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Assessment in an outcomes based curriculum

May 29, 2009

in Education, Students

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I attended a seminar / short course on campus yesterday, presented by Prof. Chrissie Boughey from Rhodes University. She spoke about the role of assessment in curriculum development and the link between teaching and assessing. Here are the notes I took. Assessment is the most important factor in improving learning because we get back what…
HESS conference (day 3)

Dec 3, 2008

in Conference, Education

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The last day of HESS 2008 has come and gone. It was a short day, but interesting nonetheless. I had the opportunity to see the following presentations: Keynote: Higher education “failing the majority”: Is a four year degree the solution? Keynote: Education as politics Principles for effective professional development in higher education institutions Factors impacting…