Dr Papachristou delivers webinar for the International Information Technologies University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

On Wednesday, 25th November 2020, Dr Vicky Papachristou, Lecturer at the English Studies Department, delivered an interesting and insightful webinar in the framework of “English week” for the Languages Department of the International Information Technologies University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

In particular, Dr Papachristou was invited by Prof. Gulnara Zakirova, Director of International Programs of International Information Technologies University, Almaty, Kazakhstan and coordinator of ALLVET (Erasmus+ programme), to participate in a webinar titled “Learning outcomes and assessment”, which was organised by the Languages Department in the framework of “English week” and targeted teaching staff of the Department.

During the webinar, Dr Papachristou discussed Bloom’s Taxonomy focusing considerably not only on the phrasing of accurate aims and learning outcomes but also on their successful alignment when constructing syllabi for various courses.

Additionally, she highlighted the significance of alternative assessment emphasising the issue of its alignment with the learning outcomes, as well as the pedagogical implications emanating from offering students diverse types of assessment. In doing so, a number of examples were explored which gave the participants the chance to enrich and further consolidate their knowledge on the specific topic.