It will be really useful to know peoples prior experience of this form of assessment What level of study What discipline area
These are key characteristics of PTA and what makes them different from other portfolio-style assessment methods Sharing at an early stage is vital – the dialogue around the patch – both content and style – is an important component of the method Talking about your patch with peers not only means receiving others’ ideas but may also alter yours and develop them This develops skills of communication, of giving and receiving feedback from PEERS as oppose to another
Patches can be looking at one issue through a number of different lenses – eg. in a case study from the different players using different genres/styles of writing – academic/journalistic/fable You can also choose patches that are a collaborative – eg a wiki or joint research/annotated bibliography The reflective synopsis is the absolute heart of the assessment – this is where students recognise their own learning and development
The majority of the population of students can manage digital habitats now – and this offers massive opportunity for enriching PTA Taking the T away …. exciting
This presents its own challenges too Continuous workflow stops the ‘last minute crammers’ – BUT does take an overtly social constructivist approach Different patch formats can be challenging in terms of ‘marking’ Peer feedback and dialogue needs to be scaffolded to get optimum benefit Digital communications can include e-portfolios such as Pebblepad, Blogs, VLE discussion boards etc.
This mirrors our DePTA project brief 20 mins for this 1 st part of the activity Use coloured card, pens etc.
Different lenses can be multi-disciplinary, or can be professional/service user; professional/voluntary sector; performer/audience
10 minutes
The workshop doesn’t have enough time for telling you about these as well as our activities, but you can find a full report on either the wordpress site or CRA site – and this has case studies from all the universities in addition to resources and the final JISC report. Please pick a post card for details