Rethinking teaching and assessment strategies for flexible learning environments

Abstract

This study explored how eight university lecturers adapted and developed their classroom based teaching and assessment strategies for the online environment. Ramsden’s (2003) framework for evaluating and recognising effective teaching, which assists lecturers to reflect on their practice, was used to guide the literature review and to gather examples of online teaching and assessment strategies. The examples were evaluated according to good practice principles drawn from the literature. This is a limited study, and the results were used to inform a professional development programme in flexible learning.