Scientia Education Academy Lecture Series

Presented by Professor Alex Steel

Assessment is a core part of how learning and achievement is defined in the minds of students. It is also a fundamental influence on how academics view the purpose and quality of their teaching. It can have a significant impact on workload for both students and staff. Part of the complexity is agreeing on what assessment is for.

2020 forced an emergency switch from comfortable approaches to assessment to fully online versions. For many that change was unsettling and uncertain. The changes brought a range of issues into stark relief and raised questions for which there may not be easy or simple answers.

This lecture will outline some of those issues, consider some of the goals of assessment, and suggest some paths forward.

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