Webinar: Using the Framework for Enhancing Assessment

Vic is a Senior Consultant at Advance HE, designing and delivering support and training on inclusive pedagogy approaches and leading a range of collaborative projects to enhance quality, student experience and outcomes. She has over 25 years of experience in education as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and assessment specialist. Vic’s main interests are in international education, inclusive curricula and assessment design and technology-enhanced learning.

Dr Sook Jhee Yoon works as Expert (Academic Policy and Curriculum) at Centre for Future Learning, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She is passionate about empowering others with knowledge and skills on educational technology. She has experience in the adoption of digital tools and resources for lecturers at universities in Malaysia, Australia and Vietnam, as well as for school teachers in remote areas of Malaysia. Her research interests include constructive alignment, educational technology, materials development and language education.

Assoc. Prof Dr Lydia Foong has 33 years of extensive experience in various educational settings. She is currently the Director, Curriculum & Educational Development at the Centre for Future Learning, Taylor’s University in Malaysia. She was formerly the founding Dean of the Faculty of Education, Languages and Psychology, and Director of Confucius Institute at SEGi University in Malaysia. She has served as the secretary of the Professional Development Board, ECCE Council Malaysia, and an Executive Committee member of the National Association of Early Childhood Education Malaysia.

Ronan is the postgraduate study area coordinator for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). His research focuses on the intersection of multilingualism, assessment and technology in education. Ronan is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and has led the design and delivery of professional development modules and international short courses in learning and teaching.

Dr Emily Salines is Head of Education Programmes at Queen Mary Academy (Queen Mary University of London). Emily is an Assessment and Feedback specialist, with a focus on assessment and feedback design to support learning, formative assessment, compassionate approaches to feedback, and inclusivity.

Dr Thea Stevens is Academic Development Lead and Academic Coordinator: Interdisciplinarity in the School of Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Thea has lectured and taught in design history, cultural heritage, and art and architectural history. Her research interests lie in compassionate pedagogies and tangible and intangible heritage.

Robert Mantho is an architect, teacher, and researcher. He has practised in N.Y.C., London, Portland, and Vermont, working on a wide range of building projects and competitions. He has taught and lectured widely and is currently the Stage 5 leader at the Mackintosh School of Architecture. His research is focused on exploring spatial definition, digital processes in the generation of space and urban analysis. This research has been presented in Europe, the U.K. and North America.

Laura Sharp is Professor of Pedagogy in the School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE. She leads teaching and learning enhancement with a focus on student-centred, equitable, and inclusive education.

Dr Derek Dodd is an academic developer on the Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Team in Technological University Dublin. He has a PhD in Higher Education Policy from the University of Plymouth and a background in the humanities, having worked as a lecturer, programme coordinator, and learning development officer in a number of Irish HEIs. His current responsibilities include designing and teaching CPDs for TU Dublin lecturers, coordinating the University’s authentic assessment Community of Practice, and developing Gen AI ethics and readiness resources for learners.

Nicole O’Neill is TU Dublin’s Education Innovation Manager. Nicole works across the Quality Framework and Learning, Teaching & Assessment Teams. Currently, she is leading the development of a New Student Feedback System, the expansion of Communities of Practice to support learning, teaching and assessment and developing a support platform for Programme Co-ordination.

Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins is a Senior Educational Developer at the Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool, UK and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her specific areas of research encompass areas in digital capabilities, signature pedagogies, curriculum design and evaluation, multimodal methods, assessment and feedback, learner experience research and scholarship of learning and teaching. Tünde is editor of Research in Learning Technology.

Dr Sam Saunders is an Educational Developer in the Centre for Innovation in Education at the University of Liverpool. His research interests are in assessment and feedback practices; decolonisation of authentic pedagogy; perceptions and incorporation of Generative AI into the curriculum; and curriculum design, and he has recently presented research on decolonisation of authenticity at the 2024 Assessment in Higher Education conference in Manchester. Sam also has a background in nineteenth-century literature and culture and writes on Victorian print culture and crime fiction, and is a Senior AdvanceHE Fellow (SFHEA).