We often use high-stakes assessments in our classrooms. But have you heard of innovative approaches like public exams or student-inclusive assessment techniques? Increasing use of teaching technology has opened the door for creative assessments but also has the potential to fray the social links between instructors and students, leading to negative outcomes.
In this webinar, we will discuss barriers to student success in online exams and experts from the APRU network will present examples of innovative assessment techniques that you may want to try in your own classrooms.
The session with international pedagogical experts, instructors will learn about innovative examples of how to use better assessment strategies in the classroom, including public exams, group performance and more.
October 18 from 6-7:30 pm (Pacific time)/ October 19 from 9-10:30 am (Hong Kong time)
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Ben Wiggins, University of Washington
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Athel Hu, Nanyang Technological University
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Lilian Chye Min Yen, Nanyang Technological University
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María Sol Garcés, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
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Lillian Luk, University College London
Moderators
- Mellissa Withers, University of Southern California
- Catherine Zhou, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Topic: Are You a Robot or a Teacher? Including Students in the Process of Assessment.
Ben Wiggins (MS Molecular Biology, PhD Education) has taught and supported biology and education at the University of Washington for 15 years. He teaches courses as small as a handful of graduate trainees in teaching methods and as large as an 800-person Introductory Biology course. His NSF-funded research focuses on active learning, assessment strategies that align well with active teaching, and training instructors to take those techniques into their own (often very large) classrooms.
Topic: Peerceptiv Tool – Student’s “Peer”aption and Evaluation Tool for Group Project Performance
Topic: Peerceptiv Tool – Student’s “Peer”aption and Evaluation Tool for Group Project Performance
Topic: Opportunities for Transformation in Assessment Practice during the Pandemic – But are We Ready to be Innovative?
Lillian Luk is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Engineering Education in University College London. Before joining the centre, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) in The University of Hong Kong (HKU). With a PhD in Education from HKU, a Masters in Linguistics from Monash University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the National University of Singapore, Dr. Luk has a multidisciplinary background. She has been working closely with academics on professional development and has 12 years of research experience in higher education. Her research interests lie in the area of 21st century skills development and assessment, experiential learning and engineering education.
Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHSis Associate Professor at the Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. She is based at the University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. She is director of the Online MPH Program. Dr Withers is also Director of the Global Health Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a non-profit network of 55 universities. She received a PhD from the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health with a minor in cultural anthropology. She also holds a Master’s in International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BA in international development from UC Berkeley. Her research interests lie in community participatory research, mental health, gender-based violence, immigrant health, and global sexual and reproductive health. Dr Withers is the editor of two books: Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse, and Global Health Leadership: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific (in press).
Catherine Zhou, PhD is a Teaching Associate at the Office of the Dean of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prior to this she worked at the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has a PhD degree in computer science and engineering and currently focuses on research postgraduate student education. Her teaching and research interests include research integrity, emotional resilience and intelligence, and mentorship. She is in charge of the research postgraduate student professional development program within the School of Engineering. Catherine is interested in student-centered teaching and learning strategies, such as e-learning, blended learning, flipped classroom, and experiential learning.
Dr. Mellissa Withers at [email protected].