03.14.07
Online conference on Assessment for Learning
Based on the number of recent discussions we have seen here at CILASS around assessment of IBL, I hope the conference below might be of interest to people - in fact, submissions are still open, so why not participate even more actively, if you’ve got the time?
International Online Conference sponsored by the REAP Project
Assessment design for learner responsibility
29th - 31st May 2007
The conference is part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project, a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. REAP is a collaboration across University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University. REAP is evaluating the impact of new assessment practices supported by technology at course, faculty and institutional level.
CONFERENCE THEMES:
Focusing on assessment FOR learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions.
Theme 1: Assessment and the first year experience
Theme 2: Great designs for assessment
Theme 3: Institutional strategies (designs) for assessment
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK
David Boud, Professor of Adult Education and Dean of the University Graduate School at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Trudy Banta, Professor of Higher Education and Vice Chancellor of Planning and Institutional Improvement at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Please see the submission information below, or join the discussions online on May 29th-31st 2007. Registration is free but all participants must register between 10-18th May 2007.
More information is available from the conference site at: www.reap.ac.uk or contact Dr Rachel Harris, Inspire Research Ltd, reapconference@inspire-research.co.uk
Submissions:
If you have examples of good practice to share with the international community, please submit, by 28 March, either:
- a short reflective case study (about 4 sides) of an assessment design or institutional strategy that promotes ‘assessment FOR learning’ at course, faculty or institutional level
OR
- a set of principles of good assessment and feedback practice, or some ‘questions worth asking’ about assessment theory or practice
I’ll be registering to participate, so hope to see some of you online 
