Centre for Assessment & Evaluation: Seminar by Visiting Scholar Prof David Carless

04 Sep 2024 01.00 PM - 02.30 PM Industry/Academic Partners
Organised by:
Centre for Assessment & Evaluation
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About the Speaker

David Carless works as a Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, and is Head of the Academic Unit SCAPE (Social Contexts and Policies in Education). He is one of the pioneers of feedback literacy research and is listed as a top 0.1% cited researcher in the Stanford top 2% list for social sciences. His books include "Designing effective feedback processes in higher education: A learning-focused approach", by Winstone and Carless, 2019 published by Routledge. He was the winner of a University Outstanding Teaching Award in 2016. The latest details of his work are on his website: https://davidcarless.edu.hku.hk/. ​

Appointment of Visiting Scholar:

The Centre for Assessment & Evaluation (CAE) is delighted to
welcome Professor David Carless as Assessment's Visiting
Scholar. He will contribute significantly to the state of assessment
in NIE and school contexts through seminars and consultations.
 
Prof Carless has an upcoming seminar titled, Assessment
Re-designs for GenAI: Principles and Practices this September.
The seminar will touch on some key principles and
practices to inform assessment design in the age of GenAI.
 
For more information on the seminar, kindly view the details
found below:

Assessment Re-designs for GenAI: Principles and Practices

The conventional assessed essay as a coursework assignment is under threat from GenAI. What kinds of assessment reform are now desirable or necessary? What are some of the key principles and practices to inform assessment design in the age of GenAI? ​

This workshop aims to address these issues and surface some possible ways forward. Reducing over-assessment is suggested as a starting-point to make space for learning-oriented assessment practices. What kinds of assessment tasks energize students and stimulate productive student learning? How can we assess learning processes as well as products? Is there a role for student co-design within partnership approaches to assessment? ​

Interactive oral assessment seems promising as a secure way of promoting and evaluating communication skills, and there is evidence that it is still feasible within large classes. The value of human versus non-human forms of feedback also becomes pertinent. The workshop raises a number of important questions, but definitive answers are not yet available. In collaboration with participants, we aim to chart some possible ways forward for assessment practice in NIE and further afield. ​

 

Please note that this seminar is only open to NIE faculty and research staff. If you are interested in signing up for the seminar, please scan the QR code at the top of the website or click the 'register' button found on the right-hand side of the page. Please note that the deadline for registration is on the 25th of August (Sunday). 

 

 

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