Assessment method
Argumentative Essay Assignment
Based on a pedagogical strategy that approaches writing as synonymous with thinking (rather than just the end product of thought), this assessment requires students to produce a clear, well-considered argument in the form of a short essay. Students are assessed on the structure and coherence of their argument, analytic capabilities, and written communication.
Assessment method
Artifact-inspired Writing Task
Informed by a sociomaterial approach to teaching and learning, this technique uses an artifact as a point of inspiration for a short written work (in the case of WRIT7050, this takes the form of a creative fictional short story). Students select (or could be assigned) an object at random, and use this as a stimulus from which to craft a 500 word written piece that engages with an element or theme from the course content; or helps to develop a professional skill (e.g.
Authentic assessment
Assemblage-Based Project Report
Developed as a means of teaching the application of disciplinary and other scientific techniques to discipline-specific problems and contexts, this assessment sees students respond to a real or simulated site of artefacts (an assemblage) by performing analysis and producing a written report that conforms to the conventions of the relevant field of study or vocational setting.
Online teaching mode, Authentic assessment, Problem based learning
Authentic Assessment in Medicine and Public Health
There were three components to this groupwork assessment.
Authentic assessment, Problem based learning
‘Phone a Friend’ Task
At the start of semester, students are asked to find a partner in the class – someone they don’t know, or don’t know very well. They are asked to exchange phone numbers.