From Exemplars to GAI: Activating Assessment Literacy
Who?Dr Helen Thompson and Dr Tim Davies, Assistant Professors in Biosciences What?A series of workshops originally designed to support students…
Assessment for Learning
Assessment as a learning process
Research has demonstrated numerous advantages to designing assessments in higher education as transparent learning processes. The rise of generative AI…
Enhancing collaborative learning through micro-task strategies
Who? Dr Anthony Kyiu, Assistant Professor in Finance, Durham University Business School. What? The activity focuses on using micro-task strategies…
Assessment and marking in light of generative AI
Assessment design Debates about assessment design in light of generative AI have been ongoing, and often heated, since early 2023.…
Enhancing Student Engagement with Feedback at the Programme Level Using Digital Tools
Academic lead in the Department of Biosciences: Dr Mathilde Roger Leads from DCAD: Julie Mulvey & Sumetha Karthigeyen About the…
Drafting policy on contemporary social issues
Who? Sherene Meir, Foundation Programme What? Seven weeks of interdisciplinary teaching on ‘Young people and contemporary social issues’ as part…
Peer review of formative blog posts
Who? Dr Michaela Oliver, Assistant Professor in the School of Education What? First-year undergraduate module of over 140 students, comprised…
Authentic Assessment
What is Authentic Assessment? There are several definitions of authentic assessment. However, the one that we will be using here…
Assessment for Learning Conference
In 2024, the Durham Learning & Teaching Conference theme was ‘Assessment for learning’. Our keynote speaker and colleagues from across…
Generative AI in Learning, Teaching & Assessment
The incorporation of AI in Higher Education is not some distant future; it is already here. Internet searches use complex…
Self Feedback
Self feedback is a guided process in which students evaluate their own work according to marking criteria. It is often…
Marking Criteria Literacy
Who are marking criteria for? Marking criteria and standards aim to make the assessment process more transparent for everyone. For…