Contrasting perspectives at the National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference ... both emphasising the importance of 'Engagement'.
The first views 'engagement' as activating learners to remember. Assessment is therefore how much or how well learners remember the information they are given.
'Knowledge' or 'Information' ???
'Engagement' or 'Entertainment' ???
The second views 'engagement' as activating learners to think - (remember, analyse, synthesise, evaluate, create etc). Assessment should therefore embed lower order thinking in higher order tasks, rather than just be about the completion of memory and recall tasks.
View David Boud's full keynote here
The first views 'engagement' as activating learners to remember. Assessment is therefore how much or how well learners remember the information they are given.
'Knowledge' or 'Information' ???
'Engagement' or 'Entertainment' ???
The second views 'engagement' as activating learners to think - (remember, analyse, synthesise, evaluate, create etc). Assessment should therefore embed lower order thinking in higher order tasks, rather than just be about the completion of memory and recall tasks.
View David Boud's full keynote here
