| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Welcome and Introduction Richard Shearman |
| 10.45- 11.15 | Keynote: Making learning outcomes work for learning Liz McDowell, Assessment for Learning CETL Director, Northumbria University Specifying learning outcomes and accurately measuring student performance against them does not in itself promote good learning. However, learning outcomes can be made to work for learning. Some suggestions on how to do this will be drawn from the research and development programme of the CETL Assessment for Learning. |
| 11.15 - 12.30 | The Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Engineering perspectives An International perspective - Mona Dahms, Aalborg University Professional Institution perspective - Richard Wynne, IMechE A programme leader perspective |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Panel session, Chair Professor Fred Maillardet, EPC |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Parallel sessions with Case studies presentations and discussions |
| Assessment Chaired by Roger Penlington, AfL CETL, Northumbria University Assessment of Engineering UK-SPEC Transferable Skills Learning Outcomes on a BEng Engineering Distance Learning Degree – Keith McGraw, The Open University Promoting student learning: the use of portfolios in the assessment of learning outcomes – Lloyd Scott, Dublin Institute of Technology |
Curriculum Design and delivery Chaired by Ivan Moore, CPLA, Sheffield Hallam University Team approaches to curriculum design and delivery – Anthony Rossiter, University of Sheffield Mapping and assessing learning outcomes online: EASIMAP – John Dickens, the Engineering Subject Centre |
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Afternoon tea |
| 15.15 – 15.45 | Plenary Session, chaired by Professor John Dickens Summary from parallel sessions and overview of the day. |