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Open Pedagogy: Paving the Way for Assessment Reform
Tue April 8, 2025 @ 1:00 am - 2:00 am BST
Assessment reform has been a prominent topic in higher education for a long time, gaining even more traction with the emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) in learning and teaching. GenAI has pushed assessment from emphasising output to prioritising processes. This shift has prompted the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education, to require higher education institutions to demonstrate how they are securing assessments to mitigate the new challenges. However, despite the growing discussions around assessment security, there has been little attention given to open pedagogy, let alone renewable assessment.
Given the significant value of student-generated OER and renewable assessment observed in both literature and practice, this session aims to provide the audience with practical strategies for developing and implementing authentic assessments.
Presenters
Dr Julie Lazzara, Maricopa Community Colleges, USA
Dr Julie Lazzara has served as a dedicated psychology educator at Maricopa Community Colleges in the Phoenix area since 2006. Since becoming a strong advocate for Open Educational Resources (OER) in 2015, she has utilized OER in her courses and actively contributed to the development of several OER textbooks and resources. Passionate about student engagement, Dr. Lazzara incorporates active learning, service-learning, and collaborative projects into her teaching. Her research focuses on the impact of open pedagogy, renewable assignments, social annotation, and OER’s impact on teaching approaches. Dr. Lazzara has also actively participated in numerous OER initiatives and projects, including the UNSDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship and the Open Education Group OER Research Fellowship.
Dr Virginia Clinton-Lisell, Associate Professor, Education, Health & Behavior, University of North Dakota
Dr. Virginia Clinton-Lisell began her career in education as an ESL teacher in New York City. She then obtained her PhD in Educational Psychology with a minor in Cognitive Science at the University of Minnesota where she was trained in educational research. She has published over 60 articles in education research and teaches courses in education research, program evaluation, and psychological foundations of education. Her current research focuses on the psychology of reading comprehension and open education. She is a Rose Isabella Kelly Fischer Endowed Professor.
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