Abstract
This paper discusses the impact of ‘Assessment Buddies’, a specially developed assessment and feedback system implemented within a second year industrial design module at Coventry University, UK. The system was developed in response to the need for a successful assessment and feedback system that could cope with the complexities of a creative subject, and also in response to the need to address student dissatisfaction with assessment and feedback as evidenced by the regular UK National Student Survey. The findings from student focus groups and questionnaires show that the Assessment Buddy system offers the opportunity for a more flexible approach to the assessment of creative subjects and also speaks to best practice as outlined in the NSS Student Charter. At the time of writing the Assessment Buddy system is embedded in the second year assessment procedures for the automotive design course, and is being introduced into Year 3, with plans for Year 4 to follow.
Keywords
action research, industrial design, curriculum development assessment
Citation
Osmond, J., and Clough, B. (2012) Assessing Design through Assessment Buddies, in Israsena, P., Tangsantikul, J. and Durling, D. (eds.), Research: Uncertainty Contradiction Value - DRS International Conference 2012, 1-4 July, Bangkok, Thailand. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2012/researchpapers/104
Assessing Design through Assessment Buddies
This paper discusses the impact of ‘Assessment Buddies’, a specially developed assessment and feedback system implemented within a second year industrial design module at Coventry University, UK. The system was developed in response to the need for a successful assessment and feedback system that could cope with the complexities of a creative subject, and also in response to the need to address student dissatisfaction with assessment and feedback as evidenced by the regular UK National Student Survey. The findings from student focus groups and questionnaires show that the Assessment Buddy system offers the opportunity for a more flexible approach to the assessment of creative subjects and also speaks to best practice as outlined in the NSS Student Charter. At the time of writing the Assessment Buddy system is embedded in the second year assessment procedures for the automotive design course, and is being introduced into Year 3, with plans for Year 4 to follow.