Pecs University International Week Conference

1. Pecs University International Week Conference Oxford Brookes University (OBU) – School of Health and Social Care (SHSC) Students Assessment and Feedback Strategies May 2010

2. Content s of Learning • Student assessment in theory and practice • Student feedback • What are the strategies: Various methods

3. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Theoretical Assessment: • Use of Questionnaires: • Essay writing: • Presentation: • Course Work: • Examination:

4. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Theoretical Assessment: • Tutorial Group: • Module evaluation: • Module online evaluation:

5. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Practical Assessment: School • OSCE: • Authentic World: • Simulated Practice Learning (SPL) • CVS Practical: • Student Portfolio: • Placement Evaluation • Study Skills:

6. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Clinical Practical Assessment: Placement Learning: • Student Portfolio • Competency Skills • Working Hours

7. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Assessment Meetings: • Student Progress Meeting • Academic Advisor: • Students Representative • Link Lecturer: • Placement Meeting: • Occupational Health:

8. SHSC Assessment: Different Methods • Further Assessment: • Student Services: • Student Representatives • Dyslexia Management • Counselling • International Students • Student Health and Well-being • Student Union Advice Centre • Finance Advice: Hardship funding

9. SHSC Student Feedback: Formative, Summative • What is Formative Feedback? • ‘Formative feedback provides information you can use to improve your future performance within a module’ • What is Summative Feedback? • ‘Summative feedback provides information about whether you have reached a particular threshold of achievement e.g. whether you have passed or been referred, and why i.e. what you have demonstrated for this judgement to have been made’. (Brookes Assessment Compact 2009)

10. SHSC Student Feedback: Different Methods • Theory: Assignment–based: • Formative feedback: • Summative feedback • Turnitin: • Assignment support: • Assignment Tutorial:

11. SHSC Student Feedback: Different Methods • Practice-based Work: • OSCE: Clinical Skills Practice: - Verbal & written formative & summative feedback • Practice-based Assignment: • Problem-based Learning Presentation - Verbal & written formative & summative feedback • Example: Patient Journey Presentation - Verbal & written formative & summative feedback

12. How SHSC Delivers Seminar Teaching, for example, Assignment Tutorial / Assignment Support This delivery is an outcome of a project called ASKe costing £4.5 million. Aim: to develop & improve student learning using feedback • Becoming Familiar with the marking Criteria: • Go through marking criteria • Students mark their own draft using marking criteria • Collate and discuss issues that emerge. • Choosing and Using Evidence – e.g. science: Type 1 diabetes: • where did you look for information and evidence? • how did you present what you found out? • how did you demonstrated your understanding? • how have you shown analysis and critical thought/judgement • have you referenced correctly? Note: ASKe: Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning based at OBU Business School: Set up in summer 2005 and end s in 2010 (5 years of Pedagogic Research).

13. Marking Criteria: Example Science • Presentation and Style: 20% • Conforming to Instructions / Clarity of Objectives: 20% • Content & Learning: 30% • Thinking / Analysis/ Conclusion: 30%

14. Presentation & Style: Marks Available 20 Marks Awarded: 9.5

15. Conforming to Instructions/ Clarity of Objectives: Marks Available 20 Marks Awarded: 12

16. Conclusion • Question Time • Thank you for listening.