Specialists (overseas) in assessment will be engaged as External Consultants. To facilitate interaction and ideas exchange with them, “Advanced Study Institute” (ASI) sessions will be regularly organized. External Consultants and representatives from both universities (e.g., instructors of participating courses) will gather for valuable discussion on the project agenda, intensive hands-on workshops, consultation on assessment methods, and other topics in the area of assessment.
Dr Benjamin Yuet Man LI (Lecturer, Department of Social Science, EdUHK)
Dr George LAM (Associate Professor, Academy of Music, HKBU)
Dr Edd PITT (University of Kent, UK)
Abstract:
Formative self and peer assessment can generate immediate feedback for students. Such feedback can usefully help students to become self-directed learners.
Combining these feedback opportunities with authentic tasks, that simulate real-world practices can enhance students' intrinsic motivation to learn new skills and better prepare them for future careers. In this session, two instructors from EdUHK and HKBU will share their experiences and best practices in designing and implementing authentic assessments which promote self- and peer-assessment and rich feedback generation. The session will draw specifically upon examples from a foundational music theory course and a capstone course in teacher education.
Following the presenters sharing their experiences, they will engage in a discursive dialogue with our facilitator to explore the potential for increased peer involvement in assessment and feedback in other disciplines within Higher Education.
Dr Edd PITT (University of Kent, UK)
Abstract:
How we design assessments and opportunities for feedback enactment are critical aspects of teaching practice. We know that assessment design offers a key point of leverage for enhancing education, as many students strategically focus on it. The challenge is how we create motivating, stimulating and challenging assessments which offer integrated and meaningful feedback. Feedback can be one of the most powerful ways of enhancing students’ learning if students are given opportunities to seek out or use all available sources of feedback to improve. Designing opportunities into curricula for students to receive, interpret, and act on feedback can act as a bridge between the assessments students are completing and the teaching environment. With increasing workload pressures and conflicting agendas what if academics do not always have to be the source of this feedback or the ones making assessment judgements? In this keynote I will explore how peers can be active sources of feedback generation alongside making assessment judgments aligned to student performance and how this all can be usefully enabled by recent advancements in technology.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Pierre Dillenbourg
(Associate Vice President for Education, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Professor Gautam Biswas
(Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Computer Engineering, The Vanderbilt University, USA)
Early-bird Registration Deadline: 17 March 2023
Dr Cecilia Chan (Associate Director/Associate Professor, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, The University of Hong Kong)
Emeritus Professor Janice ORRELL (Flinders University, Australia)
Dr Edd PITT (University of Kent, UK)
Professor Mark SHUTTLEWORTH
(Associate Head & Professor, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, HKBU)
Dr FONG Wai Tsz, Ricci
(Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, EdUHK)
Ms FONG Yuen Shan, Michelle
(Assistant Lecturer, Language Centre, HKBU)
Dr LAU Chaak Ming
(Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, EdUHK)
Professor Phillip DAWSON
(Associate Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University, Australia)
Workshop 1: Cheating in a digital world: what educators need to know?
1 Nov 2021 (Mon), 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Workshop 2: Designing authentic assessment to support academic integrity and reduce cheating
29 Nov 2021 (Mon), 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Workshop 3: Designing authentic feedback to support learners to engage in disciplinary feedback practices
17 Jan 2022 (Mon), 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Professor Sally BROWN
(Emerita Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Beckett University, UK)
(Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, UK)
Professor Phillip DAWSON
(Associate Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University, Australia)
Professor Kay SAMBELL
(Visiting Professor of Assessment for Learning at the University of Sunderland and the University of Cumbria, UK)
Dr Ricky LAM (Department of Education Studies, HKBU)
Dr Kevin Wai Ho YUNG (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, EdUHK)
Dr Kimmy CHENG, SFHEA (Department of Communication Studies, HKBU)
Dr Lucia FUNG (Department of Management, HKBU)
Dr Sophia LAM (Department of Chinese Language Studies, EdUHK)
Miss Kammy LAU (Department of Psychology, EdUHK)
Professor Kara CHAN, SFHEA (Department of Communication Studies, HKBU)
Dr Angus YOUNG, FHEA (Department of Accountancy and Law, HKBU)
Mr Andy CHO (Department of Psychology, EdUHK)
Ms Jessica LEE (Department of English Language Studies, EdUHK)
17 Aug 2020 (Mon), 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Mr Peter BENZ (AVA)
Dr Kimmy CHENG (COMS)
18 Aug 2020 (Tue), 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Dr Ricky LAM (EDUC)
Prof Mark SHUTTLEWORTH (TIIS)
18 Aug 2020 (Tue), 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Dr Lucia FUNG (MGNT)
Dr Kristen LI (COMP)
19 Aug 2020 (Wed), 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Mr Chun Hoi CHEUNG (SCM)
Dr Chris P Y KU (SCM)
Mr Shane SY SIU (SCM)