Focus

Module 1: Exploring understandings about assessment and moderation

What do we know about…

• assessment?
• moderation?

Are our understandings consistent…

• within the team?
• across borders?
• with policy or guidelines?

Professional development activities for a School

1. Distribute Survey 1 (PDF, 291 KB) and Moderation Checklist (PDF, 499KB)
2. Collate results of survey
3. Send out collated survey results and analysis
4. Invite feedback and suggestions for action

Module 2: Mapping existing moderation practices in transnational programs

What do we currently do?

• Do we have policies or guidelines?
• Who knows about them?
• Are they followed—how do we know?
• Are policies reviewed?

1. Distribute Survey 2 (PDF, 286)
2. Collate results
3. Send out collated survey results and analysis and seek feedback
4. Distribute TNE Research Paper 1 (PDF, 179KB)

Module 3: Examining expectations about assessment in transnational programs

• What are our responsibilities?
• What does comparable mean? What makes programs/assessment comparable?
• What does equivalent mean? What makes programs/assessment equivalent?
• Who determines standards, and how?

1. Distribute Survey 3 (PDF, 336KB)
2. Collate results
3. Send out collated survey results and analysis and seek feedback
4. Distribute TNE Research Paper 2 (PDF, 284KB)

Module 4: Building effective transnational relationships

• How do we communicate?
• How do we come to understand others’ views and positions on assessment?
• Who makes decisions?
• Trust—what does it mean?
• How do we recognise and resolve differences?

1. Distribute TNE Research Paper 3 (PDF, 168 KB)
2. Ask School staff to review documents in Cultural Section of Toolkit

Module 5: Practicing effective moderation in a transnational environment

• Planning
• Implementing
• Reviewing

1. Visit the following site for a comprehensive treatment of Moderation: Curtin Moderation of Assessment site
2. Consider the documents: Moderation Strategies (PDF, 395KB) and Moderation: Questions for Reviewing Procedures (PDF, 392KB)
3. Develop a moderation policy and moderation review guidelines for your School