VET Chat: Assessment-First Design: The Backward Planning Revolution
Join us to discover how leading with assessment creates clarity for both you and your learners. You'll explore practical methods for mapping evidence requirements to meaningful activities and walk away with a simple planning template you can use immediately.
Description
Assessment often feels like the last piece of a puzzle, something to add once the learning content is complete. But what if starting with assessment could transform everything about how you design training? This session introduces you to a more strategic approach that eliminates redundancy, increases authenticity, and makes the learning-to-assessment progression feel natural rather than forced.
Join us to discover how leading with assessment creates clarity for both you and your learners. You'll explore practical methods for mapping evidence requirements to meaningful activities and walk away with a simple planning template you can use immediately. Experience the relief of designing once, purposefully, instead of retrofitting assessments later.
Topics Covered
- The backward design imperative in VET
- Starting with performance outcomes
- Evidence collection that doesn't feel bureaucratic
- One complete example: from performance criteria to assessment experience
- Quick planning template
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how assessment can drive all design decisions
- Map evidence requirements to authentic activities
- Avoid the "assessment bolt-on" experience
Audience
Learning Designers, Trainer/Assessors, Compliance Managers
Session includes
- Certificate of Attendance
- Session Recording