Developing and assessing meta-skills Introductory webinar Tuesday 9th October 2018

Agenda Welcome and introductions Explanation of meta-skills Purpose of project Approach to assessment Demonstration of digital assessment tool Discussion

‘Great things in business are never done by one person ‘Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people’. Steve Jobs

Our team Margaret Tierney – Policy and Research, SQA Margaret.Tierney@sqa.org.uk Debbie Pavia – Evaluation and Research, SDS Debbie.Pavia@sds.org.uk John Anderson – Evaluation and Research, SDS John.Anderson@sds.org.uk Frances Scott – Innovation Manager, SDS Frances.Scott@sds.org.uk Martyn Ware – Assessment Futures, SQA Martyn.Ware@sqa.org.uk

Your team Please let us know if you are a: Learner Lecturer/tutor Curriculum leader Workplace supervisor/assessor Other role

What are meta-skills? ‘…..timeless, higher order skills that create adaptive learners and promote success in whatever context the future brings.’ www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model.pdf

Why do meta-skills matter? ‘These are the skills that enable individuals to perform highly today; in a changed world of work they will be required by all of us’. www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model.pdf ‘To thrive in the 21st century, students need more than traditional academic learning. They must be adept at collaboration, communication and problem-solving, which are some of the skills developed through social and emotional learning (SEL).’ http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_New_Vision_for_Education.pdf

SDS meta-skills framework www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model.pdf

Project purposes To provide a baseline and evidence of distance travelled of an individual’s meta-skills development To test different methodologies of measuring and recording meta-skills in a work-based learning setting To build understanding of the impact of different learning experiences on the development of meta-skills To inform the future development of meta-skills in learning programmes

Approach to assessment Challenging to assess in a way that is valid, reliable and practicable No ‘right’ answer Triangulation of approaches Focus on raising learners’ awareness of and engagement with meta-skills Generating feedback to be used in a learning discussion

Assessment tools Qualtrics assessment tool For self assessment and tutor/supervisor use Scenario-based learning To set meta-skills in the context of a realistic, work-based problem

Please keep in touch to let us know: - how you are getting on - how learners react to this work - where we could improve - anything else you think we should know

Thank you 