Building an Institutional Reporting Framework for Consensus Moderation Practices

Abstract

This poster presents the initial findings from a two year Griffith University research project. The project entitled “Developing consensus moderation practices to support comprehensive Quality Assurance of Assessment Standards” is funded through a strategic Griffith Grant for Learning and Teaching, with ethical approval granted under reference number GIH/08/11/HREC. The poster describes the development of, and reports on the initial results from, applying a five level model of consensus moderation to assessment. Each level in the model describes a key stage in the assessment process, and a range of consensus moderation practices that would support quality assurance of assessment at that level. The reporting framework is imbedded in the University’s online Course Profile system and requires academics to report on their consensus moderation activities. Initial results confirmed this to be a meaningful reporting framework to gather and evaluate consensus moderation activities in use throughout the University.