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START DATE |
Enquire now |
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Online |
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DURATION |
6 wks |
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COMMITMENT |
Avg 12 hrs/wk |
This microcredential will introduce you to the different forms of assessment, the principles of designing good assessments, and how to best deploy assessment constructively. You’ll explore the importance of feedback, and how different technologies can assist in the delivery of feedback.
By the end of the course, you’ll never look at a rubric the same way again and will have the knowledge and skills to design effective assessments.
This microcredential has been designed to:
This microcredential aligns with the 3 credit point subject, Analyse: Evaluation and Assessment in Learning Design (010304) in the Graduate Certificate in Learning Design. This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.
A digital badge and certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the relevant assessment requirements and attainment of learning outcomes of the microcredential.
Learn more about UTS Open digital badges.
This microcredential is aimed at professionals in any sector who are involved in the development and facilitation of learning and education, including:
Full price: $1,484 (GST free)*
Early bird price: $1,336 (GST free)* Early bird price ends on Monday 29 July 2024, 11:59pm (AEST).
*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.
Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.
Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.
COVID-19 response
UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.
This microcredential is structured into six modules and is delivered over six weeks. Each module features self-study materials, interactive activities such as quizzes, multimedia presentations, short video and audio recordings and peer critiques, as well as facilitated, live online sessions. These weekly, optional live online sessions provide an opportunity to apply the content to practical and authentic examples drawn from the workplace, with the course culminating in an industry led expression session.
The six modules are:
1. Introduction to assessment and evaluation
Explore the differences between assessment and evaluation, their importance and purpose, and how they fit in with the rest of teaching, learning and design.
2. Designing good assessments
Learn the principles of designing good assessments and how to apply these principles to different tools, dependent on the purpose of the assessment.
3. Giving good feedback
Examine the role of feedback, the different kinds of feedback and how to be more time effective with feedback. Learn some common learner perspectives in relation to feedback and how to design useful rubrics for assessment and evaluation.
4. Innovative approaches for assessment and evaluation
Discover current and emerging trends in assessment including digital badging, microcredentials, automated feedback, ePortfolios, and the value of having authentic audiences for assessment.
5. Models for evaluation
Examine the different models of learning design evaluation including how they were developed, what their strengths are, and in what contexts they might be deployed.
6. Expression session
Engage in a practical workshop hosted by an industry expert that combines the ideas, concepts and tools developed throughout the course and puts them into practice.
Upon successful completion of this microcredential, you should be able to:
Assessment task 1: Assessment Task Creation (weight: 60%)
Assessment task 2: Practicing Evaluation for Online Courses (weight: 40%)
Practice your skills in evaluation in relation to online skills, using a well known framework (length 700 words).
Completion requirements
Discounts are available for this course as follows:
See below for how to obtain your voucher code.
Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price.
How to obtain your discount voucher code (group enrolments)
Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au with details of group enrolments to obtain your discount voucher code. Note that group enrolments will not be validated until the minimum number of criteria enrolments have been received.
How to enrol and obtain your UTS staff discount (UTS staff)
Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au to secure your enrolment and 10% staff discount.
Please contact FASSSFL@uts.edu.au if you have any questions about the course content, delivery or requirements.
If your query is in relation to enrolment or payment, please email support@open.uts.edu.au
Explore learning design theories, models and approaches that will enrich the learner experience and enhance your professional practice.
Immerse yourself in the power of learning analytics to improve education and training outcomes for learners.
Select, use and design interactive multimedia objects to enhance your learning design practice.
Examine current and emerging e-Learning trends and explore the role of technology in shaping learning design outcomes.
UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.
