Supporting leadership in inclusive assessment policy and practice
Friday, 15 November 2024 12 noon – 1 pm AEDT
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In this webinar, the presenters will be sharing findings from their CAULLT-funded study into how universities in Australia and New Zealand are currently supporting inclusive assessment in policy and practice. Drawing on data from surveys (n=26), interviews (university leaders n=14, practitioners, n=14), and international literature, they will discuss the variation in how inclusive assessment is conceptualised within the sector, alongside the real-world opportunities and challenges experienced as participants tried to move towards more inclusive practices. Examples of innovative and inclusive practices will be shared to illustrate the many creative possibilities for improving the learner experience. During the webinar, we will also be launching a new Open Educational Resource entitled Leading Inclusive Assessment which is designed to support people to create more inclusive assessment practices that suit their own educational contexts.
Presenters:
Dr. Lois Harris (Central Queensland University)
Lois is a Senior Research Fellow at CQUniversity Australia’s Centre for Research in Equity and Advancement of Teaching and Education (CREATE). She has a background in education, with research and teaching experience spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Her current research into education focuses on inclusive assessment, alongside work on student engagement and assessment more broadly. She is currently co-editing the 2nd Edition of the Handbook of Human and Social Factors in Assessment.
Associate Professor Joanne Dargusch (Central Queensland University)
Joanne researches and teaches in the areas of assessment and pedagogy for both school and higher education contexts. Her research interests include a focus on equity and inclusion, particularly in relation to how students from equity groups experience assessment. She leads CQUniversity Australia’s Centre for Research in Equity and Advancement of Teaching and Education (CREATE).
Dr. Joanna Tai (Deakin University)
Joanna Tai is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University. Her research in assessment focuses on inclusion and diversity, feedback literacies, developing evaluative judgement, and student experiences across the university and workplace. She is currently undertaking funded projects on feedback literacy (Australian Research Council) and inclusive assessment (Australian Collaborative Education Network; Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching).
Dr. Johanna Funke (Charles Darwin University)
Johanna has a background in intercultural education in compulsory, private, flexible, second language and higher education sectors. Her research interests include open educational practices that support learner confidence and participation.
Professor Roseanna Bourke (Massey University)
Roseanna Bourke is a Professor of Learning and Assessment at the Institute of Education, Massey University, New Zealand. She is a registered psychologist and leads the Educational Psychology programme which is the pathway for graduates to register as psychologists (Education Scope of Practice) with the New Zealand Psychologist Board. Her research within the school-based sector focuses on children’s rights, assessment, learning, and informal and everyday learning. In higher education she has researched sustainable assessment, especially in relation to self-assessment, applied professional ethics, and student-staff partnerships in assessment. Currently Roseanna’s research focuses on the dimensions of informal learning, and on children’s rights across within the education sector. She has just published a book with two colleagues on Understanding Children’s Informal Learning.