What can educators do?

Teamwork, particularly in the workplace, requires students to develop the ability to assess their own work and that of others and to acquire evaluative judgement skills more broadly. Evaluative judgement is an essential skill in and for a digital and professional world.

We can empower and activate learners in their own learning by giving them the power of assessor. Students have a better idea of the outcomes required of them, are more focused on the task in hand, and are typically more engaged in their learning as a result.

In teamwork situations, students are empowered to make judgments about their contributions to a task and an outcome, rather than their context knowledge or expertise. This makes it possible for students to receive individualised feedback and marks.

Finally, there is some evidence that, although designing and implementing a new assessment approach takes time and resource initially, it can save educators time to mark and provide feedback in the long run.