POSTER SESSIONS

• What is a Poster?
• Structure of Poster
• Advantages of Posters
• Disadvantages of Posters
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WHAT IS A POSTER?

Poster is the process of showing the content and the findings of a topic to an audience or a group of audiences at different times. It is often used to assess student learning from group research projects. Peer and tutor assessment can be used as part of the grading process.

STRUCTURE OF POSTER

Poster assessment usually involves a topic for the student to research and present on a poster. Although question and answer sessions are uncommon, students are sometimes requested to stand by their posters to explain their findings. Poster assessments are expected to be brief and attractive.

A good poster usually expected to have the following two characteristics:
1. Good contents
2. Good and clear visuals

ADVANTAGES OF POSTERS

• Poster assessment encourages creativity.
• Poster assessment is short and succinct. This would require the students to think distinctively and select the important factors that need to be shown. The ability to summarize is important.
• Poster assessment can be assessed by peers at different times even without the presence of the creator.

DISADVANTAGES OF POSTERS

• It is important for the assessors to state the assessment criteria explicitly, the students need to know if the content of the material is part of the criteria and/or the method of presenting the poster is part of the criteria. If students are to be assessed on different aspects (such as the creativity skills or presentation skills on the posters) other than the content, they should be given the opportunity to learn about those aspects and practice them before being assessed on them.
• Students may overspend their time on the visual effects, and not on the actual content. Tutor and peer assessors may also be affected by these effects and overlook the meaningful ideas behind the topic.

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