Panel Discussion
E-Portfolio and Programmic Assessment at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
Date Thursday, Nov 28 Time –
Assessment in higher education (HE) is often focused on concluding modules with one or more tests that students need to pass. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the formative function of assessment and focus has shifted from summative assessment towards how assessment can stimulate learning. Programmatic assessment (PA) is an assessment concept in which these two functions are embraced to strike a new balance. A growing number of higher education programmes has implemented PA. Although there is consensus about the theoretical principles that form the basis for the design of PA, programmes make various specific design choices based on these principles. These design choices within the principles of PA include designing an e-portfolio to monitor and assess students’ learning process.
At this panel discussion we would like to zoom in how we designed programmatic assessment in e-portfolios. We are focusing on the role of a teacher, educational advisor and student with the specific choices they made in curricular design.
Bas Agricola
Associate Professor, Hogeschool Utrecht , Netherlands
Bas Agricola is an Associate Professor for the research group Vocational Education at the department of Learning and Innovation of HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. His research has a focus on assessment and feedback, on curriculum innovation and programmatic assessment. Bas has been working in higher education since 2006, lectured for 14 years at HAN University of Applied Sciences and obtained his PhD at Utrecht University in 2019. Currently, he is working on a project that investigates how the design of programmatic assessment in e-portfolios aligns with curricular design, considering context-specific design choices and associated considerations of teachers.
Reinier Veldhuis
Educational Advisor, Hogeschool Utrecht , Netherlands
Reinier Veldhuis is an all-round Educational Advisor at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (HU). He has been working at the HU since 2010 and has had roles as coach, trainer, strategic advisor, project manager and policy maker in various departments and institution-wide, also keen on opportunities to build bridges between departments and the institutional support organization by working as business analist, product owner and process advisor within the ICT-service department.
With a background in Educational Sciences and diverse experience, his current work focusses on guided experiment and implementing ePortfolio-enabled learning at various departments, also co-coordinating the interdisciplinary organized support.
Christina Schouten
Educational Project Manager, Hogeschool Utrecht , Netherlands
Christina Schouten is an educational project manager and teacher at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (HU). She has been working in the higher education field for 25 years and has been working at the HU as a teacher, educational advisor, project manager and formative testing expert.
With her expertise in formative assessments she helps teachers and guides HU-departments with professionalisation and with implementing programmatic assessment in various curricula.
Wanda Fracheboud
Product Owner Digital Learning Environment, Hogeschool Utrecht
As product owner of the digital learning environment (DLE) of Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Wanda Fracheboud is responsible for managing educational digitalization needs and solutions. Since 2023 she is part of the "core team Programmatic Assessment" that is responsible for the educational adoption of programmatic assessment, supported by ePortfolios. Wandas professional roles have almost always been in (higher) education, and often on the intersection of education and IT, amongst which are e-consultant for teachers, and business analyst for a DevOps team. Furthermore she has experience as a teacher in secondary education.