Effective Assessment at University Conference - Program

Time:	Day 1 - Session A:	Day 1 - Session B:
9:15 - 10:00	Welcome and Introduction Professor E.T. Brown, Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Queensland Introductory Keynote - Changing a culture Professor A Lister, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture, The University of Queensland
10:00 - 10:30	Morning tea
10:30 - 11:20	Contributed Papers How can assessment be relevant for students who are full time professionals? – Glenys Carlson, Department of Occupational Therapy, UQ	Contributed Papers Towards an understanding of the role of feedback in instructional design – Shani Doig, Faculty of Education, GU
	Sharing the load: A collaborative approach to developing and implementing criterion-referenced assessment in professional degree courses – Merrilyn Goos and Karen Moni, Graduate School of Education, UQ	Giving feedback from a non-graded, integrated, criterion-referenced examination? – H.G.Alexander, S.E.Chippindall, J.R.Jass & C.B.Campbell, Graduate School of Medicine, UQ
11:30 - 12:45	Theme Session - Assessment with large numbers	Contributed Papers
	Assessing 2 million words per semester: Managing essay assessment for a large first year Psychology subject – Virginia Slaughter, School of Psychology, UQ	Assessment of general practice consulting skills using standardised patient interviews – Michael Yelland, University General Practice, UQ
	"What's the problem?" Teaching Business Law students to identify and solve legal issues in exam hypotheticals by means of corrected or augmented student answers – Barbara Smith, Faculty of Law, GU	Comparison of 'traditional' and 'criterion-referenced' assessment of an essay question in a Neurological Physiotherapy module – Rosemary Isles & Nancy Low Choy, Department of Physiotherapy, UQ
	Brief briefing: Peer and self assessment – Geoff Isaacs, Teaching and Educational Development Institute, UQ	What they know, what they don't know and what they think they know – H.G.Alexander, A.E.Dugdale, & D.A.Price, Graduate School of Medicine, UQ
12:45 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:20	Keynote talk - Assessment and Learning - Unlearning bad habits of assessment Professor David Boud, Professor of Adult Education and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Education, University of Technology Sydney
14:30 - 15:20	Contributed Papers	Contributed Papers
	Introduction of criterion referenced assessment in biological science laboratory subjects – Dianne Stomfay & Hock Ng, Department of Microbiology & Department of Botany, UQ	Lowering anxiety through take home exams and raising it through videotaped clinical skills practice – Kathryn M. Gow, QUT
	Assessing individual achievement on group-based work – Nola Caffin, Food Science and Technology Group, School of Land and Food, UQ	Three ways to pursue academic quality? – Duncan D. Nulty, Teaching and Learning Development Unit, QUT
15:30 - 16:20	Contributed Papers	Contributed Papers
	Using role-play to assess and enhance the integration of learning in first year physiotherapy students – Robyn Cupit & Rosemary Isles, Department of Physiotherapy, UQ	Is it different in Business? - A review of the assessment policy and practices in the Faculty of Business at the QUT – Jennifer Radbourne, Faculty of Business, QUT
	Engendering student learning by use of specific assessment strategies – D.J Hargreaves, School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Medical Engineering, QUT

Time:	Day 2 - Session A:	Day 2 - Session B:
9:15 - 10:00	Keynote talk - Formative assessment: The role of criteria and standards in improving learning Professor D. Royce Sadler, Faculty of Education, Griffith University
10:00 - 10:30	Morning tea
10:30 - 11:20	Contributed Papers "Plan? What plan?" - How Law students approach assessment – J.Giddings, Faculty of Law, GU	Contributed Papers Planning integrated assessment across 12 departments in a PBL course – H.G.Alexander, J.R.Jass, & C.B.Campbell, Graduate School of Medicine, UQ
	Assessing graduate capability for nursing practice – Diane Collins, Deanne Gaskill & Gail Hart, School of Nursing & Teaching and Learning Support Services, QUT	Implementation of an integrated, technology-based, discovery mode assessment item involving an "incubation period" to enhance learning outcomes for engineering maths students – Neil Kelson & Anand Tularam, School of Mathematical Sciences, QUT / Lecturing and tutoring critically in tertiary mathematics – Anand Tularam & Neil Kelson [joint presentation]
11:30 - 12:45	Symposium - Assessment and flexible delivery Chair: Beth Cavallari, Head, Educational Multimedia Services, UQ	Contributed Papers
	BrainZone use in Physiology and Pharmacology – Alison Bailey, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, UQ	Development of generic criterion referenced assessment procedures in the Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning – David Neil, David Wadley & Stuart Phinn, Department of Geographical Sciences & Planning, UQ
	Computer managed testing on an in-house network – Trevor Appleton, Department of Chemistry, UQ	Developing criterion referenced assessment: mistakes, successes and things to think about – Terry Carlson, Trish Gorely, Doune Macdonald, Stephanie Hanrahan, & Robin Burgess-Limerick, Department of Human Movement Studies, UQ
	Assessment using electronic discussion groups: some strategies, problems and issues – David Neil, Department of Geographical Sciences & Planning, UQ	Brief round table: Standard setting in a criterion-referenced examination – H.G.Alexander, J.R.Jass, & C.B.Campbell, Graduate School of Medicine, UQ
12:45 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:55	Round table	Contributed Papers
	Round table: Assessment of personal development in professional courses – S.E.Chippindall, M.Parker, H.G.Alexander, R.Brown, R.Kerr, J.Harlen., C.Rosie, C.B.Campbell, & M.Shapiro, Graduate School of Medicine & Department of Social Work and Social Policy, UQ [session ends 14:45]	Dimensions of oral assessment and student approaches to learning – Gordon Joughin, QUT & GU
		Balancing a variety of learning needs in assessments in an education subject – Ruth Smith, Education, JCU
		On the road to flexible assessment – Marie Kavanagh, Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Property Management, UQ
15:00 - 15:50	Concluding Symposium Chair: Geoff Isaacs, Teaching & Educational Development Institute, UQ Discussion, questions and answers with Professor D. Boud and Professor D.R. Sadler