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Experience Sharing on

Outcome-based curriculum&

Criterion-referenced assessment

Conrad Tang Program Leader BSc(Hons) in Geomatics

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LSGI

re-wrote program document in 2005 adopting the Outcome-based-curriculum

1st year of practice 2005-2006

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Experience sharing

Dr Janet Nichol

Dr Bruce King

Dr Conrad Tang

- Remote Sensing

- Photogrammetry

- Cadastral Survey

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Dr Janet Nichol

Assessment mode before Sept 2005

Pass of Continuous Assessment AND Pass of Examination

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Dr Janet Nichol

Criterion-referenced assessment mode after Sept 2005

Overall performance

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A little anomaly

A couple of students who did have very good marks in continuous assessment

but

suddenly performed badly in Examination

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Discussion in the department If Passing grade for both Continuous

Assessment & Exam are still needed:

At the discretion of the subject lecturer

Need to inform students about the assessment scheme in term-start

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Some thoughts on Outcome Oriented

assessment by

Dr Bruce KingLSGI

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Initial reaction Unknowingly have been doing it all along

Provide students with clear instructions and assessment guidelines for Assignments Practical work Tests Exams

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Initial reaction

Provide students with detailed constructive feedback on each of these

Encourage understanding rather than knowing

Reinforce linkage of my subjects with others students have studied

Grade with respect to overall standards, not normalised distribution

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Upon reflection No significant change compared to how

classes used to be assessed Find using grading rubrics tedious and not

all that constructive compared to detailed written feedback on continuous assessment items

Need to develop more meaningful (to me and students) criteria that fits with achievement measures (CTTDI, Blooms Taxonomy etc.)

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Some feedbacks on Outcome based

curriculum

Dr Conrad TangLSGI

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Outcome based curriculum

Purpose : Make sure the students learn!

And thus use it as an measurement of teaching result – fair enough!

We, “learned colleagues”, of course can do it ; but there is a cost.

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Outcome based curriculum

To make sure the students learn!

Itemize the learning goals in each lecture

Reiterate and “test” them at the end of the lecture

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Outcome of Outcome based curriculum in my lecture

Successful in making students knowing key points

Cannot ensure all students could make synthesis and analysis

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Outcome based curriculum

Should we assume students are willing to learn ?

And, if they seem not interested to learn – like it or not – it becomes our fault.

The industry / employer complains! (and thus we have this meeting )

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Student learning motives

One new assessment method under the Criterion-referenced assessment scheme seems encouraging:

Interview by Professionals :Panel members from the

professional institute and industry

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Interview by professionals

Adopted from http://www.german-business-etiquette.com/

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Thank you !Thank you !

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