Developing and assessing metaskills Introductory webinar Tuesday 9

Developing and assessing meta-skills Introductory webinar Tuesday 9 th October 2018

Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Welcome and introductions Explanation of meta-skills Purpose of project Approach to assessment Demonstration of digital assessment tool Discussion

‘Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people’. Steve Jobs

Our team Margaret Tierney – Policy and Research, SQA Margaret. Tierney@sqa. org. uk Debbie Pavia – Evaluation and Research, SDS Debbie. Pavia@sds. org. uk John Anderson – Evaluation and Research, SDS John. Anderson@sds. org. uk Frances Scott – Innovation Manager, SDS Frances. Scott@sds. org. uk Martyn Ware – Assessment Futures, SQA Martyn. Ware@sqa. org. uk

Your team Please let us know if you are a: • Learner • Lecturer/tutor • Curriculum leader • Workplace supervisor/assessor • Other role

What are meta-skills? ‘…. . timeless, higher order skills that create adaptive learners and promote success in whatever context the future brings. ’ www. skillsdevelopmentscotland. co. uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model. pdf

Why do meta-skills matter? ‘These are the skills that enable individuals to perform highly today; in a changed world of work they will be required by all of us’. www. skillsdevelopmentscotland. co. uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model. pdf ‘To thrive in the 21 st century, students need more than traditional academic learning. They must be adept at collaboration, communication and problem-solving, which are some of the skills developed through social and emotional learning (SEL). ’ http: //www 3. weforum. org/docs/WEF_New_Vision_for_Education. pdf

SDS meta-skills framework www. skillsdevelopmentscotland. co. uk/media/44684/skills-40_a-skills-model. pdf

Project purposes • To provide a baseline and evidence of distance travelled of an individual’s meta-skills development • To test different methodologies of measuring and recording meta-skills in a work-based learning setting • To build understanding of the impact of different learning experiences on the development of meta-skills • To inform the future development of meta-skills in learning programmes

Approach to assessment • Challenging to assess in a way that is valid, reliable and practicable • No ‘right’ answer • Triangulation of approaches • Focus on raising learners’ awareness of and engagement with meta-skills • Generating feedback to be used in a learning discussion

Assessment tools Qualtrics assessment tool For self assessment and tutor/supervisor use Scenario-based learning To set meta-skills in the context of a realistic, work-based problem

Please keep in touch to let us know: - how you are getting on - how learners react to this work - where we could improve - anything else you think we should know

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