26 jan2012 a&f_final

Reflecting on assessment and feedback in curriculum design: the viewpoints experience Facilitators : Dr Alan Masson and Catherine O’Donnell With contributions from Dr Vilinda Ross Room 16G25 12.30-1.20 26 th January 2012.

Session Outline
An Introduction to Viewpoints.
Group work tasks.
Brief sharing of experiences and evaluation findings.
Questions, conclusions and close.

A short video introduction on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0Bv7fRrQI An Introduction to Viewpoints
Viewpoints is a JISC funded curriculum design project.
It has a remit to create a series of reflective tools to promote & enhance effective curriculum design.
The tools use a learner timeline with established pedagogical principles and ideas as prompts to help staff consider areas of their curriculum while considering the learner perspective .

Inform, inspire and plan.
There are benefits for
Curriculum development.
Course teams.
Students.
2 views
Course and module.
4 themes
Assessment and feedback,
Information skills,
Learner engagement and
Creativity and innovation.
Viewpoints 3 Part Framework

Course Level Perspective Supports those who wish to look at Course View.

Module Level Perspective Supports those who wish to look at Module View.

Assessment and Feedback Theme
REAP ( http://www.reap.ac.uk/ )
Clarify good performance.
Encourage time and effort on task.
Deliver high quality feedback.
Provide opportunities to act on feedback.
Encourage interaction and dialogue.
Develop self-assessment and reflection.
Give assessment choice.
Encourage positive motivational beliefs.
Inform and shape your teaching.
*Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.

Assessment and Feedback at Ulster
The University has recently adopted a set of Principles for Assessment and Feedback for Learning ( http://ee.ulster.ac.uk/assessment_and_feedback/ )
These are based on the REAP principles ( http://www.reap.ac.uk/ ) ( http://www.reap.ac.uk/Portals/101/Documents/Theory%20and%20Practice/REAP%20principles.pdf )

Viewpoints A&F Workshop Taster
An opportunity to use and explore the assessment and feedback theme.

Task 1 – Consider scenario, select and map principles to learning timeline (10 minutes)
Consider your scenario and choose 2/3 principles (cards) to help address your challenge.
Place these cards on the learning timeline considering the student perspective .

Task 2 – Select potentially relevant implementation ideas (10 minutes)
Turn over the most important card(s) and select ideas.
Note where you could your add own ideas or comments in order to tailor the examples & record action points/reflections.

Task 3 - Share reflections, feedback about the process and evaluation… (10 minutes)
Activity worksheet – select one word / phrase (most useful) and two (important)
Verbal feedback : How did the resources / activities influence and support you:
as an individual?
as a group?

Brief sharing of experiences and evaluation findings.

Sample finished worksheets

Shared meanings and priorities

Interactive and engaging

Facilitated discussions

Informative and supporting

Building effective teams
In a short period of time through:
Informal environment
Establishing shared meanings and priorities
Facilitating discussions and the sharing of ideas
Consensus building
Collaborative development of the workshop output

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Conclusions, questions and close
By now you should:
Be aware of the Viewpoints project.
Have seen some assessment and feedback resources and also examples of staff using Viewpoints resources and prompts.
Any Questions?

Further information Viewpoints project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk Viewpoints resources site: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk/resources Dr Alan Masson, Project Director - [email_address] Catherine O’Donnell, Academic E-Learning Consultant - [email_address] Dr Vilinda Ross, Research Fellow - [email_address]

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