Project Details

In this publication Helen McPhun describes integrated assessments as a process whereby learners have enhanced opportunities for relevance and engagement.

This approach, which integrates the assessment of multiple topics and processes in realistic scenarios provides a bridge connecting the learner, higher education, and the workplace (Brown, cited in Mandell & Michelson, 2004, p. 2).

Team

Helen McPhun

McZoom Ltd Consultancy and LEARNPLUS PTE

Status

Completed

Funding

$2,700.00 (excl GST)

$2,700.00 Good Practice Publication Grant

Key Findings

  • Any tertiary provider can adopt a process to design integrated assessments. It requires a combination of skills and abilities that include:
    • outside the box thinking
    • inside the box compliance
    • creative and imaginative ideas
    • systematic and logical processes
    • comprehensive understanding of graduate career opportunities
    • real understanding of the true context, feel and immediacy of the world in which graduates will work.
  • Solid understanding of the principles of adult learning and an informed and experienced view on workplace realities, opportunities and consequences are needed.
  • Integrated assessments can be applied in any educational institution that truly wants to prepare learners for the realities they may face in their future careers.
  • Integrated assessments provide engaging ways to enhance learner outcomes.

Key Recommendations

Report

Integrated assessments - Engaging ways to enhance learner outcomes

In this publication Helen McPhun describes integrated assessments as a process whereby learners have enhanced opportunities for relevance and engagement.

(PDF, 143 KB, 9-pages)

  • 23 December 2010
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