Showcasing teaching & learning innovation
Enhance your assessment design
Attend the next Showcasing Teaching & Learning Innovation event to learn about the psychology of assessment design, try out the Assessment Ideas Factory online database, and engage in authentic assessment discussions.
Why attend?
Enjoy a light lunch before hearing from learning sciences expert Associate Professor Jason Lodge on the psychology of assessment design. Jason will speak to assessment design that addresses learning as a developmental, longitudinal process vs. learning as performance.
Have you heard about UQ’s Assessment Ideas Factory? Learn about this handy tool from Mair Underwood and Chris Frost and participate in a hands on session to explore the database. Please bring your own device (phone or iPad).
You’ll also be invited to participate in small breakout groups to discuss the challenges and opportunities of assessment design.
Topics include:
- The challenges and benefits of limiting the number of assessment tasks to 3
- Assessment design strategies for reducing opportunities for academic misconduct
- When is the best time for assessment to occur?
- Hot topic offered from the floor
About Showcasing teaching & learning innovation
Presented by Dr Deanne Gannaway.
This showcasing event provides opportunities for academics engaged in teaching and learning innovation, grants and fellowships to disseminate resources, tools and practices. Presenters will share their outcomes and findings and lessons learnt.
This course will enable participants to:
1. Learn about teaching and learning innovation occurring at UQ
2. Engage with practitioners to share ideas about teaching and learning innovation
3. Identify practices that might be applied or adapted to their own teaching contexts.
For alternative professional development sessions that showcase teaching and learning innovations, see the What's working? Showcasing teaching and learning innovations page.