Introduction to assessment for active learning
Workshop details
Dates
- Monday 12 October, 14.00-17.00 (online)
- Monday 22 February, 10.00-13.00 (online)
- Thursday 3 June, 14.00-17.00 (online)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify the main characteristics of good assessment and explained their purposes;
- Compare a range of different assessment methods in order to consider appropriate methods for their own teaching;
- Develop a repertoire of assessment strategies to use within their own teaching context;
- Identify the challenges and opportunities that different assessment methods present and ways of overcoming these challenges.
Tutor
Administrative Enquiries
Suyane 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.
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.
