Assessment is commonly used to measure learning achievements as well as to enhance, guide, and inform both learning and teaching, and motivate the learning process. Critical, but often disregarded, is the context in which assessment is placed. This generic unit examines forms of assessment used in education and training, how these are administered (including technological-supported means of assessment), by whom and for what purposes, and the features of assessment that characterise exemplary practice.<br/>Using resources presented in a variety of media, participants will examine the theory that underpins:assessment as measurement;<br/>assessment as guidance and learning enhancement;... -- Course Website
Instructor: B Doig
