Gavin Rand, who teaches History, Politics, and Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, had a creative and collaborative idea to utilise the experience of his Level 5 History students to create audio assessment guides for his Level 4 History students. The idea was that student volunteers from Level 5… Continue reading
This Greenwich Connect seed fund project engaged Level 5 History students to create PeerGuide podcasts introducing and explaining the core assessment tasks undertaken by Level 4 students as their core course – “A Tale of Two Cities”. According to previous research poor performance by learners often reflects miscognition regarding the… Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Don’t forget the remaining two lectures for 2011-12: 22 February 2012 – Dr Anna Jones (Glasgow Caledonian University) – Graduate Attributes 21 March 2012 – Dr James Atherton (Retired Academic,… Continue reading
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