Clinic: Beyond “Traditional” Assessment

If you feel that traditional assessments do not fully capture students’ achievements of your intended learning outcomes, then this clinic may be for you. During this clinic we will explore alternative assessment strategies tailored for project-based learning (PBL) classrooms, moving beyond the multiple-choice and open-ended response questions found on most “traditional” assessments.

To customize the experience, participants are asked to provide specific course information after their registration, including the name of the course, course format (e.g., lecture, lab), number of students, current assessment types, and reasons for wanting to assess differently (e.g., what is missing from current assessments, curiosity). It would be helpful to bring intended learning outcomes and any current assessments for the course you would like to redesign, but not necessary. You will receive more information about this after you registered for the session (see below).

Who Should Attend:

• Course coordinators,
• Curriculum designers and program developers,
• Assessment specialists and administrators,
• Anyone interested in assessment and examination at UM.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Be more aware of the current assessment practices in their courses and/or programmes,
• Have discussed different options that may be more in line with the CCCS principles and the ILO’s and TLA’s in their courses,
• Leave with various examples of how to make assessment more meaningful.

This activity may count towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) if relevant to your situation.

About the trainer:

The clinic will be led by May Lee, an assistant professor of science education at the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP). May will introduce some basic theories behind designing alternative assessment strategies and provide time for participants to apply those strategies to their own course assessments.

Accessibility
At EDLAB, we strive to make our activities as accessible as possible and do our best to make accommodations when possible. You will have the opportunity to indicate any accessibility requirements after registration.

Note about the costs
EDLAB is currently offering all professional development activities free of charge. Please note however that we have paid to develop and offer this session together with the trainers, so if you sign up but cannot attend, we would greatly appreciate it if you could give us at least 5 days’ notice so that we can advertise your spot to others who may be interested. Cancellation without at least 5 days’ notice or failure to show up may result in your department being charged the full cost price.

EDLAB reserves the right to postpone this event should a minimum of 6 participants not be reached.

Activity full or can’t make this date? Then sign up for the waiting list and we’ll let you know as soon as this event is scheduled again.