Studeren in het buitenland en een taal leren
Studeren in het buitenland en een taal leren

Assessment and Learning

During this course, you will delve deeper into the role that assessment plays in teaching. Teachers within the regular UTQ programme follow this course to obtain the competency domain Assessment.

    General

    Course Content 

    During the course, you will use your own assessment to work on your assessment quality in a structured way. You do this on the basis of the assessment cycle in which you go through a number of phases: from the evaluation of your own assessment to the redevelopment of your assessment and the assessment of your student’s work. During the course, various theoretical models are provided to help you with this.

    • You redesign assessment for your course in accordance with the assessment cycle, carrying out activities belonging to the different phases.
    • You make a basic design for your assessment using motivated answers to the 5 basic questions of Stiggings (1999).
    • You evaluate your assessment and formulate points of improvement for the quality of your assessment.
    • You use an assessment matrix and, based on this, make a well-considered choice of assessment methods to assess the extent to which students have achieved the learning objectives.
    • You use a specification table or an assignment specification form in order to make the structure of your assessment clear.
    • You redesign your assessment with attention to both the formative and summative function of tests (including peer and self-feedback), so that students gain insight into their progress in relation to the learning objectives.
    • You assess a student's assessment in a valid, reliable way based on an assessment model (assessment form/rubrics/answer model with scoring) so that you transparently justify how the assessment has been done. 

    Target audience 

    Teachers who participate in the regular UTQ programme of Radboud University. 

    Teachers who do not participate in the UTQ programme, as well as teachers from Radboudumc, are also welcome to follow the course, provided there are sufficient places. Teachers who participate in (parts of) the UTQ programme will be given priority for participation. 

    In order to develop yourself fully in the competency domain Assessment, it is necessary that you have appropriate teaching tasks when you participate in the course. If you do not have these tasks, please consult your supervisor. 

    Starting dates

    01 October 2025, 10 am
    Costs
    Free
    Educational method
    On-site
    Main Language
    English
    Sessions
    01 October 2025, 10 am - 1 pm
    12 November 2025, 10 am - 1 pm
    10 December 2025, 10 am - 1 pm
    11 December 2025, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
    04 February 2026, 10 am - 1 pm
    Number of sessions
    5
    Unique code
    A&L 25-26 1
    21 January 2026, 10 am
    Costs
    Free
    Educational method
    On-site
    Main Language
    English
    Sessions
    21 January 2026, 10 am - 1 pm
    25 February 2026, 10 am - 1 pm
    01 April 2026, 10 am - 1 pm
    02 April 2026, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
    03 June 2026, 10 am - 1 pm
    Number of sessions
    5
    Unique code
    A&L 25-26 3
    05 February 2026, 1:30 pm
    Costs
    Free
    Educational method
    On-site
    Main Language
    English
    Sessions
    05 February 2026, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    19 March 2026, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    21 April 2026, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    23 April 2026, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    25 June 2026, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    Number of sessions
    5
    Unique code
    A&L 25-26 4

    Factsheet

    Type of education
    Course
    Level
    Beginner
    Study hours
    32
    Result
    Proof of participation
    Organisation
    Education Support

    Contact information

    Do you want to unsubscribe from an edition or do you have a question about the course? 

    Please send an e-mail to: Cursusbureau [at] oo.ru.nl (Cursusbureau[at]oo[dot]ru[dot]nl) stating your name, course name and edition number.  

    Working method during the course 

    The course consists of three sessions of 3 hours. In the third meeting, you choose a workshop: assessment with open-/closed-ended questions or assessment with rubrics. Your course instructor will inform you about this. There is a fourth, concluding session for the completion of this competency domain for the teachers in the UTQ programme. Teachers who do not want to obtain a partial certificate for the UTQ do not have to be present during the fourth meeting.

    During the meetings and with the help of assignments that are in line with your own teaching practice, you will work on improving your assessment. Teachers who participate in the UTQ programme can work on their UTQ assignment for the competency domain Assessment. The UTQ assignment is (partly) carried out in the teaching practice of your own faculty. You will receive feedback on your assessment from a mentor of the faculty. Keep in mind that you must have done UTQ assignments prior to the first meeting that will take you around eight hours to complete.

    The course is provided in English, unless all participants speak Dutch.

    Certificate of attendance  

    Teachers who have been present at all meetings and have completed the assignments will receive a Certificate of attendance. In order to receive the Certificate of attendance, active participation is required for 3 of the 4 meetings. 

    Partial UTQ certificate

    Teachers within the regular UTQ programme complete the competency domain Assessment with the course instructor during the final meeting of the course. When the course and the UTQ assignment have been successfully completed, the course instructor will give their advice to the faculty to award the partial UTQ certificate. Your faculty is responsible for awarding this certificate. 

    Costs 

    Participation is free. 

    Attendance during courses

    Due to the high demand for the courses, the number of teachers who can participate is limited. In order to be able to support as many teachers as possible, we ask you to give priority to the course and to be present at all meetings. The first meeting is essential for taking the course. If you are unable to attend this meeting, we ask you to cancel this edition and to register for another edition of the course. In the unlikely event that you are unable to attend one of the other meetings, we ask you to keep to the following procedure: 

    1. Cancel a meeting at least 24 hours in advance by contacting the course instructor of your course.
    2. Only cancel a meeting in unforeseen circumstances, such as illness, family circumstances, etc. 

    If you are absent from a meeting without notification, we are compelled to cancel your registration for the course. To obtain a Certificate of attendance, active participation during 3 of the 4 meetings is mandatory. 

    Do you want to unsubscribe from an edition? Please send an e-mail to Cursusbureau [at] oo.ru.nl (Cursusbureau[at]oo[dot]ru[dot]nl) stating your name, course name and edition number.

    Register

    You can sign up for the course using the form below. Do you want to obtain the partial UTQ certificate for the competency domain Assessment? Then first check whether you have the necessary teaching tasks to participate in the course. During the last meeting, the completion of the competency domain takes place. You will receive a confirmation of your registration.  

    Please note! 

    Your registration for the course does not necessarily mean that you can participate in the course. We will do our best to place all applicants, however, in rare cases we might have to make a selection. You will receive a confirmation of participation or a rejection for this edition, one month before the start of the course, at the latest. In case of a rejection, we advise you to register for a next edition. 

    Bear in mind that before the first meeting you should have done UTQ assignments which will take you around 8 hours. You will also have to request and ask colleagues about these assignments. This may take some time. So it is important that you register for the course on time and start preparing on time.

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    Have you previously received a Certificate of Participation for this course?

    NB: If you have already received a Certificate of Participation for a previous edition of this course, you may be eligible for an exemption from part of the course. In that case, you will work independently on the UTQ portfolio assignment based on the instructions in Brightspace and only attend the final session.

    For the Teaching Practice course, a certificate from Education in a Nutshell (obtained between 2022–2024) also qualifies. For the Student Supervision course, a Certificate of Participation from the Thesis and Internship Supervision course (obtained between 2022–2024) is also valid.