This interactive session will explore the change in assessment in higher education due to the pandemic.
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Dr. Monica Ward will present a case study from the DCU School of Computing detailing how they managed the change and the types of assessment they adopted. The next speakers will present overviews of the change to online assessment from the students’ perspective. Dr. Linda Amrane-Cooper and Prof. Stylianos Hatzipanagos’ presentation draws from a project at the University of London evaluating the students’ experience of the transition to digital assessment. Then, Dr. Inés Gil-Jaurena will introduce a study undertaken at UNED about the impact of the change in online assessment on student’s performance and perceptions.
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Gil-Jaurena, I., Amrane-Cooper, L., Ward, M., Farrell, O., & Hatzipanagos, S. (2021). Changing assessment due to covid-19: experiences and impact. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/changing-assessment-due-to-covid-19-experiences-and-impact/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).
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