Feedback & Assessment – Page 2 – Learning and Teaching

Misconstrued and misaligned: David Nicol feeds back

By 27th May 2011 27th May 2011 Conferences & Events, Feedback & Assessment, Learning & Teaching, Open Lecture Series, Research and Publications

In the last of the 2010/2011 open lectures in teaching and learning, Professor David Nicol presented his experiences and thinking on feedback and peer review. Continue reading

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Learner-centred Course Design

By 5th April 2011 5th April 2011 Feedback & Assessment, Learning & Teaching, Open Lecture Series, Research and Publications

Alan Masson visited us last month and gave a lecture explaining the Viewpoints assessment design process. Viewpoints is a highly successful JISC-funded project based at University of Ulster that helps lecturers reflect on and improve the assessment regimes of their courses. The beauty of it is that it’s low tech – merely sets of… Continue reading

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I know what a 2:1 looks like!

By 9th February 2011 9th February 2011 Feedback & Assessment, Research and Publications

I’ve been looking back over some articles on assessment recently and stumbled across one with the snappy title of “I know a 2:1 when I see it”. The author, Kathryn Ecclestone, is discussing a small project she undertook to see how novice and experienced tutors used assessment criteria in a… Continue reading