Our roundtable panel discussion ‘Authentic Assessment for remote learning. Best practices for design and measuring success’ was a crowd-pleaser at the recent Times Higher Education Live Asia 2020 virtual event.
A key takeaway was that a paradigm shift in education is dependent on a mindset shift by faculty, in order to reach ‘next generation’ assessments that improve on quality and authenticity for students.
Here’s a recap of what we covered:
Recent global events have reinforced the need for authentic assessments to bolster learning outcomes, and put a spotlight on higher education institutions to ensure they are cultivating ‘job-ready’ students.
This roundtable panel discussion explores different perspectives on the design and delivery of authentic assessments to address the important issues of how to measure success, inform future iteration, and reimagine/rethink courses during the uplift process.
Discussion focus areas:
- Main educator challenges in authentic assessment design
- Using student perceptions of assessment to inform its design
- The extent to which technology guides assessment strategy
- Key elements that make for a successful delivery of authentic assessment
- Measuring the success of assessment design and the role of a student feedback loop