Topic: Performance assessment

Online education, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

The art of good teaching

John Oughton

After I retired from a decade of leading faculty orientations and workshops at Toronto’s Centennial College, I wondered what to do with […]

Open learning, open access, and open source, Performance assessment, Students, Teaching and learning

Online learning has changed the way students work — we need to change definitions of ‘cheating’ too

Linda Rowan, Massey University and Fiona Murray, Massey University

www.shutterstock.com As university students wait on their mid-year exam results, some will no doubt be thinking about more than just passing. Since […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Performance assessment, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

The ugly side of performance-based funding for universities

Marc Spooner

With the economic and labour disruption wrought by COVID-19, for a time it seemed Ontario and Alberta had realized the folly of […]

Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

What to do with student evaluations of teaching?

Theresa Man Ling Lee, University of Guelph

It has been two years since the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations published the Report of the OCUFA Student Questionnaires on […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Performance assessment, Students

This type of sexual harassment on campus often goes overlooked

Sarah Ives, City College of San Francisco and Ann E. Bartos

Teaching assistants often remain silent when sexual harassment comes from the students they teach. Hill Street Studios / Getty Images When the […]

Performance assessment, Public engagement, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts

Martin Bliemel, University of Technology Sydney and Julian Zipparo, UNSW

Few researchers will have the impact of Robert Langer, but they can learn from what researchers like him do. Martin Bliemel, University […]

International issues, Performance assessment, Universities and the academic mission

Stop telling students to study STEM instead of humanities for the post-coronavirus world

Alan Sears, University of New Brunswick and Penney Clark, University of British Columbia

Australia’s move to increase fees for some university humanities courses reflects global trends towards market-friendly education that overlook what’s needed for human […]

Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

Universities should learn from assessment methods used during the pandemic – and cut down on exams for good

Naomi Winstone, University of Surrey and David Boud, Deakin University

sakkarin sapu/Shutterstock Timed written examinations continue to dominate university assessment. In most professions, the need to recall and write down specific information […]

Performance assessment, Universities and the academic mission

Beyond the black hole of global university rankings: rediscovering the true value of knowledge and ideas

Stephen Dobson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Edward Schofield, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Shutterstock The recent release of global university rankings and the way these are reported raises important questions about the role and reputation […]

Funding, Performance assessment, Public policy

COVID-19 reveals the folly of performance-based funding for universities

Marc Spooner, University of Regina

Universities’ funding can’t be judged against metrics such as student employment or salary outcomes over which universities have little control. (Shutterstock) The […]