An assessment embedded in or aligned with real or simulated work contexts, where students apply learning through authentic tasks linked to industry, professional practice, or external stakeholders. e.g. placement, client brief, industry dataset.
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Students form groups and collaboratively complete supervised paper-based tasks
Business, Economics and Law
Underpinned by the principles of authentic assessment, this task gives students an opportunity to be a ‘consultant’ focused on improving the visitor experience in the design of a tourism operation. It builds on a previously submitted written assessment task (Critique of Visitor Site) in which students visited a tourist site of their choice to critique the design and management of the visitor experience from the perspective of a target market (e.g.
Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
This peer-reviewed conference abstract is the second of three assessment pieces in SWSP1012 - Social Being: Power, Structure and Agency, at the end of which students will be ready to present a paper at a fictitious conference entitled Advancing Human Rights, Social Justice, and Respect for Diversity in Australia Today.
Business, Economics and Law
Underpinned by the principles of authentic assessment, this task gives students an opportunity to develop their skills with research and communicating economic thinking. This experience replicates the type of ‘real world’ work that economists undertake. In ECON2060, students determine their own research question and design practical and feasible methods to answer their question.
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This Oral Exam format (approximately 10 minutes) tests mastery of ideas and texts while building oral presentation skills, especially rhetorical adroitness.
Business, Economics and Law
Practitioners often criticise higher education curricula for the disconnect between theory and practice. I designed this authentic assessment (case studies, team-based assignments, report writing) to 'inoculate' my students with managerial challenges (e.g. conflict management) while connecting theory and practice to resolve these challenges in the real world of work.
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
A key aim of science teaching is the development of scientific literacy. In this task, pre-service teachers are asked to demonstrate their scientific literacy in preparation for teaching. The innovation in this task is using GenAI to develop students’ assessment literacy and understanding of the task's requirements.
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This assessment piece requires students to prepare a briefing document that targets relevant stakeholders to articulate a clear and compelling case for action in response to an ongoing security crisis.
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Beginner level language students use Flip to produce informative videos for an external audience: high school students visiting Brisbane
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Students who have completed their semester abroad reflect on this experience to provide concrete advice on the Study Abroad experience in a pre-departure briefing or information session for students who are currently considering an exchange experience.
