{"id":1410,"date":"2021-10-06T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/psychology\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2021-08-03T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:56:01","slug":"the-active-essay-writing-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/psychology\/2021\/10\/06\/the-active-essay-writing-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The active essay writing initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier this summer, Dr Wendy Garnham<\/a> was one of the “torch-bearer” in the virtual torch relay event organised by AdvanceHE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of the Olympic Games, Wendy joined colleagues across the globe to celebrate best practice examples of assessment methods and how they overcame a very challenging year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project was part of the Connect Benefit series, which celebrates HE sector colleagues’ ingenuity, resilience and empathy to adapt to the changes in teaching, learning and assessment during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spring, AdvanceHE invited academics to share examples of assessment practices they had introduced in response to covid-19. The purpose was to examine the different challenges academics faced to adapt their assessment methods for remote, hybrid or occasionally socially distanced in-person delivery. They then selected 89 best practice examples, which they are now publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in July, AdvanceHE uploaded two to three contributions (short videos, posters, text documents) a day to an interactive map<\/a>, where people could follow the torch’s journey across 21 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy’s video was published on 23 July, and we have now included it in this post with a complete transcription (automatic caption is not very accurate). It’s a brief presentation of the innovative essay writing assessment method that Wendy and Dr Heather Taylor use in our psychology foundation modules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Wendy Garnham<\/a> is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex. She’s the Director of Student Experience for the Foundation Year programmes and the co-founder of the Active Learning Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this summer, Dr Wendy Garnham was one of the “torch-bearer” in the virtual torch relay event organised by AdvanceHE. In the spirit of the Olympic Games, Wendy joined colleagues across the globe to celebrate best practice examples of assessment…<\/span><\/p>\n

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