MIIX Virtua

The proposed innovation seeks to streamline instructional delivery and assessment activities within higher education programs by reducing the number of assessments. Known as integrated assessment or cross-course assessments, this approach facilitates the integration of content from various courses, preventing learning silos, fostering interconnectedness in content delivery and assessment, and improving management and resource efficiency. Currently implemented in the Curriculum and Instruction (EDU555) and Assessment Literacy and Performance Competencies (EDU485) courses across seven teacher training programs at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), the integrated assessment model adopts one of the assessments from EDU555 as a requirement for EDU485's assessment, thereby avoiding additional workload for students. This integrated assessment requires students to showcase a multidisciplinary comprehension of content from both courses, thereby augmenting their ability to discern the interconnectedness of curriculum, instructional delivery, and assessments. The innovation aims to foster interdisciplinary learning and transfer, reduce learning redundancy, promote meaningful learning, advocate for holistic evaluation, optimize management and resource efficiency, and streamline course administration in higher education. Aligned with the Malaysia Qualifications Framework (MQF), the novelty lies in its transformative capacity to revolutionize the traditional approach to course delivery and assessment, introducing a paradigm shift by consolidating and streamlining assessment practices across various courses and disciplines.