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Transforming Higher Education: Embracing Smarter Learning for Future Success

The landscape of higher education is evolving dramatically, driven by pressures such as cost, transparency, and technological advancements. Our "Smarter Learning" initiative aims to create engaged learning experiences and robust assessment methods that adapt to this new environment. By analyzing trends like hybrid business models and developing quality assessment materials, we empower educators, students, and administrators to enhance learning outcomes and academic integrity. Join us in revolutionizing education for future generations through collaboration and innovative strategies.

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Transforming Higher Education: Embracing Smarter Learning for Future Success

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  1. smarter learningProfessor Hamish Coateshamish.coates@acer.edu.auwww.acer.edu.au/highereducationwww.acer.edu.au/smarterlearning

  2. Pressures on higher education • Cost and pricing • Transparency and privatisation • Diversification and stratification • Curriculum and provision • Students and academics

  3. The smarter learning imperative • Higher education strategic landscape is changing, radically • Emerging hybrid business models that reconfigure core business: “New HE” • New institutional ecosystems are emerging—many in this time zone • As getting-in gets easier, getting-out gets harder • Engineering an engaged experience and assessing learning outcomes are final frontiers www.acer.edu.au/smarterlearning

  4. For instance… • Shrink wrapped tasks • Collaborative item libraries • Stand-alone tests • Training academics • Task review/benchmarking • Process/data moderation • For instance… • Student surveys • Focus groups • Activity data • Retention • Stakeholder surveys

  5. Engaged learning experience

  6. Assessing learning outcomes

  7. Boosting capacity and data

  8. Building assessment capacity For leaders • Auditing assessment strategies and resources • Determining assessment priorities and needs • Defining academic standards and performance indicators For educators • Learning how to write better assessment materials • Interpreting assessment data to improve teaching • Helping teachers shape feedback to students • Certifying assessment capability For administrators • Planning assessment cycles • Improving delivery mechanisms • Optimising resources for assessment

  9. Developing assessment materials Developing materials • Drafting and refining content frameworks with experts • Producing high quality assessment materials and marking guides • Validating materials with experts, stakeholders and students Preparing systems • Readying computer or paper delivery systems • Setting up marking and verification systems • Designing reports and feedback procedures Deploying, marking and reporting • Supporting deployment to students • Psychometric analysis of assessment data • Detailed reporting to students, teaching staff and institutions

  10. Providing standardised tests Selection and admissions • Generic skills aptitude tests • Discipline-specific aptitude tests • Assessment of cognitive readiness for tertiary study Diagnosis • Measure cognitive skills of enrolling students • Determine learning needs • Establish English language proficiency Outcomes assessment • General professional skills + discipline skills + context • Reports to students and institutions and/or systems

  11. Global Graduate Passport® General professional skills + discipline skills + context Culturally and linguistically adapted to system contexts Secure online delivery to your students Detailed reports to students and institutions

  12. Next moves Implementing SESME Deploying the Global Graduate Passport® To keep in contact: www.acer.edu.au/smarterlearning

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