University assessment and quality assurance

Insight on strategies to improve university assessment for students and educators. Here, academics offer guidance on assessment design, covering formative, summative and diagnostic approaches, authentic assessment and how to give useful feedback. You will also find advice on exam preparation, ungrading, managing GenAI, preventing cheating and upholding academic integrity.

By Miranda Prynne, 11 September, 2023

Help your students to become assessment literate

University students sitting a written in-person exam
Practical suggestions to address a staff-student disconnect relating to the purpose and practice of assessment and to enhance assessment literacy on your courses
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 23 August, 2023

Online teachers need professional development, too

Student taking an online class
Teacher presence significantly influences students’ engagement, satisfaction and learning. So educators need professional development focused on adjusting their classroom teaching skills to online learning environments
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 26 July, 2023

The dark side of AI’s promised efficiencies

Darth Vader figurine
Artificial intelligence can use data and algorithms in a way that prioritises rationality over values such as fairness and quality of education, writes Vern Glaser
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3minutes
University assessment and quality assurance