1. Thinking outside the square for assessment and delivery of courses A conversation starter

3. Goes wrong Curriculum obesity Curriculum delinquency A lack of clarity, poor initial design or changing staff 1.Program level 2.Intended course curriculum 3.Enacted course curriculum Hidden curriculums

4. Hidden curriculum at UniSA Assignment 1: group activity..present maybe 15% Assignment 2: placement at site..eportfolio 35% Assignment 3: exam 50%

5. Intended Curriculum: Constructive Alignment Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)‏ expressed as verbs students have to enact expressed as verbs students have to enact Verb: action and cognitive level (re Blooms) Object:..the ‘thing’ the verb relates to standard : a little hidden in UNISA systems…in the rubric…… Think ‘P1’ Absolutely no thinking about CONTENT Biggs, J. & Tang, C. (3rd Ed) (2007). Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill.

6. Intended Curriculum: Constructive Alignment Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)‏ expressed as verbs students have to enact expressed as verbs students have to enact Verb: action and cognitive level (re Blooms) Object:..the ‘thing’ the verb relates to standard : a little hidden in UNISA systems…in the rubric…… Think ‘P1’ Absolutely no thinking about CONTENT Biggs, J. & Tang, C. (3rd Ed) (2007). Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill. Assessment Tasks Format the target verbs are elicited and deployed in context. Criteria clearly allow judgement as to the quality of the student'sperformance

7. Intended Curriculum: Constructive Alignment Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)‏ expressed as verbs students have to enact expressed as verbs students have to enact Verb: action and cognitive level (re Blooms) Object:..the ‘thing’ the verb relates to standard : a little hidden in UNISA systems…in the rubric…… Think ‘P1’ Absolutely no thinking about CONTENT Biggs, J. & Tang, C. (3rd Ed) (2007). Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill. Assessment Tasks Format such that the target verbs are elicited and deployed in context. Criteria clearly allow judgement as to the quality of the student'sperformance Teaching / Learning Activities Activities Designed to Designed to elicit desired ILO elicit desired ILO verbs verbs May be: May be: Large class activities Small class activities Teacher-managedPeer-managedSelf-managedClassroom-based Outside classroom as best suits context

8. Course............let your existing ideas of the course go Are these the right objectives? What the objectives mean....broadly....areas of learning not explicit content Decide what constitutes as P1...........what MUST they know Share 1 objective and P1 with the group

9. Assessment This is what you need to students to demonstrate What would they have to do to achieve this. Pull 2 groups together…………...work on 1 assessment item