1. Developing Valid, Reliable and Transparent Assessments in Transnational Partnerships: Reality or Fantasy world?
Festival of Teaching and Learning – 27 June 2018
Ariane Lengyel and Patrick Muigai - LGCHT

2. The TNE Landscape Broad and defragmented nature of TNE
The UK is the second largest provider of international education with a 10% share of the global market
Over students study for UK HE degrees outside the country (HESA Aggregate Record 2015–16)
81% increase in the number of UK HE TNE students since 2008–09 (HESA Aggregate Record 2015–16)

3. UWL and IIHM/IAM Partnership now in its 6th year
BA pass degree – 3 modules at level 5 and 3 modules at level 6
Started with 2 campuses in 2013, 3 campuses in 2015, 4 campuses in 2016
September 2018 – 8 campuses and in excess of 800 students
Stakeholders - lecturers and students

4. Some of the challenges Previous experience of staff and students
Academic culture of exams and rote learning
Little prior understanding of the requirements of UK HE
Need to adapt quickly
Local culture and conditions
Understanding motivations
Quality aspects
Staff support and communication
Relationship management
(Henderson et al. 2017)

5. Our challenges for assessments
Need to replicate UK assessment as part of franchise agreement
Challenges with
Drafts
Protocol
Interpretation of assignment briefs

6. 1 2 3 How do we achieve this? Assessments
Content Starter Set
Assessments
Assessments must be: Practical and novel approaches that address the needs of relevant TNE stakeholders 1
How do we achieve this?
Valid - measuring that which we should be trying to measure 2
Reliable 3
Transparent - learners know and understand where the goalposts are

7. The task Using the A3 posters: 5 minutes for each form of assessment
What are the elements of validity, reliability and transparency of each form of assessment
How can these forms of assessments be more applicable to this student body
5 minutes for each form of assessment
Feedback
Use of visual
Paper copy
Use of drafts
Use TII
Work in small chunks
Tutorials
In class activities
Teaching in the country context
Assessment brief contextualised
Use of detailed marking scheme
Use rubrics on TII
Blind and second marking
Provision of model answer
Moderation exercise pre-marking