Authentic Assessment: Insights from the Development of the University of Chester’s Guide, Michelle Cordingley

Authentic Assessment: Insights from the Development of the University of Chester’s Guide, Michelle Cordingley

1. Authentic Assessment: Insights from the Development of the University of Chester’s Guide Dr Michelle Cordingley ([email protected]) University Innovation Fellow, Centre for Academic Innovation and Development, University of Chester SEDA Spring Conference Thursday 16 th May 2024

2. Authentic Assessment at the University of Chester The University of Chester’s Citizen Student Strategy sets out our ambition to deliver a premium, personalised and purposeful student experience Student Education Plan provides a roadmap to deliver the strategy through series of initiative and policies Three fundamental and guiding principles that underpin the Student Education Plan: research and practice-informed teaching, social and immersive learning and authentic assessment Academic Framework (from 2025) - a new curriculum structure and academic delivery model Sprint process for course design– design assessments that are competence-based as we move towards our Future Skills Curriculum for 2025 .

3. A Guide to Authentic Assessment ? Develop a guide to good assessment which aims to foster continuous learning and innovation among staff members

4. Authentic Assessment Themes Authentic Assessment Themes Developed based on: JISC Principles of Good Assessment (Knight & Ferrall , 2022) QAA inclusive assessment attributes (QAA, 2022)

5. Examples of Practice

6. Use of Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT output Guide to Authentic Assessment

7. Concluding remarks Evaluation – Microsoft Form link embedded in guide, sprint day evaluation, 12-month evaluation Key successes – 18 examples of practice, delivered within 6 months, responsible use of artificial intelligence tools. Key challenges – full spectrum of good practice not captured, small project team

8. Acknowledgements Prof. Jackie Potter Dean of Innovation, CAID Dr Katharine Welsh University Innovation Fellow, CAID Dr Michelle Cordingley : [email protected] University Innovation Fellows: [email protected] Thank you to colleagues who have shared their valuable examples of assessment practices and those who g enerously dedicated their time and expertise to peer-review the examples of practice and review the draft guide.

9. Reference List Knight, S. & Ferrell, G. (2022). Principles of good assessment and feedback. JISC. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/principles-of-good-assessment-and-feedback   QAA. (2022, August 25). Set of Inclusive Assessment Design Attributes . https://www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/collaborative-enhancement-projects/assessment/developing-a-set-of-inclusive-assessment-design-attributes-for-use-across-the-he-sector