Transforming Assessment Design

The Transforming Assessment Design online courses are tailored to provide a flexible, actionable learning journey for participants to learn how to assess and credential complex competencies.  Participants have the option to learn at their own pace or they can coordinate with colleagues to work through modules simultaneously in, for example, a series of professional development sessions at school.

Learning Modules

Program FAQ

  • How long is each module?

    Each module consists of numerous activities and steps. It is anticipated that each module takes approx. 3 hours. You can take these at your own pace.

  • I am a school leader. How do you recommend I use these courses to build a whole-school approach to the assessment and reporting of complex competencies?

    Measuring what Matters: Assessment and recognition of complex competencies is an excellent (and free!) way to initiate teams of staff into building a whole-school approach. We recommend continuing this journey with numerous staff across teams by having them collaborate while working through.    

    It is important to build champions of this work in your school; leaders who have had a go at leading a group of staff to plan for, teach, assess, and credential learners’ attainment of competence. We recommend that schools have 1 – 5 champions complete Transforming Assessment Design: Leading assessment and recognition of complex competencies in order to build capacity in leading transformed assessment design.

  • How can organisations or school networks arrange access and support to build a network-wide approach to the assessment and reporting of complex competencies?

    The University of Melbourne regularly works with large networks to facilitate collaborative learning journeys. Please contact us to discuss.