I hate to say this to you, as it won't make you feel any better, but as an
FE college we apply the same methods to our HE courses as FE courses. All
units are internally verified - that is a sample of 10% or 4 pieces of work
is checked by a second person after it has been assessed, for the quality of
assessment (grading, brief standard, feedback to student etc). In the
interests of carrying this out efficiently we retain the work at assessment
time for the IV to check. It is then stored for EV purposes. This does not
always work, but is going on around me now as I write. As Programme Manager
for the HE area it is my job to check this is happening.
We have courses in Fashion, Multimedia, Photography, Fine Art & Graphics and
we have a day per term for standardisation/IV when all staff work together
on this, as well as the ongoing assessment.
Hope this helps.
Rowena Beighton-Dykes
Cheshire School of Arts & Design
PS you've reminded me, must get that work back from the students!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Pemberton-Billing [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 03 April 2003 15:10
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Sampling of work
We have an internal School review coming up in 2004. The University
policy is that all module files must contain samples of student work. The
implications of this in terms of staff time are great, and the benefits I
believe dubious.
A photograph of a Fashion garment or a video of a performance can't
realistically be used as a measure of quality - the facsimile is too far
removed from the original. Also if we were to try and record a portfolio -
which pages would we record - one, some or all? .... - the arguments go
on!
Our externals sample extensively every year - often reviewing all work on
each module. To our mind this ensures the quality of our assessment
procedures as applied to the genuine article. Photographs or video
recordings cannot provide any real measures of quality and in my opinion
are of little real use for QA purposes.
I wondered what experiences or thoughts anybody else had in regard to
sampling in Art & Design. I am hoping to make a case to the University to
exclude Art & Design from the requirement to sample every module (we
currently have around 300) every year. As part of this I would be
greatful if anyone could spare the time to share their thouhgts.
Jason P-B
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