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This module in the course and downloadable e-book is for academics to learn about providing feedback or feedforward and assessing performance.

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The module can be used by individual academics as recommended reading or in a formal tutorial setting where participants discuss their perspectives on the chapter’s content.

This short web resource clearly differentiates between formative and summative assessments. It is a one-minute read.

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This is a background resource for a larger CPD activity. It can be used to provide background reading or act as a reference.

This course module and downloadable e-book is for academics to learn about aligning assessment strategies to learning outcomes through backward design.

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It can be used by individual academics or facilitated in a group environment. ‘Backwards design’ is always a great topic for discussion. To what extent do academics work from the intended exit outcomes, to course activities, and the definition of course objectives. Often summative assessment is tacked on at the end after the course content has been taught.

The article suggests that academics collect and analyse data on the effectiveness of their courses early in the course’s deployment. It offers some valuable advice as a case study of Eberly Centre. It suggests the types of questions that can be asked and provides the user with some logistical questions to consider.

This practical guide or textbook provides a framework and tips to enhance inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in OER. It looks at how to ensure that what one is developing is sensitive to the IDEA principles. The focus is on OER but the principles are universal.

This module examines key principles for creating authentic peer teaching and learning opportunities for students. It focuses on authentic learning online and is a great resource for academics who teach in online or blended learning environments. The module is particularly beneficial because it addresses tools to foster greater learner-learner and teacher-learner connection, including how to select communication and collaboration tools.

This is a free course by the Open University that guides educators through the process of creating and sharing their own open educational resources, with an emphasis on context-appropriate materials.

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Use this as a foundational resource for workshops where academics learn to develop and adapt teaching materials. These workshops can include guided learning sessions, hands-on practice, and collaborative discussions to ensure the materials are context-appropriate and effectively integrated into their teaching practices.

This resource provides a good introduction to both formative and summative assessment.

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The reading provides educators who do not have an education background with an introduction to assessment and how it can be used to measure and/or reinforce course objectives. Ask academic staff to devise a formative assessment that would work in a class they are offering.

This reading champions authentic assessment. How can we make our assessments 'real' rather than theoretical? It looks at a strategy to design, develop, and mark authentic assessments.

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This would be a good reading for educators involved in the education of professionals that will have a specific task to perform on completion of their studies, such as doctors, nurses, engineers, and educators.

The resource offers an excellent, concise overview of the Constructive Alignment theory and should be compulsory reading for all academics. It also contains some examples of how to organize assessment tasks to align with Bloom’s higher order thinking skills.

Ideas for CPD Interventions
Ask academic staff to devise a set of assessments that align with different learning objectives e.g. recall, interpret, apply, create and evaluate for a course they are running.