The purpose of this symposium is two-fold: first, it marks the formal launch of the recently published edited book by Professor Sam Elkington (Teesside University) and Professor Alastair Irons (Abertay University) entitled Formative Assessment and Feedback in Post-Digital Learning Environments: Disciplinary Case Studies in Higher Education (Taylor and Francis, 2025). Second, it provides a forum in which to explore and interrogate the changing patterns of assessment in higher education including the diversification of practice, and the use of digital software, tools, and devices, that supplements and mediates meaningful relationships between learners and teachers. Through a focus on formative processes, we are most interested in understanding the impact of digital technology on our changing educational environments and how as educators we might approach the concepts of assessment and feedback to effectively and with confidence move university assessment forward in ways that prepare students for a multitude of future possibilities.<\/p>\n
Together with the views of the book\u2019s editors, we will hear the perspectives of several of the authors who contributed practice case studies to the collection. As part of a facilitated discussion, these authors will share and consider a variety of practicable knowledge and insights into the rich digital, social, and material nature of formative assessment practice and the complex processes it involves. In doing so our aim is to draw to the fore the relevance of the particularities of formative processes and their capacity to reflect, and in many ways enrich, the human experience of learning within post-digital learning environments.<\/p>\n
You can choose to engage in-person by attending the event at Teesside University\u2019s Middlesbrough campus, or synchronously online via Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n