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Re-writing the rules on student feedback
Can we create more engaging feedback for students? NPI’s English Language Proficiency team explores the power of screencasting to bring a human voice to feedback on written work.
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Making groups work: Embedding team engagement in assessment
How do you assess group work and engage students in the process? Renuka Pathmasuntharam from Curtin College shares a model with great learning outcomes.
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Teaching statistics between enabling and widening practice
Teaching statistics can be a complex mission. Explore how SIBT improved delivery and performance using innovative teaching and learning techniques.
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The Learning Hub: Growing a culture of independent learning
The Learning Hub is designed to build a community and culture to support students to learn independently.
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Excel gradebook spreadsheet: Making it easy to record student grades
Lauren Angel takes you through the different features of an Excel spreadsheet that was created to support unit coordinators to complete their gradebooks.
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Providing Effective Feedback
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Strategy Sessions: Set up for success with formative assessments
In this recording, Kari Qasem will discuss the benefits of formative assessment in helping students achieve learning goals and in assisting teachers with post-marking feedback.
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Strategy Sessions: Creating interactive classroom and web experiences in Moodle
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Strategy Sessions: Set up for success with formative assessments
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3 tools to engage students in formative assessments
Kat Karaivonova shares three tools and some practical suggestions to help with formative assessment in the classroom.
Focusing on Feedback: Goodbye Turnitin and Hello to Feedback Studio
Meg James shares a welcome change as Turnitin expands its focus from plagiarism detection to supporting better feedback.
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Getting students to understand complex assessments by creating videos
Renata Porzig-Drummond shares promising results after making short videos to help guide students through a challenging assessment.
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‘Live’ essay writing – what are the benefits?
UNIC lecturer, Simon Thompson, reflects on his recent pilot of replacing typical essay assignments with ‘live’ essay writing in controlled conditions.
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Designing good assessment
In this recording, Ann Wilson presents a strategy for developing good assessment across a course and offers some opportunities are for improvement.
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Developing rubrics to improve assessment, marking and feedback
In this recording, Ann Wilson puts the case for developing and using rubrics in marking and feedback. She shares resources that may assist you developing your own rubrics.