Conference Agenda

Design education's assessment practices for open-ended projects, especially capstones or those involving industry partners, vary widely. Assessing student success and learning outcomes achievement often gets obscured by the project's final product. Over-detailed rubrics can lead to markers adjusting scores to reflect student effort accurately, while company stakeholder involvement complicates grading further. Despite widespread adoption of project-based learning, assessment challenges persist, necessitating a shared understanding of best practices.

This workshop aims to address these challenges by reviewing current literature on assessment in project-based design education and gathering firsthand experiences from participants. It will offer a platform to share challenges and solutions, aiming to compile a comprehensive solutions library and highlight knowledge gaps.

Participants, ranging from experts to novice design educators, will contribute insights, which will be used in a group activity to map solutions to identified challenges. This process will spark discussions on knowledge gaps and potential collaborative research opportunities.

Outcomes will include a detailed mapping of challenges and solutions in design education assessment, enriched by real-world educator experiences, paving the way for a deeper understanding and improvement in project-based design education assessment practices.