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John Biggs
Honorary Professor of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong
(see keynote abstract: “ Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment: Deriving an Appropriate Model ”)
Professor John Biggs has held Chairs in Education in Canada, Australia,
and Hong Kong, and is an Honorary Professor in the Department of
Psychology, University of Hong Kong. He retired from the University
of Hong Kong in 1995 to act as a consultant in Higher Education.
He has been employed in this capacity in many institutions in Australia,
Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. He is internationally recognized
for his research on how students go about learning in institutional
settings, on assessing the quality of learning, and more recently
on teaching and learning across cultures. He has published 17 books
and over 100 articles on student learning and assessment. Recent
books include:
Watkins, D., & Biggs, J. (Eds.) (1996). The Chinese
Learner: Cultural, Psychological, and Contextual Influences.
Hong Kong: Centre for Comparative Research in Education/Camberwell,
Vic: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Biggs, J.B. (Ed.) (1996). Testing: To educate or to select?
Education in Hong Kong at the Crossroads. Hong Kong: Hong
Kong Educational Publishing Co.
Watkins, D., & Biggs, J. (Eds). (2001) Teaching the
Chinese Learner. Hong Kong: Centre for Comparative Research
in Education/Camberwell, Vic: Australian Council for Educational
Research.
Biggs, J.B. (2003). Teaching for Quality Learning at University.
Buckingham: Open University Press, Second edition.
Georgine Loacker
Senior Assessment Scholar and Professor of English
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, USA
(see keynote abstract: “ Enhancing Assessment through Teaching and Learning ”)
Dr. Loacker is Senior Assessment Scholar at Alverno College. While
heading the English department, she participated in the development
of the ability-based education and student assessment process begun
there in 1973 and now internationally recognized. She continues
to contribute to assessment theory through her writing and research
on assessment of the individual student. Loacker has conducted workshops
and seminars on teaching for and assessing student learning outcomes
throughout the United States and at institutions in the UK, Canada,
South Africa, Costa Rica and for six weeks in Australia and New
Zealand as a Visiting Fellow of the Higher Education Research and
Development Society of Australasia. Relevant publications include:
Loacker, G. (2003).”Taking Self Assessment Seriously”. In Smith,
V. (ed.), Essays on Teaching Excellence, 15(2). Ft. Collins,
CO: The Professional and Organizational Development Network in
Higher Education.
Loacker, G. (Ed.) (2000). Self Assessment at Alverno College.
Milwaukee, WI, Alverno College Institute.
Contributing author in Mentkowski, M., & Associates. (2000).
Learning that Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development and
Performance in College and Beyond. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Loacker, G. & Mentkowski, M. (1993). “Creating a Culture
Where Assessment Improves Learning”. In Banta, T. (ed.), Are
We Making a Difference? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Lewis Elton
Honorary Professor of Higher Education
University College London,
United Kingdom
(see keynote abstract: "New
Approaches to Assessment in Practice" )
Professor Lewis Elton is Professor of Higher Education, University College London
(Honorary since December 2003) and Professor Emeritus of Higher
Education, University of Surrey. He is a Fellow of the American
Institute of Physics and of the Society for Research into Higher
Education, an Honorary Life Member of the Staff and Educational
Development Association, and he holds Doctorates (honoris causa)
of the University of Kent at Canterbury and of the University of
Gloucestershire. His main research interests are all in higher
education: Innovations in Teaching and Learning, the Research/Teaching
Nexus, Quality Assessment and Enhancement, Change Management. His
recent publications are:
Elton L. (2002) ‘Assessment in Universities:
a critical review of research’, LTSN (Generic), ASS 013 (with
Brenda Johnston)
Elton L. (2003) ‘Assessing materials students’, UK Centre for
Materials Education.
Elton L. (2003) ‘Principles for a Fair and Honest Approach to Assessing and Representing
Students Learning and Achievement', LTSN (Generic)
Elton L. (2004) ‘Should classification of the UK honours degree
have a future?’, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education,
29, pp. 413 420.
Elton L. (2004) ‘A challenge to assessment practice’, Higher
Education Quarterly 58 (1)
Elton L. (2004) ‘Continuing Professional Development in Higher
Education Trust and Accountability’, Higher Education Digest
49, Digest Supplement.
Elton L. ‘Using e-learning in assessment for learning:
a case-study of a web-based course in primary care’,
(with J Russell, D
Swinglehurst, T Greenhalgh), Assessment and Evaluation
in
Higher Education,
in the press.
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