Meaningful Assessments in Higher Education

Higher education has had to go through significant transformations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and then followed very soon by the release of various A.I. tools. While these transformations have been challenging, in many ways it enabled significant advances in the way we think about education and the role of higher education more generally.

Assessments, as a cornerstone of education, probably continues to undergo the most significant transformations. The ‘same old’ way of assessing and ideas around ‘well that’s the way we’ve always done it’ are no longer relevant, and important questions about the role of assessments are emerging and driving important assessment reforms.

Join the conversation as we explore the following questions:

• What is the role of assessments in higher education?
• What’s the impact of assessments on student learning, experience and engagement? 
• How does assessment prepare students for the world of work?
• The role of feedback in assessment and learning
• Plus your questions ... what would you like to ask the panel, please use the following form to suggest questions for the panel: https://docs.google.com/forms/...

Panel:

Danny is a molecular biologist by training, programmer by night, researcher and faculty developer by day, and educator at heart. A multiple international and national teaching award winner, he works at the confluence of artificial intelligence, student engagement, and educational technology. A Professor of Educational Technologies at the University of Sydney, he co-chairs the University's AI in Education working group, and leads the Cogniti.ai initiative that puts educators in the driver's seat of AI.	Assoc. Professor Jo-Anne Chuck, B.Sc. (Hon.), Ph.D., PFHEA, is a distinguished academic leader with over 25 years of experience in the education sector. She is dedicated to fostering the professional development of students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to make meaningful contributions to society. As Western Sydney University’s Director of Learning Futures, she spearheaded the development of human-centric graduate attributes and a curriculum architecture that promotes transdisciplinary learning, all supporting the future of work.  She led institutional responses to the challenges posed by the pandemic and the emergence of generative AI, focusing on multi-modal curriculum delivery and assessment design. She is a change-maker, having led staff professional development programs, championing scholarship and evidence-based decision-making. She has secured grants, producing scholarly resources and tools disseminated via papers, workshops, roadshows, and panels. She also serves as co-Chair of the NSW Branch of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia	Dr Pranit Anand (FHERDSA, SFHEA, MACS) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Information Systems and Technology Management in the Business School. He currently teaches various networking and cybersecurity courses. He is passionate about students’ engagement and success and recognises the important role assessments play towards this. He attempts to design assessments that are meaningful, transferrable, and flexible. Pranit is also the co-chair of the HERDSA Assessment SIG and co-lead of the UNSW Assessment & Feedback CoP