Overview
In an ever-changing world, where technology is constantly evolving, the mechanisms to assess our students' work frequently change and provide us with both new opportunities and new challenges. This symposium, now in its fifth year, will consider how we can harness technology to improve our practices, explore means to overcome barriers and collaborate with students as co-creators to ensure parity of assessment for our students.
The symposium, via keynotes, oral presentations and workshops, will bring together experts in Assessment and Feedback, alongside practitioners from the sector, to share the latest ideas, initiatives and best practice.
A call for contributions will open in June.
Symposium aims
The aims of this symposium are to:
- provide an open and supportive environment within which to share and discuss contemporary practice and initiatives in teaching and learning; and
- provide evidence-informed examples and ideas for university staff and students to address current challenges in higher education.
Who should attend?
Teaching practitioners including: heads of departments, academic programme leaders and developers, all lecturing staff, professional services staff supporting learning and teaching activities, and learning technologists.
Call for Papers
Assessment and feedback are integral components of teaching practice, shaping the learning experiences and outcomes of students across disciplines. As the educational landscape continues to evolve, it is imperative that we adapt our assessment and feedback practices to meet the needs of diverse learners and foster their growth and development.
In this symposium, we invite you to engage in a stimulating exploration of current themes in assessment and feedback. We encourage submissions that shed light on emerging trends, cutting-edge methodologies, and practices that enhance the quality and effectiveness of assessment and feedback processes. We seek contributions that challenge traditional approaches and propose innovative strategies to address the evolving demands of higher education.
The Call for Papers welcomes a wide range of topics aligned with the contemporary landscape of assessment and feedback:
- Diversifying Assessment
- Enhancing Feedback Practices
- Innovations in Assessment Design
- Authentic assessment
- Assessment and feedback in a digital Era (including automating and innovating)
- Enhancing self and/or peer feedback
Colleagues are invited to submit an abstract in the below:
- Oral presentations (15 minutes)
- Workshop (60 minutes)
- Lightning sessions (5 minutes)
- Posters
We would be especially keen to receive staff-student submissions, featuring staff and students facilitating papers or workshops together.
Reviewing criteria
All submissions will be reviewed according to the following criteria:
• Relevance to the symposium focus – considering assessment and / or feedback at the course, programme, school, faculty or institutional level.
• Linkage to relevant assessment and feedback literature: submissions must draw on at least two to three items of literature.
• Reference to relevant evidence-informed theories, frameworks or principles about assessment, feedback, and / or other relevant or connected areas.
• Where appropriate, embedding of EDI issues in assessment and feedback processes and practices.
Submission deadline
The deadline for submissions is 23:59 on Friday 15 September 2023.
More details about the symposium, including information about keynote speakers, will be published soon. We look forward to receiving your submission and hope to see many of you at the event.