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WEBINAR: Authentic Assessment & Feedback

Approaches to Program-Wide Learning and Assessment

Meeting the challenges of understanding student progress and development across a program

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Webinar details

Watch now for an inspiring discussion as our expert practitioners from Monash University share their practice of creating meaningful, scaffolded learning experiences for students in Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. From undergraduate on-campus learners, to Master degree students learning wholly online, John McInerney’s and John Ryan’s approaches to making learning visible across the program are sure to provide you with plenty of inspiration and practical advice.

This webinar is for anyone supporting learning and teaching – in any subject-matter area – who is interested in how to take considered program-wide and student-centred learning approaches. Applicable to many discipline areas, both within and beyond Allied Health, the webinar will speak to both the why and the how of:

  • enabling students to understand and articulate their journey from novice to emerging professional
  • increasing collaboration and visibility of teaching amongst the educator team
  • using systematic collection of evidence to support accreditation and audit processes, ensuring programs and graduates meet required standards.

What you’ll learn:

  • Hear from John McInerney and John Ryan from the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences at Monash University on how to help students take ownership of their learning and develop lifelong skills.
  • An approach that helps educators and students capture and understand learner progression throughout an entire program, and not just from one point to the next.
  • How embedding PebblePad across a program enables greater visibility and collaboration between teaching staff.
  • Gain some practical know-how on how to gain greater visibility of student progress.
  • Hear how alumni accounts enable students to continue building on their skills and professional identity.

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Speakers

John McInerney

Course Director (Bachelor of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences), Lecturer
Monash University

John Ryan

Lecturer, Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences
Monash University

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Disclaimers

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