University of St Andrews

This conference on Innovative Assessment in Higher Education is a joint event organised by the International Education Institute (IEI) St Andrews and the St Andrews Learning and Teaching Initiative (SALTi).

Plenary speakers are Professor Carol Evans, University of Birmingham, and Dr Mark Carver, University of St Andrews.

The event is open to academics, teachers and postgraduate students. This will be the first IEI SALTi conference, but our ambition is to turn it into an annual learning and teaching conference.

The conference theme addresses innovate practices of assessment in Higher Education.

Confirmed Conference Schedule

Time Speaker Title/Abstract

9.00 – 10.00am COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

10.00 – 10.45am Mark Carver Assessment and feedback for brilliant students
10.45 – 11.15am Antje Kohnle Using student-generated content to engage students

11.15 – 11.30am COFFEE AND TEA

11.30 – 12.00pm David Webster Knife edge reflections: Balancing acts in assessment innovation
12.00 – 12.30pm Jennifer Taylorson Developing constructive alignment in a large programme

12.30 – 2.00pm LUNCH AND POSTERS

2.00 – 2.30pm Ian Smith Assessing vertically integrated projects
2.30 – 3.00pm Eoin Jordan Online peer assessment to promote student engagement
3.00 – 3.30pm Stefania Triggiano Studying languages in the ‘Video Age’: making videos for assessment

3.30 – 3.45pm COFFEE AND TEA

3.45 – 4.30pm Carol Evans Promoting Staff and Student Agency through the Implementation of an Integrated Assessment Framework (EAT)