A&F Practice Enhancement Tool
About the A&F PET
The Asssessment & Feedback Practice Enhancement Tool is an annual survey to support our teaching staff. It will allow staff to feed back their experiences of embedding the Learning through Assessment (LTA) in their teaching.
How to use the Dashboards
What is LTA?
The Assessment & Feedback Practice Enhancement Tool Dashboards are now available for all staff at the University of Glasgow. We are asking Colleges and Schools to review their results and work to develop areas for improvement in their teaching practice.
The Assessment & Feedback Practice Enhancement Tool saw an encouraging uptake across all Colleges at the University of Glasgow. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all those who took the time to share their practice.
How do you navigate the dashboards?
The results of the Practice Enhancement Tool will provide Colleges with an overview of areas within their teaching that align with the Learning Through Assessment pillars, and areas where further support and development might be needed
Prof. Wendy Anderson talks about navigating the A&F PET Dashboards:
- The A&F PET dashboards display two views, a University view split by College, and a College view split by School.
- The left-hand side bar of each dashboard allows navigation to each question and the results are split by LTA pillar (i.e. Meaningful, Iterative, Programmatic and Inclusive assessment and feedback). Each question allows you to select your School, College and filter all question responses.
- The filter options will allow you to highlight your chosen response. This can use useful to focus on specific response topics.
We are recommending that Schools and Colleges look at their data and look at how well it aligns with the Learning Through Assessment Framework. Steps can then be taken where necessary to make assessment and feedback more meaningful, iterative, programmatic, and inclusive.
Where do I go to get more information and support?
The Learning Through Assessment framework is available on the Assessment & Feedback Resources Hub. It sets out the University of Glasgow’s approach to assessment, based around the principle that assessment can and should support students’ learning, from the beginning of their university career until graduation and beyond.
The Assessment & Feedback Resources Hub also has a number of exemplars of best practice that aligns with the LTA. These can help give insight into how other areas of the University are diversifying their assessment and feedback.
For more information, contact your School’s Learning & Teaching Convenor or email the Assessment & Feedback Practice & Policy workstream.