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Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice (2019)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice. All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 11(2), -

There are many challenges for the colleagues who teach and assess students in the twenty-first century, and in this article, we explore eight of these, proposing some practical ways forward building on the scholarship in the field, aiming to make ass... Read More about Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice.

Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities (2019)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities. Giornale Italiano della Recerca Educativa, https://doi.org/10.7346/SIRD-1S2019-P45

This paper considers how assessment can productively act as a locus for engagement. It focuses on the important case being made by diverse global assessment experts who argue that we would do well to rethink assessment such that learning, rather than... Read More about Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities.

What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. (2019)
Journal Article
Reimann, N., Sadler, I., & Sambell, K. (2019). What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(8), 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655

The term ‘feedforward’ is increasingly employed in higher education, and this paper focuses on the way in which it fits into contemporary debates about feedback and its impact on practitioners. Semi-structured interviews were used to investigate the... Read More about What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education..

Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education (2017)
Book
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Graham, L. (2017). Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. Palgrave Macmillan

This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement... Read More about Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education.

Workplaces and policy spaces: insights from third sector internships Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Pegg, A., & Caddell, M. (2016). Workplaces and policy spaces: insights from third sector internships Scotland. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 6(2), 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-07-2015-0039

Purpose – Understanding the relationship between learning and work is a key concern for educational researchers and policy makers at the local, national and international level. The way that learning and the economic environment are framed impacts u... Read More about Workplaces and policy spaces: insights from third sector internships Scotland.

Real time feedback in large classes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sambell, K. (2015). Real time feedback in large classes. In N. Fernandez, I. S. Talledo, & E. Ruiz (Eds.), Proceedings of Ninth International Congress on Formative and Shared Assessment in Higher Education, Universidad Cantabria,

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Informal feedback : feedback via participation (2015)
Report
Sambell, K. (2014). Informal feedback : feedback via participation. Hong Kong: Centre for the enhancement of teaching and learning (CELT)

This Briefing has been written by Professor Kay Sambell at the invitation of the HKU Wise Assessment Project. Its theme, capitalising on opportunities for informal feedback to enhance learning, has been explored by Professor Sambell in a number of pu... Read More about Informal feedback : feedback via participation.

Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A., & Barkess, G. (2015). Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms.

The transition from undergraduate study to postgraduate research is a difficult one for students to negotiate. Similarly, the transition from disciplinary researcher to pedagogic researcher is a difficult transition for staff to undertake. There are... Read More about Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms..

The flexible curriculum toolkit. (2014)
Digital Artefact
Caddell, M. (2013). The flexible curriculum toolkit.

The Flexible Curriculum toolkit web-site is designed to support programme teams to develop and enhance practice in flexible curricula. The toolkit has used the Viewpoints methodology as a basis. We chose this methodology as we believe it is a prac... Read More about The flexible curriculum toolkit..

Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. (2014, December). Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation. Presented at SRHE Annual Conference 10-12 December 2014, Newport, South Wales. (Unpublished)

In recent years considerable emphasis has been placed on embedding employability and skills development in core university curriculum content as well as providing additional support and development to enhance links between learning and work (SFC 200... Read More about Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation..

Making third sector internships work. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. & Wallace, M. (2014, October). Making third sector internships work. Presented at SRHE Conference: 'Supporting University-Work Transitions? Exploring the Impact of Work Placements and Internships'., Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Implementing flexible curricula. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. & Chatterton, P. (2014, July). Implementing flexible curricula. Presented at The Academic Practice and Technology (ATP) Conference: 'Conncected Learning in an Open World'., London. (Unpublished)

Assessment for learning environments: a student-centred perspective (2014)
Book Chapter
McDowell, L., & Sambell, K. (2014). Assessment for learning environments: a student-centred perspective. In C. Kreber, . C. Anderson, N. Entwistle, & . J. McArthur (Eds.), Advances and innovations in university assessment and feedback, (56-72). Edinburgh

Liz McDowell and Say Sambell focus on the importance of assessment for learning. Rather than simply adding new assessment techniques to existing entrenched practices that are seen to encourage learner dependence on their teachers and assign learners... Read More about Assessment for learning environments: a student-centred perspective.