News in Brief (Issue #2)
Celebrations Congratulations to all the Teaching Award Winners 2015. We are especially grateful to Prof. Rick Glofcheski and Dr. Michael Botelho for accepting our invitation to interview, [...]
Questions for Discussion Section (Issue #2)
What is your experience in adopting assessment for learning strategies? What benefits do you see in assessment for learning? What challenges have you encountered or anticipated? (Definition of [...]
Lay people as assessors? Standard client interviews for developing communication skills in legal education – Wilson Chow, Julienne Jen, and Michael Ng
Each discipline speaks its specialized and technical language which outsiders may not easily comprehend. After graduating from the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) programme more than two [...]
‘What’s in an ‘A’? Assessment for learning at CAES – Assessment Special Interest Group
Assessment Special Interest Group, Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES) Assessment for learning within CAES is embedded into our assessment processes. The predominant feature of assessments [...]
Assessing biochemical knowledge in medical and health professional programmes: What‘s the point? – N.S. Wong
Assessment is at the centre of teaching and learning. The data that emanates from a typical assessment procedure will inform the teacher how well the student had achieved with regard to the [...]
Learning to be a better teacher: What can a novice teacher educator learn from his students through engaging in formative assessment practices? – Kennedy Chan
Formative assessment (FA), defined as assessment activities that provide evidence about student achievement for teachers to make decisions about the next steps in instruction (Black & Wiliam, [...]
Scaling up assessment for learning – David Carless
Introduction In May 2015, CETL organized a successful international conference on Assessment for Learning in Higher Education featuring well-known keynote speakers, David Boud, Royce Sadler and [...]
Assessment for learning: Revisiting the past and envisioning the future – Interview with Professor Rick Glofcheski
Interview with Professor Rick Glofcheski (The University Distinguished Teaching Awardee 2015) Professor Rick Glofcheski is well known for his remarkable achievements and unreserved commitment to [...]
Editorial – Assessment for learning: Where are we? Where are we going? – Tracy Zou
Entitled ‘Revisiting Assessment for Learning’, the present issue honours the achievements and efforts our colleagues have made in designing and implementing assessment that can enhance students’ [...]
Message from the Director of CETL – Grahame Bilbow
Welcome to our Second Issue of the Teaching and Learning Connections e-newsletter! Let me start by saying how delighted I was to hear the UGC Quality Assurance Council’s glowing comments about [...]