Student views on assessment -- Trained for the high jump; asked to do the long jump: does first year assessment promote retention? -- Exploring new students' conceptions of engagement and feedback -- Helping them succeed: the staff-student relationship -- Evaluating assessment practices: the academic staff perspective -- Assessment for learning -- Finding their voice: podcasts for teaching, learning and assessment -- Student peer mentoring for engagement and retention: challenges in community building and assessment -- The impact of assessment and feedback processes on student engagement in a research methods module -- Digital storytelling as an alternative assessment -- Interdisciplinary assessment -- Assessing employability skills: understanding employer needs and how to engage with students -- Getting the context right for good assessment practice -- Technology-supported assessment for retention -- Issues and strategies for student engagement through assessment in transnational higher education.
Summary:
Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. How does one engage and retain a group of students of such diverse culture, ethnicity, ambition and experience?
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