Moderation and second marking – keeping records

Posted on 14th November 201921st November 2019 by Claire Burnham

Educational Governance Team Learning and Teaching Development Service Professional Services Academic Units are to ensure that there are written records of all moderation and scaling, including any notes from markers, any explanation of how disparate marks have been reconciled (if appropriate), and any minutes from Module Moderation Boards (if held). Records of moderation and scaling Read more about Moderation and second marking – keeping records[…]

Developing more diverse and inclusive capstones for undergraduate management and business students

Posted on 18th October 2019 by Claire Burnham

Two alternative assessments were introduced by Newcastle University Business School, designed to meet diverse student and employer needs. Find out more from Angela Mazzetti.

Architecture Learning Communities

Posted on 25th September 201925th September 2019 by Claire Burnham

Find out more about how listening and acting to student feedback, contact time with tutors and good quality staff support have helped develop a sense of learning community within Architecture.

Student and lecturer in practical workshop

Use of student-generated videos to prime practical workshop learning

Posted on 19th August 201920th September 2019 by Claire Burnham

This interdisciplinary approach to a flipped classroom gets students creating, engaged and sharing knowledge using short videos.

Find your own primary sources writing portfolio

Posted on 19th June 201911th July 2019 by Claire Burnham

Students studying HIS3212 : Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1914 are asked to find their own primary resources resulting in a variety of resources and a number of new insights.

Over the Threshold: formative work in the first days at university

Posted on 22nd May 201923rd May 2019 by Claire Burnham

Archaeology students submit an formative piece, “What will I get from my degree?” near the start of Semester 1. Find out more from Dr James Gerrard in this Case Study.

Online postgraduate formative assessment

Posted on 8th May 201923rd May 2019 by Claire Burnham

Dr James Gerrard used formative tests with postgraduate students which helps to encourage engagement with resources and contributes to better summative assessment grades.

Perfecting Peer Review with PeerMark

Posted on 18th October 201819th September 2019 by Claire Burnham

Students in Dental Sciences are taking part in peer review. Discover how this is working and how PeerMark has helped make the process easier.

Team-Based Learning

Posted on 10th September 201825th October 2018 by Claire Burnham

Team Based-Learning (TBL) was used in the MBBS curriculum helping students to develop team working skills and providing a forum for meaningful discussion.

Dr Fernando Russo Abegao, Dr Sue Haile and Sharon Joyce

Supporting summative sustainability analysis using Blackboard formative tests

Posted on 7th August 201824th April 2019 by Claire Burnham

This case study describes how formative tests are used in the School of Engineering to scaffold students learning prior to summative assessment.