Alternative assessments
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This document discusses alternative assessment methods and provides rationales and ideas for various approaches. It proposes using video assessments to allow students to practice real-world skills, eportfolios to enable continuous assessment and reflection, and industry case studies/scenarios to provide authentic assessments aligned with industry. Other suggestions include mini-quizzes for varied engagement and assessment, and balancing new approaches with resources. The goal is to better prepare students through assessment practices that mimic the real world.
Alternative assessments
- 2. Challenges 2 • Diversity of assessments • Choking points • Continuous assessment
- 3. Video assessment Rationale • Opportunity to practice real world skills e.g. presentation skills, digital literacy, collaboration • Industry relevant and authentic • Academic integrity • Suits diverse learner group • Continuous improvement Ideas 3 • Presentation or demonstration (individual or group) • Client video / diary • Digital field guide • Q&A session • Commentary on video and 360 video • Mock scenario
- 4. ePortfolios Rationale • Continuous assessment • Reflective element builds analysis skills • Software will allow granular sharing and regular ‘submission’ • Curation of multimedia collection Ideas 4 • Work placement diary • Construction design concepts portfolio • Dissertation supervision and support • Peer review • Digital CV
- 5. Industry case study / scenario Rationale • Industry relevant • Authentic • Can be reused in many ways, across years and levels • Opportunities to built on learning from formative to summative • Journey through the curriculum Ideas 5 • Fictionalised examples and tasks • Shareville idea • VR and virtual worlds
- 6. Mini-quizzes Rationale • Use of new assessment system • Varied question types and branching • Prolonged engagement • Marking can be automated and feedback immediate • Universal design for learning Ideas 6 • Weekly quizzes • Audio questions and feedback • Drawing and calculations • Question writing • Analytics from questions – identification of issues, cohort feedback etc.
- 7. Final thoughts… • The need to balance alternatives against resource available • Importance of piloting and building in • Remember inclusive assessment practices when designing • Assessment choice • Assessment literacy and peer review • Include the quality team in conversation (PSRBs) • Continuous assessment is tied to continuous feedback • Feedback relates to clear goals and expectations for assessments 7
- 8. Thank you Marieke Guy “We must prepare students to cope with the unknown and build their capacity to learn when the props of a course - curriculum, assignments, teachers, academic resources - are withdrawn. What then does that imply for what and how we assess?” David Boud 2014
- 9. Credits • Images – author’s own or Pexels or Pixabay CC0 • Inspiration from: • Own experience • Authentic assessment top trumps by Lydia Arnold • Compendium of examples of authentic assessment in practice from diverse disciplines by Sally Brown and Kay Sambell 9