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Assessment for the longer term
Mission Impossible?Mission Impossible?
Elaine PayneSenior Adviser, Higher Education AcademyAssessment in Lifelong Learning, Birmingham27 November 2006
Sage on Stage Guide on Side
Elite 10% of students 50% of 18-30 year oldsFull time Varying modesStudents – holiday work Work during term timeFull attendance AbsenteeismMotivated students Variety of motivationsLow technology Virtual learning environments
Didactic Collaborative, interactiveAssessment by Variety of methods examination
31% students do paidwork during term timeSource: Sodexho survey 2006
72% - improved career opportunities60% - improved salary prospectsSource: Sodexho survey 2006
! Assessment is important !
Assessment defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves as students and graduates
(Brown and Knight, 1994, p. 12)
2006 National Student Survey 71% - arrangements for assessment fairSource: National Student Survey 2006
55% - feedback helpfulSource: National Student Survey 2006
Why Assess?
END PRODUCT
Certification
GradeProceedSelection
Quality Assurance
StandardsEvaluation
Effectiveness
Learning
“…learning elements are emphasised
more than measurement ones”
(Carless, 2003)
Assessment to foster learning throughout lifeBoud & Falchikov, 2006
Living and Working in 21st century
Technology Globalisation Knowledge Career patterns
Complexity
Change
Uncertainty
What ……….????
Acquisition of knowledge Learning for earning What are employers looking for?
Learning for living in 21st century Earning Personal development and Citizenship Learning power
Transferable skills
Self relianceIndependenc
e
JudgementEvaluation
Learning power
Resilience
Reciprocity
Playfulness
How ?
Effective Assessment Contextualised Authentic Problem formulation Encourage student autonomy Promote dispositions for learning Students as active agents
Empowers learning
Team working
Application of knowledge
MeetingsDecision making
EmployabilityAnalysis of company performance
Problem solving
Planning
IBS
BS2
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Holistic v
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AssessmentBusiness plan – groupPresentation (AGM) - peer
AssessmentReflective log – individual
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn,
unlearn, and relearnAlvin Toffler
Academy Resources1. General Academy resourceshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp
2. Implementing an institutional Assessment Strategyhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp?process=
full_record§ion=generic&id=351
3. SENLEF Project – 7 principles for effective feedbackhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/senlef.htm
4. Managing Effective Student Assessment (MESA)http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/799.htm
5. Assessment Audit and Toolshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/800.htm
6. Card sort and dvds
Academy Assessment Projects
Small and specialist colleges Students as change agents Students supporting students Welsh case studies Working intensively Subject centre resources Networks
Reflections Should we continue to assess
knowledge acquisition?
Is it the role of HE to develop and/or assess the qualities required for survival in the 21st century?
If so, what criteria could we use?
Employability Qualities
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%What are employers looking for?
Higgins N & Pettifor C (2002), Learning to Earning, Mander Portman Woodward
What ……….Assessment of ????