Recent changes to institutional assessment policies have sought to align content, intended outcomes, pedagogies and assessment practices. This project developed a set of practical guidelines for reviewing and analysing assessment policies in Australian universities. The report focused upon assessment policy review and analysis as a process, and a framework for review of learning and teaching policy was developed.
Resource Library
The Resource Library contains a collection of higher education learning and teaching materials flowing from projects funded by the Commonwealth of Australia including those from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
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16 resources found.
Computer Aided Feedback & Assessment System
University of South Australia
2010
Raising the Profile of Diagnostic, Formative and Summative e-Assessments: Providing e-Assessment Design Principles and Disciplinary Examples for Higher Education Academic Staff
The University of Adelaide
2008
What's Happening in Assessment?
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2010
Student Assessment for Learning In and After Courses
University of Technology, Sydney
2010
Catholic University Leuven, Griffith University, Oxford Brookes University, The University of Edinburgh, The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney, University of Wollongong
The web site is a rich source of information and inspiration for those setting, designing or redesigning, assessment tasks. It indicates the purpose for the materials, making it clear that the content is relevant for experienced teachers and educational developers and that the site is not designed for those seeking an introduction to assessment. The site contains only minimal information on items such as rubrics and marking schemes. This is not a deficiency; rather it is a reinforcement of the purpose of the site which is to facilitate change in the emphasis on assessment of current learning to assessment that values self-directed, self-managed and self-evaluated learners.
The web site is organised around the key principles of engaging students, setting authentic activities, scaffolding students in designing some assessments, setting integrative tasks, fostering learning and judgement, modelling and practice, working with peers, as well as giving and receiving feedback. Each section succinctly describes a principle, provides a brief articulation of how it could be implemented and then has a link to discipline examples.
The section titled "Towards informed judgement" is a particularly useful one and worth reading. The range of discipline examples for assessment for future learning is limited because only a few teachers are engaging with this issue. There are highly relevant literature references on assessment practices for future learning attributes.
The reader should also download the well-written synthesis of where assessment practices should be heading over the coming years, "Assessment 2020: Seven propositions for assessment reform in higher education".
Rethinking Assessment in the Participatory Digital World: Assessment 2.0
RMIT University
2011
The University of Adelaide
Degrees of Proficiency: Building a Strategic Approach to University Students’ English Language Assessment and Development
Curtin University
2013
RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, The University of Sydney
Assessment as Learning through Conversation Simulation
Monash University
2014
Developing and Testing Models for Benchmarking and Moderation of Assessment for Private Higher Education Providers
Tabor College Inc. (SA)
2015
Avondale College of Higher Education, Christian Heritage College, Tabor College Inc. (VIC)
What's Happening in Assessment?
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2008
Assessment Policy and Impact on Practice: Sharpening the Policy Review Process in Australian Universities
The University of Queensland
2011
Web 2.0 Authoring Tools in Higher Education: New Directions for Assessment and Academic Integrity
The University of Melbourne
2011
Monash University, RMIT University
Assessing and Assuring Australian Graduate Learning Outcomes: Principles and Practices Within and Across Disciplines
The University of Sydney
2014
RMIT University, The University of Queensland
Teaching Research: Evaluation and Assessment Strategies for Undergraduate Research Experiences
The Australian National University
2014
University of Canberra, University of Western Sydney
Improving Learning and Developing Professional Judgment in Large Classes Through Collaboration and Self and Peer Assessment
University of Technology, Sydney
2014
Improving Assessment: Understanding Educational Decision-making in Practice
Monash University
2014
The University of Queensland, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Wollongong
Leadership and Assessment: Strengthening the Nexus
University of Tasmania
2008
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