In 2019, I became the unit director in Economic Principles, a compulsory unit for first year undergraduate students in Accounting and Finance. Even though students are highly-skilled and the entry requirements for these courses are strict, the students’ writing skills … Continue reading...
Category: Assessment and Feedback
Crafting our student’s reflective voice: how to improve the art of writing reflectively.
Implementing the Patchwork Text
Many of our programmes in the university use written assignments for summative assessments, and students are required to demonstrate reflective learning and critical engagement within their writing. Students from both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes must join … Continue reading...
The Rise of ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence is now so accessible that, with some clever steps, it can produce good quality essays that rarely get caught by plagiarism checks. The higher education sector is abuzz with talk on how this will affect the rate of … Continue reading...
Student Hackathon: assessment though the lens of the student
We held a one day student hackathon with 16 students from across a range of faculties and courses focusing on assessment. Seven themes emerged.
What would make you love marking?
Have you ever heard an educator say, “I will be spending the next three weeks marking and I cannot wait!”? I have been working in university education for over 10 years and I don’t recall ever hearing that. Is that … Continue reading...
Student Hackathon: What did we learn?
As we look forward to our next student hackathon we have taken the opportunity to pause and reflect the outcomes of July’s event.
During the hackathon, students reflected on their learning experiences and took part in activities to promote discussions … Continue reading...
A first look at Decolonising Assessment
This blog builds on BILT’s previous podcast on Preparing students for assessment and the work of my co-Student Fellows, Rhona and Sama, on decolonisation of the curriculum. Last week I attended and presented at the 16th BESA Annual International … Continue reading...