Episode 36: Cath Ellis

"Assessment and feedback inspires and assures student learning"

"Formative, instant feedback, repeatable, and evaluative judgement - that's FIRE"

In this 36th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Quality & Integrity at Western Sydney University Cath Ellis discusses the evolution of educational integrity in Australia, the role of regulatory frameworks like TEQSA, and how scandal and data paved the way for institutional change. She introduces Western Sydney's Inspire and Assure (IA) Approach to assessment, which is their refinement of the “two-lane” model talked about by Danny Liu in Episode 28, to center faculty on the importance of inspiring learning and assuring assessment validity.

Western Sydney University's IA Approach to Assessment

Cath also shares practical strategies for identifying “enrolled persons” who may not be doing their own work, like oral assessments, and the need to build student capacity while holding institutions accountable for fairness and transparency. She also unpacks the matrix model for assessment reform and makes a compelling argument for replacing “sour” assessments with “FIRE” ones.

You can follow Cath on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cath-ellis-8162581b/

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