Winter (2003) reporting the outcome of the Patchwork Text project, provides a neat definition of the approach: It will be important to consider the number of assessment pieces that would form the patchwork and consideration of the balance between formative and summative assessment is necessary. One possible model is that each patch is assessed formatively by self and / or peers and is compulsory; the summative element would then be how the individual elements are ‘stitched’, possibly through a critical, reflective and consolidating piece of writing. A further consideration is how the individual elements are identified; one approach would be that students select these themselves from a wider pool of material. In this case the reasons for the selection of the patches might offer an insight into students’ thinking. The modality of the elements would also need to be considered: written, pictorial, video, audio, presentation are all possibilities. The extent to which students have choice about the modality will need to be decided during design, however, this does not need to be consistent across the whole patchwork - for example the students may have choice about the individual elements but are required to submit a written summative reflective text to consolidate the individual elements. The curation of the individual elements needs consideration and perhaps a technological solution such as Moodle or (link to) MyPortfolio would allow the small sections to be built up over time and be available for consideration by tutors or peers. Can it be used for group assessment?

At first this approach was limited to short periods of learning, across a module or series of sessions, whereas more recently the method has been used across a year and even a whole programme. He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.

Silva-Fletcher, A., May, H., Magnier, K. and May, S. (2014). Teacher development: A patchwork text approach to enhancing critical reflection in veterinary and paraveterinary educators. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 41 (2): 146-154. The essence of a patchwork is that it consists of a variety of small sections, each of which is complete in itself, and that the overall unity of these component sections, although planned in advance, is finalised retrospectively, when they are ‘stitched together’. Thus, a ‘patchwork text’ assignment is one that is gradually assembled during the course of a phase of teaching and consists of a sequence of fairly short pieces of writing, which are designed to be as varied as possible and to cover the educational objectives of the teaching....The sequence of tasks within a Patchwork Text… is intended to build into the assessment process a recognition of learning as a gradual 'coming to know'. What can patchwork assessment assess? As patchwork assessment is often grounded in practice (work-based learning, practice-based learning) an entirely AI generated text is less likely (or likely to be less convincing 'out of the box') than other text-based forms of assessment. Integrating creative, or visual methods within the patches may further minimise this. That's not to say that AI can't mimic reflective work, but the synthesis and making sense of experience, and the evaluative choices of what to include and what to exclude privilege human minds. AI may have a valuable role as coach in this sort of learning, performing the role of critical friend (or participant researcher) to help students scaffold reflective thinking, and process their experience through a dialogic interview process. Student and staff experience Benefits John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work. it is personalised; you may set the task but the learner reflects on what they have learned through the process in addition to completing the task

each of the small patches could contribute to the overall assessment mark in one of the following ways: choosing the best patches (and so the best mark overall), averaging over the submitted patches or providing a mark holistically across the whole patchwork.

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The potential for diversity and inclusivity in the patchwork assessment depends largely on the component parts of the patchwork. Offering students choices about the modality of the individual components could potentially facilitate an approach to assessment that would meet the needs of all students. Academic integrity More recently, another study suggested that it’s reflective, not high-visibility, clothing that is the answer to being seen in the hours of darkness. this constitutes continuous assessment which means that the learner is constantly building on achievement and moving towards autonomous learning Individual patchworks might be developed for learning and assessment. However, it would also be possible for a group to work together, perhaps with each person from the group contributing a single patch and then each individual produces a unique and consolidating ‘stitching’ making use of the various group contributions. One prominent name in the realm of reflective patches and visibility solutions is Badges UK. We specializes in creating custom badges, including reflective patches, that can be seamlessly integrated into various uniforms. Their patches are designed not only for enhanced visibility but also to match the overall aesthetic of the uniform. This combination of safety and style sets Badges UK apart as a leader in the field.

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Constructive alignment of the learning outcomes and the assessment through the patchwork approach is possible with careful design of the assignment brief. Consideration of how marks will be awarded across the whole patchwork is important at the design stage. Different models for assessing the patchwork against the intended learning outcomes could be adopted including: