Reflecting on the COVID induced transition from paper-based to digital assessment

Abstract

Hybrid mode during Perth business hours OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOPParticipants will share knowledge and experience related to digital assessments. Best practices and effective strategies to minimise academic misconduct and to design quality digital and online assessment will be explored. Topics include: individualised assessment considerations; do digital questions need to be different from paper questions? strategies to ensure an equitable online assessment experience; promoting academic integrity in an unsupervised exam setting; projectcentric assessment -can we get rid of exams altogether? ACTIVITIES This workshop will be conducted as a "World Cafe" style discussion by topic. Through open and group discussion, participants will share their own experience while learning from others about this difficult period of transition. This session will provide them with opportunities to reflect on what did and did not work in assessment and enable the development of strategies to take forward into future assessments. Groups and facilitators will share discussion summaries to conclude the session. TARGET AUDIENCEEducators, lecturers, and support staff involved in online or hybrid delivery. OUTCOMESAt the conclusion of this session participants will have: shared views about practices across institutions; discovered new strategies to implement successful digital assessment in their own delivery; highlighted aspects of digital assessment that require further investigation. REFERENCES (OPTIONAL)