Programme Friday 19 June 2015, Craiglockhart Download the full programme in PDF format 8.30am Registration and coffee 9.15am Welcome Principal Andrea Nolan (Introduced by Brian Webster, Dean of Learning and Teaching) 9.30am KEYNOTE Assessment and feedback: where are we now and where are we going? Professor Sue Bloxham 10.15am Coffee and pastries including Poster viewing 10.45am Interactive Sessions A: sharing our practice Silent and unengaged? What you see in class is not always the reality: what student from overseas really think R Holmes What’s that got to do with getting a degree? Integrating academic skills support into programmes S Gray et al Exploring academic and student perspectives of feedback L Strachan Using videos in the entrepreneurial classroom: a ‘close-up’ on supporting student assessments L Jackman et al TESTA Acting on the findings: helping students see the value of assessment L Adamson et al 11.10am Move on to next session 11.20am Interactive Sessions B: sharing our practice Prepare for take-off!… students’ experience of using an airline simulation game as preparation for assessmentS Marr et al Employability skills in large business modules: built-in or bolted-on? S Robertson et al Win/win: the engineering peer tutors K Durkacz New modes of assessment: introducing video essays L Joyce et al TESTA Acting on the findings: clarifying goals and standards for students C McLuckie 11.45am Move on to next session 11.55am Interactive Sessions C: sharing our practice Failure for beginnersM Huxham Crediting the student: embedding volunteer opportunities in the curriculum C Cavers et al Peer-in at feedback: provide students with the skills to successsfully give and receive feedback form each other S Glube et al Spinning the WebEx to capture opportunities for assessment prep and feedback J Fotheringham et al TESTA Acting on the findings: student feedback F MacKinnon et al 12.30pm Lunch including Poster viewing 1.30pm Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment (TESTA): Lessons learnt from the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Care pilot Professor Brian Webster and Liz Adamson 2pm Open Space including Expo 3pm Where ARE we going? Reflections on the day and next steps Professor Sue Bloxham and Professor Brian Webster Award for Poster Prize! Excellence in Teaching – the road less travelled Maxine Wood, Stephen Robertson and Bill Buchanan 4pm Close
