As students, we are against the current circulated ideas of changing the form of assessment here at Macquarie University. We do not believe it is at all beneficial to our educations to have one large assessment, instead of a minimum of 3. Additionally, we do not believe or see the benefits in condensing our options for units
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Shame on Macquarie Uni. This uni has been lacking structure and engagement since covid and has massive shortfalls for neurodiverse students. This condensing is ill informed and I will move universities if this happens.
Regular feedback and feed-forward increase student success and engagement. A variety of assessments also aligns with the Universal Design for Learning framework.
It's impossible from a pedagogical standpoint to defend a move to change assessment structure to 1 assignment. The whole point of 'formative' tasks becomes moot. Students need the opportunity to build skills, receive feedback, and continue to develop.
I understand that FoA is financially very viable. Putting students first implies also that they need to have the appropriate content background when they graduate, and fewer units and suboptimal teaching time contradicts the first assertion.
So we're expected to go through 13 weeks and have to wait until week 15 to get any idea of how we're going? As if there isn't a lack of in-course feedback as it stands. MQ is poor enough when it comes to feedback (with two notable exceptions) so why make it even worse?
This is putting me off from studying at Macquarie next year.
Ridiculous change that isn't good for anybody, shows a poor understanding of education.
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As students, we are against the current circulated ideas of changing the form of assessment here at Macquarie University. We do not believe it is at all beneficial to our educations to have one large assessment, instead of a minimum of 3. Additionally, we do not believe or see the benefits in condensing our options for units
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 12, 2024
Reached 100 supporters
August 28, 2024
38 Comments
Distributive practice is one of the best methods to impart learning, ask the Education faculty. Spreading out smaller assessments provides better learning outcomes. One big assessment only benefits the uni's bottom line through having to pay fewer markers. Don't prove that all you care about is money.
Shame on Macquarie Uni. This uni has been lacking structure and engagement since covid and has massive shortfalls for neurodiverse students. This condensing is ill informed and I will move universities if this happens.
Regular feedback and feed-forward increase student success and engagement. A variety of assessments also aligns with the Universal Design for Learning framework.
It's impossible from a pedagogical standpoint to defend a move to change assessment structure to 1 assignment. The whole point of 'formative' tasks becomes moot. Students need the opportunity to build skills, receive feedback, and continue to develop.
I understand that FoA is financially very viable. Putting students first implies also that they need to have the appropriate content background when they graduate, and fewer units and suboptimal teaching time contradicts the first assertion.
So we're expected to go through 13 weeks and have to wait until week 15 to get any idea of how we're going? As if there isn't a lack of in-course feedback as it stands. MQ is poor enough when it comes to feedback (with two notable exceptions) so why make it even worse?
This is putting me off from studying at Macquarie next year.
Ridiculous change that isn't good for anybody, shows a poor understanding of education.
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Distributive practice is one of the best methods to impart learning, ask the Education faculty. Spreading out smaller assessments provides better learning outcomes. One big assessment only benefits the uni's bottom line through having to pay fewer markers. Don't prove that all you care about is money.