The document describes a workshop activity aimed at encouraging reflection and creativity in assessment and feedback practices. The workshop uses cards with best practices in assessment and feedback and has participants work in groups to develop an assessment and feedback strategy for a Master's dissertation module by selecting cards and ideas, tailoring them to their objective of improving standards, engagement, methods, peer feedback, or collaborative learning. Participants then briefly present their group's proposed strategy.

1. Encouraging reflection and creativity in assessment and feedback practice Fiona Doherty, Catherine O’Donnell Technology Facilitated Learning, University of Ulster Assessment for Learning - 9th March 2010

2. Session Outline (45 mins) Introduce session (2 mins) Assessment and feedback (A&F) group activities (40 mins) Select cards (5 mins) Select ideas (10 mins) Tailor a solution (15 mins) Feed back to the group (10 mins) Questions (3 mins)

3. Viewpoints Overview Viewpoints is a JISC-funded curriculum design project. Its remit is to create a series of user-friendly reflective tools (in workshop and online format) to promote and enhance effective curriculum design . The tools will help staff consider areas such as: - assessment and feedback, information skills, student interactions, teaching & learning and options & pathways.

4. The A&F Workshop An activity-based workshop that aims to encourage reflection and creativity in assessment and feedback practice, considering the learner perspective. It uses large laminated worksheets (with a student timeline) and best practice assessment and feedback cards as prompts. Participants work together in groups to plan how to address their assessment and feedback objective(s). Participants produce visual output.

5. Activity Introduction You have been assigned to a team to design an A&F strategy for a Master’s level dissertation project module. As a group, you are going to plan a possible A&F strategy for teaching this module. As a group, chose one or more of the following objectives to focus on when planning your A&F strategy: Improve dissertation standards Improve student engagement Improve feedback methods Introduce effective peer-feedback Make effective use of collaborative learning

6. Activity 1 – Select Cards (5 mins) Write your chosen group focus on the worksheet. Chose relevant A&F cards that might address this and place them on the timeline, where relevant, considering the student perspective.

7. Activity 2 – Select Ideas (15 mins) Turn over the most important card(s) and as a group discuss and tick any ideas that might help address your group focus.

8. Activity 3 - Tailoring a solution (10 mins) Discuss how your selected ideas could be used in practice to address your group focus. As a group make notes on the worksheet using post-its or markers .

9. Activity 4 – Group feedback (10 mins) One member from each group briefly feed back your progress. Share the key features of your group output . (Approx 1 min each)

10. Any Questions?

11. Further information Project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk Catherine O’Donnell Academic E-Learning Consultant [email_address] Fiona Doherty Instructional Technologist [email_address]