. Students will also receive assignments and the library project will be marked
formal feedback on their summative work. This will against the marking criteria associated with each
identify both strengths and areas for improvement piece of work, already outlined. Please refer to the
and should be used to inform subsequent work. There assessment criteria closely whilst planning and
will also be the opportunity to receive feedback from writing your assignments.
peers during the group seminars.
Submission deadlines and
penalties
Summative Examination and The three assignments should be submitted
Submission electronically using Blackboard Learn. The deadlines
for submission are shown in the table overleaf.
In the PG Diploma summative examination is by Blackboard Learn will not permit submission after
submission of two assignment essays (2000-3000 these dates and times.
words ±10%), one after each of the taught weeks.
The first assesses critical reading of educational N.B. The Assignment Two draft and Library Project
literature, while the second assesses critical writing draft should be emailed to k.ippolito@imperial.ac.uk
in an educational style. The assignment essays will and s.beasley@imperial.ac.uk, not submitted via
be completed in order, the critical reading task first, Blackboard Learn.
before the critical writing task, and both of these
before the Library Project.
The major piece of summative assessment for the
PG Diploma is the Library Project. This individually
negotiated piece of work is supported by an
individual tutor and summative examination is by
submission of a report of 5000-7000 words (±10%).
In order to add the optional faculty identifier
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