Paul Orsmond

1993-1999 Staffordshire University MA Higher & Professional Education

1982-1986 Hatfield Polytechnic Applied Biology B.Sc. [Hons] 2(i)

I enjoy working with people to explore student learning and to link that learning to assessment and feedback. I doing this I have developed and changed in how I understand learning. I am particularly interested in communities of learning that students develop and the social interaction that they undertake outside the overt curriculum while carrying out self- and peer-assessment practices in order to make sense of their learning experiences.

I have also developed a number of staff development workshops which considered such diverse themes relating to teaching and learning as reflection, peer observation and small group teaching.

Social learning, assessment and feedback and the use of self- and peer-assessment in higher education

Since 1996 I have with colleagues published over thirty articles many relating to assessment and learning. Most are refereed papers but there are some book chapters. I have worked closely with professionals in other institution where I have delivered workshops. Over the past fifteen years I have presented over thirty conference papers.

I teach physiology to level 4 students in a module called Fundamentals of Physiology, work with level 5 students on a Problem Based Learning module called Drugs and the Human Body. I deliver a Work Placement module at level5 and I teach neurology to level 6 students. At postgraduate level I deliver a two day reflective practice module at postgraduate level and co-ordinate a postgraduate negotiated learning module.

Refereed Papers (some also available online)

Orsmond, P. and Zvauya, R. (2014) Community of learners: charting learning in first year graduate entry medical students during problem-based learning (PBL) study, Advances in Health Sciences Education, 13930 DOI 10.1007/s10459-0149542-4.

Orsmond, P. and Merry, S. Handley, K. (2013) Students’ Social Learning Practice as a Way of Learning from Tutor Feedback, in S. Merry, M. Price, D. Carless and M. Taras (Eds) Reconceptualising Feedback in Higher Education, (Routledge).

Gomez, S., Andersson, H., Maw, S., Park, P., Crook, A., and Orsmond, P. (2013) A Digital Ecosystems Model of Assessment Feedback on Student Learning, Higher Education Studies, 3 (2), 41-51.

Orsmond, P., Merry, S., and Callaghan, A. A. (2013) Communities of practice and ways to learning: charting the progress of biology undergraduates, Studies in Higher Education, 38(6), 890-906.

Orsmond, P., Maw, S., Park, P., Gomez, S. and Crook, A. (2013) Moving feedback forward: theory to practice, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 38(2), 240-252.

Orsmond, P. and Merry, S. (2012) The importance of self-assessment in students’ use of tutors’feedback: a qualitative study of high and non-high achieving biology undergraduates, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 38(6), 737-753.

Crook, A., Mauchline, A., Mawc, S., Lawson, C., Drinkwater, R., Lundqvist, K., Orsmond, P., Gomez, S. and Park, J. (2012) The use of video technology for providing feedback to students: Can it enhance the feedback experience for staff and students?, Computers and Education, 58(1), 386-396.

Maw, S. and Orsmond, P. (2011) Assessment, Feedback and Review in: D. J. Adams (ed) Effective Learning in Life Sciences, (Chichester, John Wiley and Sons).

Orsmond, P. (2011) Self- and Peer- Assessment; Guidance on Practice in the Biosciences, 2nd Edition Ed: Stephen Maw, (Leeds, The Higher Education Academy Centre for Biosciences).
ftp://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/TeachingGuides/selfpeer/Self&PeerAssesment(2ed).pdf

Orsmond, P. and Merry, S. (2011) Feedback alignment: effective and ineffective links between tutors’ and students’ understanding of coursework feedback, Assessment and evaluation in Higher Education, 36(2), 125-136.

Merry, S., Skingsley, D. R. and Orsmond, P. (2010) Fostering lifelong learning within a social constructivist environment. In: Proceedings of the 17th Improving Student Learning Symposium 2009. Ed C.Rust Oxford Centre for staff and learning development. Ch7 pp168-180. ISBN 978-1-873576-79-3 http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsld/isl/isl2009/papers/session4/merry.html

Presentations

Key Note for the Centre for Biosciences Professional Development Event: Feedup, feedback, feedforward, 20th October 2011, University of Glasgow

7th Professional Development Conference for Teachers in Higher Education (2011)
Considering ways of effectively aligning feedback to student learning, April 15th. Organiser

Orsmond,P., Merry, S. and Skingsley, D.R. (2010) Preparing undergraduates for final year projects. 3rd International Pedagogical Research in Higher Education Conference, Liverpool