Tag: 50 years of assessment in legal education
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Conference final thoughts
The sessions were pretty short — 15 mins, no questions. Julian mentioned he was bursting to ask questions, make comments, and that was my experience too. But interestingly, the constant roll of presentations allowed us to see the comparisons and contrasts, the common points between the presentations. There were some stand out approaches to assessment,…
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50 years of assessment in legal education – liveblog, pm
Post-lunch now, and Penny English, Anglia Ruskin U first up, on ‘Using posters as a means of summative assessment’. She defined it from Handron 1994 as ‘an experiential learning activity that stimulates curiosity and interest, encourages exploration and integration of concepts and provides students with a novel way of demonstrating understanding.’ As she pointed out,…
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50 years of assessment in legal education – liveblog
Am liveblogging the conference as much as I can. Julian and I up first, slides on the Slides tab. Whirlwind tour of past & present on the theme of the title, ‘Of tails and dogs: Standards, standardisation and innovation in assessment’. First up, Craig Newbury-Jones and Nigel Firth, Plymouth U Law School, on ‘Digital assessment for…