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27 October 2009

RWL policy and enabling structures; assessment and implementation issues Prof. Stephen Towers Dean of Studies Office of Teaching Quality. 27 October 2009. real. It’s the. thing …. Vision for T&L.

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27 October 2009

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  1. RWL policy and enabling structures; assessment and implementation issues Prof. Stephen Towers Dean of StudiesOffice of Teaching Quality 27 October 2009

  2. real It’s the thing …

  3. Vision for T&L • To provide outstanding learning environments and programs that lead to excellent outcomes for graduates, enabling them to work in, and guide a world characterised by increasing change …

  4. What students say … • Lecturers and tutors who are in touch with the 'real world' interested in their subjects who will prepare tutorials in line with the beliefs they are advocating and will be accountable for their assessments • [But not] …. taking ' real world ' focus too far [to become] a reason not to assist students as we would encounter this in the real world. • Fit with [the] slogan … “university for the real world”

  5. Curriculum Decision Making Phase 1: Thinking Ahead (substantive focus) What are the characteristics of good curriculum architecture? Informs Curriculum Design Policy What should they look like? Assessment Policy Work Integrated Learning Policy Phase 2: Development (process focus) Who wants them? How should we go about curriculum development? Ideas for new courses Who needs them? Informs Curriculum Development and Approval Policy How do we know that the divisions are well-informed and ready to support implementation? Informs Informs Customised Ed Policy Implementation Phase 3: Ongoing (QA focus) Is curriculum design sound in our current courses? Strategic Planning Cycle Are our courses: viable? quality learning environments?; good learning outcomes? Course QA Policy Informs TQ Data (Faculty Strategic Courses Update) Is our current suite of courses strategic?

  6. Curriculum design • Curriculum design … one of three principles … • The curriculum embeds real world learning pedagogies. • Real world learning and teaching • enables students to experience and understand the relevance of their learning to their work and lives, and • supports the creation of their identity as a professional practitioner. • Curriculum elements to support Real World Learning: • work placements, simulations of professional work, and teaching by practising professionals • assessment tasks that encourage students to examine real world issues … • learning that is contextualised to the real world practice of the professions is supported from the commencement of first year study through to the graduate’s transition into the profession.

  7. Assessment • Assessment … one of ten principles • Assessment approaches are consistent with QUT’s approach to real world learning and teaching and include a variety of assessment tasks.

  8. Satisfaction with group work What students tell us ... • “... the positive is teamwork, but the negative is managing those not contributing ... • Approach could be improved: • awarding group mark • manage group dynamics - underperformers • clarity of tasks • difficulties in getting together • language barriers.

  9. Satisfaction with group work What students tell us ... Policy approach Purposefully included in the curriculum design: including FYE principles ‘rule of thumb’ - one unit per semester. Promote use of the Team Work Protocol. Upper limit is 50% of the unit grade on the ‘collective’ component . • Approach could be improved: • awarding group mark • manage group dynamics - underperformers • clarity of tasks • difficulties in getting together • language barriers.

  10. Course Quality Assurance

  11. ICR 2009

  12. CCPR Data summaries

  13. Faculty level data trends 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Viability Learning environment Outcomes

  14. Strategic Faculty Courses Update

  15. Curriculum Development and Approval • Embedded within Academic Plan ... to provide examples of how real-world tasks have been incorporated into the curriculum . Curriculum Concept Plan Curriculum Proposal FAB UAB SFCU Academic Plan Which may include Business Plan +++

  16. QUT positioning <http://www.qut.edu.au/study/futurestudents/> Plans <http://www.frp.qut.edu.au/services/planning/corpplan/strategic.jsp > Policy<http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/C/> Curriculum design <http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/C/C_04_02.jsp> Curriculum Development & Approval <http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/C/C_04_01.jsp> Assessment <http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/C/C_05_01.jsp> Protocols: <http://www.otq.qut.edu.au/policy/guide/protocols_assessment_april09.pdf> Definitions: <http://www.otq.qut.edu.au/policy/guide/definitions_moppc.pdf> Work Integrated Learning: <coming> Links

  17. Questions ? ? ? ? ? ?

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