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LTERC SEMINAR SERIES PRESENTS

Enhancing the learning experience of students by incorporating core competences into teamwork based assessment and inspiring diverse student cohorts to be authentic and context sensitive learners

Presenter: Dr Ananda Wickramasinghe (CQUniversity)

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Abstract

I believe that empowerment of postgraduate students, through teamwork-based assessment tasks, greatly enhances their core skills which are required and essential in the complex and competitive world of works. This is more critical and indispensable as world of works is being more diverse, speedy, virtual and distant. It is significant in improving learning and teaching within wider socio-cultural contexts, and incorporating a variety of teaching and assessment strategies into practice. It is evident that at postgraduate level in particular strategy courses at universities are required more teamwork and real-world business analysis as a basis for assessment of students and enhancing their learning. Teamwork-based assessment is critical for diverse cohort of students, using case study analysis with presentations, and group critical essays on research papers with individual assessment component embedded to it. It is important to develop assessment methods to prepare students to be industry ready employees for the complex world of business. In this process, it is vital to develop students’ core skills through integrated and holistic assessment strategies and methods to enable active engagement, motivation for interactive learning, development of critical thinking and support for their chosen career direction. Teamwork based assessment of multiple modes of learning is extremely challenging and requires an innovative approach.

Speaker Bio 

Ananda Wickramasinghe, Ph.D. (UQ), Senior Lecturer of Business Strategy, School of Management and Marketing, CQUniversity 

Date of Presentation

08 May 2012