U21 Assessment and Feedback Forum

U21 Assessment and Feedback Forum, 22nd and 23rd March 2022

This March, U21 hosted our first ever Assessment and Feedback Forum with the topic of this session focusing on programme approaches to assessment and feedback. The session came about as a result of the Senior Academic Developers open house sessions where it was agreed that it would be useful to have a deep-dive on a particular topic and hear case studies from around the network. The event was opened out to all members of educational development units to provide a unique opportunity to come together and share practices and experiences with like-minded professionals across the globe.

The event took place twice to accommodate time zones on two consecutive days, and many attendees attended both sessions. The sessions were chaired by members of the Senior Academic Developers group with Mark Bradley from the University of Nottingham chairing the first session, and Peter Diplock from the University of Connecticut chairing the second. We are very grateful to our Chairs and particularly our speakers for sharing their experiences and insight. If you would like to see the slides or recordings of the session please contact us.

Session One

Chair - Mark Bradley, University of Nottingham

Speakers:

• Amanda Sykes & Nicole Kipar, University of Glasgow. 'Setting the Scene' 
• Katharine Reid and Carmen Tomas, University of Nottingham. 'Tackling institutional programme-level design: culture change and student voice'
• Geraldine O'Neill, University College Dublin. 'An Institutional Framework to Support Programme Assessment and Feedback Approaches' 

Session Two

Chair - Peter Diplock, University of Connecticut 

Speakers:

• Alice Elizabeth Donlan, University of Maryland. 'The programme level learning outcomes assessment process, with a focus on curriculum maps for use in assessment'
• Christine Slade and Shari Bowker, University of Queensland. 'Using ePortfolios for programmatic assessment and feedback: Benefits for student learning'
• Lisa Coulson & Mark Hancock, University of Birmingham. 'Developing the Birmingham Assessment Model'