Assessment in Group Work

This workshop focuses on strategies for the effective design and assessment of teamwork and team-based projects. Participants will explore how to ensure that team assignments are aligned with the course outcomes, connected to professional skills in the discipline, and that expectations for student engagement are clear.  Facilitators will share considerations for assessing group and individual contributions to team projects, as well as opportunities for students to reflect on and demonstrate the professional and employability skills they are developing through group work.

Participants are encouraged to come to the session with questions, concerns, and suggestions for assessing team assignments based on their recent experience, as time will be allocated for this discussion.

Presenters

Simon Heslup is an Instructional Development Consultant at the Learning and Teaching Centre at BCIT. His Master of Arts dissertation was focused on assessment. He also holds a Master of Education with a specialization in learning technologies.

Claudine Warburton is an Instructional Development Consultant at BCIT’s Learning and Teaching Centre. She is passionate about supporting instructors in designing curriculum frameworks that promote equity, diversity, choice, and learner voice — all aimed at enhancing student engagement and fostering the development of expert learners.

Nanda Dimitrov is an Instructional Development Consultant at the Learning and Teaching Centre at BCIT. She has facilitated workshops for faculty on designing teamwork for multicultural classrooms at institutions in Canada, Hong Kong and Japan; and has taught courses on Small Group Communication, Intercultural Learning and the Theory and Practice of University Teaching, among others.