“While #authenticassessment offers many benefits to students, concerns are also associated with its implementation.” #TemesgenKifle UQ News Times Higher Education

“Caribbean societies are exam-driven…our focus is on ensuring that students pass high-stakes, paper-based exams.”#DrRamonaArcherBradshaw 🇧🇧 Schooling reforms ‘needed’ as World Bank exposes ‘inequities, inefficiencies’ - Barbados Today barbadostoday.bb/2025/02/18/sch…

“We have ruined essay-writing by forgetting about it as a process & treating it as a product. We offered our students a simple transaction – an essay for a grade.” Dr Alicja Syska University of Plymouth We tried to kill the essay…now let's resurrect it What a great read! blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducatio…

“…to lead change in education is to inhabit a space between vision and constraint, between the possible and the actual.” #PanosVlachopoulos #TheAmericanCollegeofGreece linkedin.com/posts/ashfordr…

“This change to mirror real-world problem solving may be the most challenging part of our new imagined [mathematics] assessment for many students, but it is also what they need most…” #MatthewGlanville International Baccalaureate #authenticassessmentmatters Tes tes.com/magazine/analy…

“Authenticity is situated. To envisage a realistic workplace or community means considering the person who will live, work in and engage with it.” #SueSharpe ANU Media #JenniferZSun University of Sydney Is authentic assessment leaving some students behind? | THE timeshighereducation.com/campus/authent…

‘Using the term “assessment” in place of measurement in higher education carries real risks because it does not centre our ultimate goal: student learning and preparation for the real world.’ Heather J. Strine-Patterson, Ph.D. ⁦Virginia Tech⁩ Assessmt or measurement timeshighereducation.com/campus/assessm…

CRADLE and colleagues have devised a new free guide to #GenAI in work-integrated learning. Dr Joanna Tai says the guide is to support students, university WIL practitioners, and industry partners. Get the guide here: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/try-our…

My sincere 🙏 to Sally Kift & @jasonmlodge #needednowlt #GenAI #generativeartificialintelligence open.substack.com/pub/needednowl…

“If we want to inspire growth, creativity and lifelong learning, we must adopt models that empower rather than overwhelm.” Rahim M. Somani University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Beyond exam panic: rethinking the purpose of assessments | THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyond-…

“The stronger focus on ‘practical competencies and authentic assessment’ …would leave students "equipped with the skills and experience that employers are looking for". Gail Corrin #UniversityCollegeIsleofMan bbc.com/news/articles/…

“These adapted assessment strategies not only deter the overuse of AI but support student learning in a more authentic and engaging manner.” #RebeccaMace University of Worcester #ViktoriaMagne #SarahHooper #SharonVince University of West London Reshaping assessment for #AI timeshighereducation.com/campus/reshapi…

“It facilitated “satellite scrutiny”, which transformed 2 hour teaching session into…opport for real-life police oversight with the panel.” Abi Dymond University of Exeter Nathan Kiyaga #DevonandCornwallCommunityScrutinyPanel Devon & Cornwall Police #authenticassessment timeshighereducation.com/campus/realwor…

“That means designing assessments that are hard to cheat on not because they are surveillance-heavy, but because they are deeply authentic. #Prof.Ts.Dr.ManjitSinghSidhu UNITEN Assessing Academia In The Age Of Gen AI businesstoday.com.my/2025/05/18/ass…

“Authentic (like the real world): scenarios and tools mirror the professional environments students will eventually enter, ensuring relevance and increasing motivation.” #IrfanUlHaq #HungNguyen RMIT Vietnam Active, applied and authentic learning timeshighereducation.com/campus/active-…

👇 with 🙏 to Sally Kift & #JasonLodge for their excellent #NeededNow in L&T and the opportunity to publish in it… open.substack.com/pub/needednowl…

Kernowyon! Cornish (& British) just not English…〓〓 🙏 Perran Moon MP 〓〓🌹 🇺🇦

“Defining quality in art education involves focusing on positive lrng outcomes, holistic educ & multiple purposes. To achieve this, educators can use authentic assessment [to] mirror real-world settings...” #SadiaPashaKamran FCCU Official The Express Tribune tribune.com.pk/story/2565096/…

“…we have observed that negative marking has reduced participation & confidence. To address this, we now favour more authentic assessment formats…” Dr Alison Hill Dr Yusra Siddiqui University of Exeter Beyond grades: rethinking student motivation in the GenAI era timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyond-…

“The historic methods [of assessment] are not really fit for purpose in the modern world and we have seen a lot of promotion of authentic assessments.” #SueAtwell Jisc futurelearn.com/courses/unders… theguardian.com/education/2025…