Resources

UWS Learning and Teaching Resources

These resources are particularly useful for new academic and sessional teaching staff:

• Teaching @ UWS (opens in a new window) [PDF, 343KB] contains sections on: the learning and teaching environment at UWS; about learning and teaching; developing your academic career; and support services for learning and teaching.
• UWS Tutors Guide (opens in a new window) [PDF, 817KB] contains sections on: getting started; understanding student learning; effective small group teaching and learning; e-learning; marking and giving feedback; evaluating and improving teaching, and evaluation resources.
• UWS Assessment Guide: Implementing criteria and standards-based assessment (opens in a new window) [PDF, 3.01MB] contains sections on: quality assessment; writing clear learning outcomes; selecting assessment methods and designing tasks; developing standards of performance; moderating standards with markers; explaining, exemplifying and giving feedback to students; case studies and examples.

Assessment

AUTC Assessing Learning in Australian Universities (opens in a new window)
The Assessing Learning in Australian Universities site is designed to support academic staff in maintaining high quality assessment practices and in responding effectively to issues in student assessment. Five assessment issues are explored in depth:  online assessment;  assessing large classes; minimising plagiarism; assessing group work; and assessing students unfamiliar with assessment practices in Australian universities.

Bioassess: Enhancing assessment in the biological sciences:  Ideas and resources for university educators (opens in a new window)
The Bioassess site highlights contemporary issues such as assessing generic skills, providing feedback, involving sessional staff, enhancing assessment for diverse student groups.  It contains resources on types of assessment such as group work, online assessment, peer and self assessment, and reflective journals.

Higher Education Academy (opens in a new window)
This site contains a range of resources on assessing online and assessing group work. Group work resources include: A Briefing on Self, Peer and Group Assessment; and Assessment of Individuals in Teams.

University of Waterloo: Centre for Teaching Excellence: Teaching Tips (opens in a new window)
This site contains a range of resources on assessment including: methods for assessing group work; group decision-making; group roles – maximising group performance; making group contracts;  teamwork skills – being an effective group member.

Computer Assisted Assessment Centre (opens in a new window)
This site contains a resource on designing objective tests such as MCQ’s: Guide to objective tests.