This presentation was delivered on the 28th May 2010 as part of the School of Law First Year Review. It included an overview of the work of the Viewpoints project (helping Ulster staff with curriculum design) and an interactive workshop to let staff redesign their assessment and feedback strategy for a course, in particular to help them redesign one module so that it fits better with the other modules and helps students with the transition to University.

1. Curriculum Design, Assessment and Feedback School of Law: First Year Review Karen Virapen, Catherine O’Donnell and Dr Alan Masson Viewpoints Workshop (10.15-12.15) University of Ulster, 28 th May 2010.

13. Task 8 - sharing plans (15 minutes) One or two members from each group briefly feed back your progress. Share the key features of your group output . (Approx 5 minutes for each group)

16. Some examples of workshop outputs, photos and findings

17. Group 1 Scenario: Improve dissertation standards Why: To bridge gap between module-based assignments and independent research.

18. Group 2 Scenario: Improve feedback methods Why: Students fail to engage with written assessment feedback.

19. Group 3 Scenario: Effective use of an ePortfolio Why: Course up for revalidation – artefacts could be useful beyond the module.

20. Group 4 Scenario: ‘Reflect on Me’ Why: To allow students to develop skills and share these across modules.

21. Group 5 Scenario: Improve student engagement Why: Course up for revalidation – going to be using a blended approach (combination of block face-to-face teaching and online learning).

22. Group 6 Scenario: Student Assessment handbook Why: To help 1 st year students initially in their transition to higher education.

23. Group 7 Scenario: Enhance CAD feedback Why: Enhance A&F to measuring student ability to analyse and manipulate drawings and make constructive comments about example drawings.

24. Captured Process A&F sessions R&R residential

25. Example A&F output Example assessment and feedback output from workshop with PhD students as part of an ‘Assessment for Learning’ session with their lecturer.

26. Information skills outputs The library team looking at SCONUL Pillar 6 (Use and Share Information).

27. Course Level Course View workshop Images

30. Conclusions and any questions? Anything you wish to ask us?

31. Further information Project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk CIES R&R Programme: http://www.cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/rrs/ RLO CETL: http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk Dr Alan Masson, Project Director - [email_address] Catherine O’Donnell, Academic E-Learning Consultant - [email_address] Karen Virapen, Instructional Technologist – [email_address]