Re-imagining University Assessment in a Digital World

Margaret Bearman is Professor within the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, at Deakin University. Margaret’s research focusses on learning and teaching in higher and professional education. She is particularly interested in ways of improving feedback, the sociomateriality of standards, and what it means to be an online learner in a digital world. Phillip Dawson is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, at Deakin University. He holds degrees in education, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. His research focuses on assessment and learning matters like feedback, rubrics and academic integrity, often with influences from computer science.Rola Ajjawi is Associate Professor in Educational Research at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, at Deakin University where she leads a program of research into learning and feedback in workplace settings. She is Deputy Editor of the journal Medical Education. Joanna Tai is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, at Deakin University, in Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include peer learning, self and peer assessment, evaluative judgement, student perspectives on learning and assessment, and research synthesis. David Boud is Professor and Foundation Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, at Deakin University, Professor of Work and Learning at Middlesex University and Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. He has been a pioneer in developing learning-centred approaches to assessment across the disciplines, particularly in student self-assessment, building assessment skills for long-term learning and new approaches to feedback.

• Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Phillip Dawson, Rola Ajjawi, Margaret Bearman, David Boud & Joanna Tai).- Chapter 2. New Directions for Assessment in a Digital World (Margaret Bearman, David Boud & Rola Ajjawi).- Part II: The changing role of assessment in the digital world.- Chapter 3. Digitally Mediated Assessment in Higher Education:  Ethical and Social Impacts (Margaret Bearman, Phillip Dawson & Joanna Tai).- Chapter 4. Cognitive Offloading and Assessment (Phillip Dawson).- Chapter 5. Preparing University Assessment for a World with AI: Tasks for Human Intelligence (Margaret Bearman & Rosemary Luckin).- Chapter 6. Repositioning Assessment-As-Portrayal: What Can We Learn From Celebrity And Persona Studies? (Rola Ajjawi, David Boud & David Marshall).- Chapter 7. Towards Technology Enhanced Dialogic Feedback (Edd Pitt & Naomi Winstone).- Chapter 8. Catering For Diversity in the Digital Age: Reconsidering Equity in Assessment Practices (Lois Harris & Joanne Dargusch).- Chapter 9. Assessment As and Of Digital Practice: Building Productive Digital Literacies (Marcus O’Donnell).- Part III: The Role of Big Data in Reimagining Assessment.- Chapter 10. Augmenting Assessment with Learning Analytics (Simon Knight).- Chapter 11. Are Assessment Practices Well Aligned Over Time? A Big Data Exploration (Jekatarina Rogaten, Doug Clow, Chris Edwards, Mark Gaved & Bart Rienties).- Chapter 12. The Bi-Directional Effect between Data and Assessments in the Digital Age (Abelardo Pardo & Peter Riemann).- Chapter 13. Standards for Developing Assessments of Learning Using Process Data (Sandra Milligan).- Part IV: Practical Exemplars.- Chapter 14. Re-Imagining Peer Assessment in Self-Paced Online Learning Environments (Linda Corrin & Aneesha Bakharia).- Chapter 15. The Future Of Self and Peer Assessment: Are Technology Or People The Key? (Joanna Tai & Chie Adachi).- Chapter 16. Using Technology to Enable a Shift from Marks to Outcomes-Based Assessment (Andrew Cain, Laura Tubino & Siva Krishnan).- Chapter 17. Challenges with Designing Online Assessment to Support Student Task Understanding (Tiffani Apps, Karley Beckman & Sue Bennett).- Chapter 18. Reimagining Assessment through Play: A Case Study of MetaRubric (Yoon Jeon Kim & Louisa Rosenheck).- Chapter 19. Sharing achievement through digital credentials: Are universities ready for the transparency afforded by a digital world? (Trina Jorre de St Jorre).- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 20. Conclusion (Phillip Dawson & Margaret Bearman).