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Transforming Assessment Webinar Update [Via JISCmail - this is not direct email - apologies for any cross posting] 1) Next session: Dialogue+: Students learning about assessment in first year, 3 May 2017 2) Recording available: Virtual Field Trips to Enhance Employability Skills in Hospitality, held 5 April 2017 Please forward to interested colleagues! All sessions at no cost. ------------------- 1) Next session: Dialogue+: Students learning about assessment in first year (AHE2017 Preview session) 3 May 2017 This is a joint webinar organised with the Assessment in Higher Education conference 2017 secretariat. Presenters: Dr Rebecca Westrup (University of East Anglia, UK) and Prof Sue Bloxham (University of Cumbria, UK) This webinar will outline the Dialogue+ process and explore the experiences of students, lecturers and peer-mentors. Dialogue+ supports first year students' participation with, and understanding of assessment and feedback processes at university through the promotion of dialogue with lecturers. The intervention uses an interactive coversheet (ICS) (Bloxham and Campbell, 2010) along with lecturer and peer mentor-assisted workshops and peer mentoring. Further information and registration: http://ta.vu/3may2017 2) Recording available for "Virtual Field Trips to Enhance Employability Skills in Hospitality" held 5 April 2017 Presenters: A/Prof Anoop Patiar (Griffith University, Australia), Pierre Benckendorff (University of Queensland) and Kayleen Wood (Griffith University). This webinar explored how virtual field trips can be used to enhance the employability skills of students in the hospitality sector. The session looked at at the technology and outcomes from the OLT funded project "Enhancing Student Employability Skills Through Virtual Field Trips in the Hospitality Industry". View and download resources: http://ta.vu/5A2017 ---------------------------------- Further information: The Transforming Assessment webinars are part of a series of free events covering a range of assessment and e-assessment topics. Sessions are hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, PVC Education, University of New South Wales and Dr Mathew Hillier, Office of Vice-Provost Learning and Teaching, Monash University, Australia. Further information on this and future events, recordings of past sessions, links to resources and participation/technical help on using the virtual seminar system can be found on our website at transformingassessment.com Acknowledgements: Support for this activity has been provided by the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (as the 'e-Assessment SIG'), the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, University of New South Wales, Monash University and the University of Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions. ---------------------------------- Why am I receiving this? You are receiving this particular message because you signed up to one of the lists on JISCmail and we feel the content is likely to be of interest to list members. Please refer to your control panel on jiscmail.ac.uk for JISCmail list subscription options. regards, Dr Mathew Hillier Honorary Academic/Snr Lecturer The Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (was 'Teaching and Educational Development Institute'), The University of Queensland, Australia -------------------------------------------------- Substantive post: Academic/Snr Lecturer Office of Vice-Provost (Learning & Teaching) Monash University, Caulfield Campus (Melbourne), Australia -------------------------------------------------- Transforming Assessment --------------------------------------------------