Assessment methodEducational Video Project

Previously administered in the discipline of education, this assessment sees students work in pairs to produce an educational video (In the context of EDUC1703 students imagine they are producing a teaching tool for primary school student and must address a teaching concept in mathematics). Students must choose an 'real world' example or context in which to explore and teach a key theoretical or conceptual framework from the course (in EDUC1703 students choose a real-life mathematical situation and discuss this from a critical numeracy perspective). This assessment works particularly well in the context of education as it serves the dual purpose of familiarising students with content, and allowing students to understand and practice pedagogical frameworks. However, this assessment has wide transferability to all HASS courses as it teaches students digital literacies, provides opportunities for peer learning (by engaging with other student videos), and teaches students to produce audio-vidual content for specific users and/or stakeholders. Emphasis is not on production quality, but rather student's ability to demonstrate an understanding of content knowledge and to deliver this in an educational video appropriate for the intended (discipline or course specific) audience. Pairs receive a collaborative mark for this assessment.