14 May 2020
14:00 – 15:00h
Assessment as an opportunity to learn: Towards a feedback culture in university education
Because assessment often drives students’ learning, it is worthwhile to reconsider the value of assessment in university education. The aim in this bootcamp is threefold. First, it is outlined how the formative and summative purpose of assessment can be balanced within the curriculum. This implies a clear definition of formative and summative, whereby insight will be provided I the main strategies of formative assessment. Second, more concrete examples are presented how formative assessment can be put into practice, and what the consequences are for the role of both teachers and students. One is these examples focuses on the organisation of effective feedback processes. Third, some implications for practice are presented: What does the road towards a feedback culture asks from teachers and students? What are the steps to take? With this bootcamp, I hope to inspire the participants to take a renewed view on current assessment practices and invite them to have a constructive dialogue.
Trainer: Dominique Sluijsmans
Dominique Sluijsmans studied Educational Sciences at the Radboud University of Nijmegen. From 1997 until 2009, she worked as a research associate at the Open University of the Netherlands. In 2002, she finished her PhD-project entitled ‘Student involvement in assessment: the training of peer assessment skills’. After her PhD-project, she further investigated the complexity of assessing one’s own and peers’ work in the context of teacher- and medical education.
Dominique has published in international and national journals, received several research-grants, and gives many lectures for a diverse audience in primary, secondary, higher and vocational education. From 2008 until now she has been working as an associate professor (lector) at the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen en Zuyd Hogeschool.
She also supervises several PhD-projects at Maastricht University on feedback/(interprofessional) and co-regulated learning. For one day per week, she is active as an independent educational advisor in supporting teachers and schools in (re)designing their assessment practice.
In summary, her ambition is to emphasize a holistic and formative perspective on assessment in education, which aims at an active participation of students and sustainable learning. Dominique is married and has two daughters of 14 and 16 years old. More information on her work can be found at sluijsmans.net
Target audience
UM Teaching staff
Duration
1 x 1 hour interactive workshop
Costs
This webinar is offered for free
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Due to the current situation, the workshop will take place online via Zoom. You will receive more information via e-mail a few days before the session.
The session will be given in English.