smarter learning Professor Hamish Coates

Pressures on higher education Cost and pricing Transparency and privatisation Diversification and stratification Curriculum and provision Students and academics

The smarter learning imperative Higher education strategic landscape is changing, radically Emerging hybrid business models that reconfigure core business: “New HE” New institutional ecosystems are emerging— many in this time zone As getting-in gets easier, getting-out gets harder Engineering an engaged experience and assessing learning outcomes are final frontiers

For instance… Shrink wrapped tasks Collaborative item libraries Stand-alone tests Training academics Task review/benchmarking Process/data moderation For instance… Shrink wrapped tasks Collaborative item libraries Stand-alone tests Training academics Task review/benchmarking Process/data moderation For instance… Student surveys Focus groups Activity data Retention Stakeholder surveys For instance… Student surveys Focus groups Activity data Retention Stakeholder surveys

Engaged learning experience

Assessing learning outcomes

Boosting capacity and data

Building assessment capacity For leaders Auditing assessment strategies and resources Determining assessment priorities and needs Defining academic standards and performance indicators For educators Learning how to write better assessment materials Interpreting assessment data to improve teaching Helping teachers shape feedback to students Certifying assessment capability For administrators Planning assessment cycles Improving delivery mechanisms Optimising resources for assessment

Developing assessment materials Developing materials Drafting and refining content frameworks with experts Producing high quality assessment materials and marking guides Validating materials with experts, stakeholders and students Preparing systems Readying computer or paper delivery systems Setting up marking and verification systems Designing reports and feedback procedures Deploying, marking and reporting Supporting deployment to students Psychometric analysis of assessment data Detailed reporting to students, teaching staff and institutions

Providing standardised tests Selection and admissions Generic skills aptitude tests Discipline-specific aptitude tests Assessment of cognitive readiness for tertiary study Diagnosis Measure cognitive skills of enrolling students Determine learning needs Establish English language proficiency Outcomes assessment General professional skills + discipline skills + context Reports to students and institutions and/or systems

Global Graduate Passport® General professional skills + discipline skills + context Culturally and linguistically adapted to system contexts Secure online delivery to your students Detailed reports to students and institutions

Next moves Implementing SESME Deploying the Global Graduate Passport® To keep in contact: