Podcast
Beyond the Technology: creative approaches to assessment - optionality
Chris Thomson hears from Miriam Firth about designing optionality into assessment in Higher Education.
In this episode of the Beyond the Technology podcast, Jisc’s Chris Thomson is joined by Dr Miriam Firth from the University of Manchester. They discuss the work Miriam has been doing with the QAA, and colleagues across a number of other HE institutions, to examine practices of optionality in assessment.
During the episode, Miri dives into the rationale for the research project, what they discovered and what lessons can be learned for assessment designers.
Show notes
Episode guest
Dr Miriam Frith
University of Manchester
Episode host
Chris Thomson
Programme lead: Teaching, learning and assessment