What can Strictly Come Dancing teach us about assessment & feedback (not to mention The X Factor)?
What can Strictly Come Dancing teach us about assessment & feedback (not to mention The X Factor)?
Learning Enhancement & Academic Development Service
Date: Tuesday 27 November 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House
Category: Academic events
Speaker: Dr Matthew Williamson
Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/leads/events
The judging on Strictly Come Dancing is probably how the largest cross-section of the public are exposed to what we would call assessment and feedback. The way marks are awarded, decisions are made and feedback given can give an insight into how we assess and feedback on student work. We'll use examples from these shows to start a conversation about how we assess, the feedback we give, and what we might expect students to do with it. The session may help colleagues understand why students don’t always do what we would like them to do with the feedback we give.
Tea and coffee will be available.
Please note that these CPD workshops are only open to University of Glasgow staff (including Graduate Teaching Assistants / Demonstrators). Colleagues from validated institutions are, however, welcome to attend sessions delivered by invited external speakers.