Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning: Continuing the Debate and Creating a Focus

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National Forum

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Teaching & Learning

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Assessment and Feedback, National Forum Publications

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Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning: Continuing the Debate and Creating a Focus

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Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning is the National Forum’s enhancement theme for 2016- 2018. The National Seminar Series 2015-2016 has already facilitated some initial conversations on this theme. Feedback captured at the National Summit for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2015 highlighted the significant changes to assessment practices and policies that could be driven by this enhancement theme.

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