Competency Based Assessment

04/09/20 • 28 min

Setting the Standard: the Educational Quality Podcast by TAFE NSW

For our very first episode, we will be discussing one of the hottest topics in VET, and one of the most important subjects in education – assessment. Assessment has long been recognised as a crucial component of a strong and quality VET sector, but the quality of assessment seems to have been a concern in the Australian VET sector for a long time now.
In this podcast, we are lucky enough to be joined today by Anni Yaringa, who is both a TAFE NSW educator and a nationally renowned VET assessment expert. Anni has has an incredibly eclectic industry background and has worked for TAFE NSW as a teacher and senior education officer for 31 years. She has a B.Ed., and Masters in Vocational Education. She currently has her own consultancy business in which she supports RTOs with VET assessment design, compliance, capability development and audit.

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Online Teaching and Learning

In recent months, many teachers and learners from across all across the education sector have made a rapid transition to online teaching and learning. While learning has been delivered online for many years now, the effects of COVID 19 have seen a renewed focus on what makes for a successful learning experience in this environment.
For this month's podcast, we thought we would invite some TAFE NSW teachers in to discuss their thoughts and experiences about what makes online learning a positive experience for both students and teachers. Beth has been delivering degree level programs online for a many years, while Maria only made her first forays into online teaching just this year. Our third guest, Renae, has extensive experience teaching in our Connected Learning Centres, which use digital technologies to provide regional communities with access to a wider range of high quality skills training.
Join Beth, Maria, Renae and I as we discuss what they have learnt from their own experiences, how online teaching is different, and what students and teachers can do to make it a positive experience.

Setting the Standard: the Educational Quality Podcast by TAFE NSW - Competency Based Assessment

Transcript

Andrew: 0:07
Hello, and welcome to the first ever episode of Setting the Standard - the Educational Quality Podcast from the TAFE New South Wales Education Standards Team. Today and in the coming months, we're going to be bringing you interviews and discussions with TAFE New South Wales educators and external education experts looking at different aspects of educational quality and VET and higher education. My name is Andrew Shaw, I'm the head of education standards for TAF