Overview
Valid, reliable and authentic assessments are the cornerstone of quality assured academic qualifications. Artificial intelligence, increased student numbers, diverse student needs and expectations present significant challenges to the further and higher education and training landscape, particularly approaches to assessment practices.
Faced with these multiple challenges, redesigning assessment can seem like a daunting task for educators. However, it presents us with an opportunity to (re)design assessments in meaningful ways that both support and assure learning.
This course is designed for educators who are seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the educational theory of assessment and a practical knowledge of approaches to high-quality assessment design to assist when (re)designing assessments.
You’ll Learn to
- Critically examine fundamental principles and theories of assessment
- Apply principles and strategies to ensure constructive alignment between assessment and learning outcomes, including in the GenAI era
- Apply rubrics and feedback strategies to support students’ learning and academic integrity
- Employ effective and innovative assessment design and implementation strategies to engage students and uphold academic integrity
On earning your open badge award for this course, you will have achieved further recognition in the following domains of the National Professional Development Framework for Staff who Teach:
- Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills ensures the individual remains current in terms of their professional/disciplinary knowledge and can implement teaching, learning and assessment approaches which promote active learning and are underpinned by a strong evidence base.
- Domain 5 Personal and Professional Digital Capacity recognises explicitly that we live and work in a digital world, and that teachers must develop digital skills that allow them to harness the potential of technology for learning impact.
Course Developers
This open course will be developed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in partnership with:
Loretta Goff
University College Cork
Samantha (Jiaxin) Xu
Dublin City University
Mary-Claire Kennedy
University of Limerick
Justin Tonra
University of Galway
Gavin Clinch
Atlantic Technological University
Catherine Fox
Louth & Meath Education and Training Board
Finbarr Murphy
Institute of Business and Technology Dublin
Silvia Benini
University of Limerick
Fionn McGrath
University of Limerick
Suzanne Stone
University of Limerick
Laura Costelloe
Mary Immaculate College
Fiona O’Riordan
CCT College Dublin
Conor O’Mahony
University College Cork
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