1. Developing and assessing meta-skills Introductory webinar
Tuesday 9th October 2018

2. Agenda Welcome and introductions Explanation of meta-skills
Purpose of project
Approach to assessment
Demonstration of digital assessment tool
Discussion

3. ‘Great things in business are never done by one person
‘Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people’.
Steve Jobs

4. Our team Margaret Tierney – Policy and Research, SQA
Debbie Pavia – Evaluation and Research, SDS
John Anderson – Evaluation and Research, SDS
Frances Scott – Innovation Manager, SDS
Martyn Ware – Assessment Futures, SQA

5. Your team Please let us know if you are a: Learner Lecturer/tutor
Curriculum leader
Workplace supervisor/assessor
Other role

6. What are meta-skills?
‘…..timeless, higher order skills that create adaptive learners and promote success in whatever context the future brings.’

7. Why do meta-skills matter?
‘These are the skills that enable individuals to perform highly today; in a changed world of work they will be required by all of us’.
‘To thrive in the 21st century, students need more than traditional academic learning. They must be adept at collaboration, communication and problem-solving, which are some of the skills developed through social and emotional learning (SEL).’

8. SDS meta-skills framework

9. Project purposes
To provide a baseline and evidence of distance travelled of an individual’s meta-skills development
To test different methodologies of measuring and recording meta-skills in a work-based learning setting
To build understanding of the impact of different learning experiences on the development of meta-skills
To inform the future development of meta-skills in learning programmes

10. Approach to assessment
Challenging to assess in a way that is valid, reliable and practicable
No ‘right’ answer
Triangulation of approaches
Focus on raising learners’ awareness of and engagement with meta-skills
Generating feedback to be used in a learning discussion

11. Assessment tools
Qualtrics assessment tool For self assessment and tutor/supervisor use Scenario-based learning To set meta-skills in the context of a realistic, work-based problem

12. Please keep in touch to let us know: - how you are getting on - how learners react to this work - where we could improve - anything else you think we should know

13. Thank you 