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SEDA conference May 2012

posted 21 May 2012, 03:37 by Janice Priestley

The project disseminated interim findings at an interactive workshop at the SEDA conference in Chester on 17th May 2012. 

The aim of the session was for participants to:
  • Identify authentic assessment methods appropriate for their own contexts, which demonstrate students capabilities and skills;   
  • Choose fit-for-purpose methods for assessing Master’s level students; 
  • Discuss attitudes to enhancing Master’s level assessment.


Conference 2012

posted 5 Apr 2012, 08:17 by Malcolm Hawkins

Assimilate Conference:

Assessing students at Masters Level

 

Thursday 6th September 2012, 9.00-5.00

 

The Rosebowl, Leeds Metropolitan University

About us:

Assimilate is a three-year National Teaching Fellowship(s) funded project investigating innovative assessment at Masters level. We have been exploring practice in the UK and internationally over the last two years, with participants at our first conference in July 2011 contributing actively to this work. We have been using Activity Theory and Q methodology to help us analyse the various case study data and to model educator perspectives on assessment practices. We will be presenting our findings at our conference at Leeds Metropolitan University in September 2012 when the project culminates.

 

The conference:

Attendance (and beverages) at the conference sessions are supported by the project and therefore free, and participants will be able to purchase lunch at your own cost at the university refectory. Please select your preferred workshops on the booking form at the end of the page.

Programme:

Workshops are running at parallel times, on three different themes:

a)       Creative Masters level assessment approaches

b)       Developing and demonstrating employability skills at Masters level

c)       Innovative alternatives to dissertations

 

9.00am

Registration and coffee

9.30

Keynote Innovative Assessment at Masters level: a systematic analysis of learning from the NTFS-funded Assimilate project on Masters level assessment. Sally Brown and Tim Deignan

10.45

Coffee and transition time

11.00-11.45

Workshop 1a  Incremental assessment techniques to replace a traditional assignment on a Masters level Project Management module. Andrew Bell and Anthony Olomolaiye, Coventry University

 

Workshop 1b The value of Masters level learning in nursing practice. Debbie Casey, Sunita Morris and Liz Clark, Leeds Metropolitan University

Workshop 1c The Topical Review article: a suggestion for an additional M-level Professional Project methodology. John Sweet Independent consultant

11.55-12.40

Workshop 2a Potential student employability benefits of undertaking client-focused business projects. Simon O’Leary, Regents College

 

Workshop 2b Are we mastering creative assessment or is the writing on the wall? Emma Bond and Jessica Clark, University Campus Suffolk

 

Workshop 2c Portfolio dissertations: what are they? Peter Lake and Paul Crowther, Sheffield Hallam University

12.40-13.40

Lunch

13.40-14.25

Workshop 3a Dialogic assessment at Masters level. Ruth Pilkington, University of Central Lancashire

Workshop 3b Developing and demonstrating employability skills at Masters level. Marie Hardie and Steve Jewell Coventry University

Workshop 3c Patchwork text and feedback. Ann Wilson, University of New South Wales

14.35-15.20

Workshop 4a Oral assessments in Business and HRM to enhance learning.  Gary Connor, Coventry University

Workshop 4b Challenging academic traditions: designing an innovative HE professional capacity-building Masters qualification.  Susan Stevenson, Pip Bruce Ferguson and Debbie Bright, New Zealand Curriculum Design Institute

 

Workshop 4c Professional projects to replace dissertations. Judith Holloway and Penelope  Nestel, University of Southampton

15.20-15.35

Coffee and Transitions

15.35-16.45

International plenary: Perspectives on Masters level assessment. Hetty Grunefeld, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Lone Krogh, Aalborg University, Denmark,  Susan Stevenson, New Zealand Curriculum Design Institute, Ann Wilson , University of New South Wales Australia

 

16.45-17.00

Conclusions

 

To book please follow the link: Conference Registration Form

Delegates wishing to book overnight accommodation may wish to look at the following hotels which are close to the conference venue:

 

The Met, Leeds

The Radisson

The Merrion Hotel

 

For any conference queries, please contact Georgi Sinclair; G.Sinclair@leedsmet.ac.uk

For more information on the Assimilate project, visit our website: http://assimilate.teams.leedsmet.ac.uk

See my new website at http://sally-brown.net/.

For the present, please continue to use my Leeds Met email address

 

Call for contributions to our conference on Thursday, September 6th 2012

posted 29 Nov 2011, 06:35 by Janice Priestley

We have been exploring practice in the UK and internationally over the last two years, with participants at our first conference in July 2011 contributing actively to this work.

We have been using Activity Theory and Q methodology to help us analyse the various case study data and to model educator perspectives on assessment practices . We will be presenting our findings at our conference in Leeds in September 2012 when the project culminates. We will be offering aground 60 free places at the conference, with preference being given to workshop presenters. 

Our September 2012 conference will include presentations by the Assimilate team, but we also want to showcase work from beyond our project on Masters level learning and assessment. We aim to have parallel 45 minute participative workshops on the following indicative themes:

1. Creative Masters level assessment approaches;

2. Developing and demonstrating employability skills at Masters level;

3. Innovative alternatives to dissertations;

4. Using assessment to facilitate transitions from undergraduate to Masters level;

5. Diverse international approaches to assessment at Masters level.

If you are interested in presenting a workshop at our conference, please provide the information requested below by 1st February 2012.

Name (and title) of lead presenter:

Names of other presenters:

Institution (if applicable) :

Email:

Phone:

Theme:

Outline summary (200 words) of the topic and how you plan to engage the workshop participants:


Please send the above information to j.priestley@leedsmet.ac.uk by 1st February 2012.

ASSIMILATE Project Conference - 12th July 2011

posted 6 May 2011, 06:05 by Janice Priestley   [ updated 21 Jul 2011, 06:55 ]

There will be an ASSIMILATE Project Conference, to disseminate the findings of the project to-date, held on 12th July 2011 at Leeds Metropolitan University's Rose Bowl lecture theatre. 

Professor Sally Brown and Professor Pauline Kneale will give keynote presentations and delegates will participate directly in the ongoing NTFS project via a Q-sort exercise. Q methodology offers a theoretical basis for modelling the diversity of perspectives on Masters level assessment. Q sorting, the data collection technique, and Q factor analysis, a procedure for subsequent analysis of the data collected, will be used to interpret different constructs underpinning thinking in the area. The conference will finish with a plenary.

The conference is free to attend for colleagues in Higher Education and is strictly limited to 60 delegates. 

To register please complete the booking form. Queries should be directed to assimilate@leedsmet.ac.uk.
 
Timings for the day:
 

09:00

09:30

Registration

09:30

10:30

Professor Sally Brown keynote

10:30

11:00

Activity Analysis and Q-Methodology - Dr Tim Deignan

11:00

11:15

Tea and coffee

11:15

12:15

Q-Sort/Lunchtime

12:15

13:15

Q-Sort/Lunchtime

13:15

14:45

Pauline Kneale keynote

14:45

15:00

Tea and coffee

15:00

16:00

Plenary

 

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