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Introduction to assessment for active learning
Workshop details
2025-26 dates
Mon 13 October 10.00-13.00 (online)
Mon 16 February 10.00-13.00 (online)
Mon 18 May 10.00-13.00 (online)
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have:
- Identified the main characteristics of good assessment and explained their purposes;
- Compared a range of different assessment methods in order to consider appropriate methods for their own teaching;
- Developed a repertoire of assessment strategies to use within their own teaching context;
- Identified the challenges and opportunities that different assessment methods present and ways of overcoming these challenges.
Tutor
Administrative Enquiries
Su Beasley edudevcourses@ic.ac.uk
Who should attend?
This workshop is for staff who teach and assess students through tests, quizzes, coursework that carry a grade (summatively) but also assess them on a day to day basis without any grade consequences (formatively). In particular, this workshop is for staff who are new to teaching, and for those who want to review their existing ways of assessing students and build up a repertoire of assessment strategies to facilitate active learning.
This workshop is intended to complement the 'A practical guide to giving effective feedback' workshop. This assessment-related workshop is meant to be complementary; attending is not compulsory but is worthwhile if you are involved in both formative and summative assessment.
NB: This workshop has a considerable overlap with 'Introduction to feedback and formative assessment in the Faculty of Medicine' which is specifically designed for those working in the Faculty of Medicine. Duplicating attendance at these workshops is likely to be unrewarding.
Key areas
- The role of assessment in active learning
- Characteristics and qualities of good assessment
- Methods of assessing student performance and progress (formative and summative assessment)
- Examples of innovative assessments
Imperial STAR Framework
This workshop is particularly suitable for those seeking recognition at D1 or D2 level of the Imperial STAR Framework. It addresses the following dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023): A1, A2, A3, A4, K2, K3, K4, K5, V1, V2, V3, V5.
