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Tag: alternative assessment

Student preparing for exams
15th January 2024 teachingmatters

Making assessment meaningful

6th October 2021 IAD user

Discussing assessments, online exams and getting to know your students in hybrid teaching

30th April 2021 IAD user

Podcast: How Covid-19 impacted assessment: Academic misconduct (12 mins)

Man dancing over a backdrop of maths equations and pink and red smoke
4th March 2021 IAD user

How Covid-19 changed assessment: Podcast (13 min) + Explainer Video (2 min)

Photograph of a sculpture made by the author featuring a model treehouse located on the top of a stack of books with a small model stepladder resting against the house.
1st October 2020 IAD user

Viewpoint: How to activate an artwork in isolation

screen grab of the video featured in the blog post
24th September 2020 IAD user

A day in my life – Lockdown Video

Illustration produced with hand embroidery of three women wearing masks carrying bags
16th September 2020 IAD user

Residence life: Samuel Pepys in the age of Covid

10th September 2020 IAD user

A strange mix of emotions

3rd June 2020 IAD user

Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: Alternatives to exams

15th April 2020 IAD user

Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: Remote exam marking – Holding on to the philosophy of paper

24th March 2020 IAD user

Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: Sharing good practice

18th March 2020 Josephine Foucher

Spotlight on Remote Teaching and Alternative Assessment Methods

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