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- 1. Improving student outcomes by promoting whole of university good practice Graduate Attributes @ CQUni Damien Clark http://damosworld.wordpress.com
- 2. Presentation Outline Task The challenges Underlying philosophies Context How we went about it http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3277667570/
- 3. Task Integrate graduate attributes into curriculum of all undergraduate programs across CQUni http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjornb/6503847/
- 4. The Challenges Academics to see value in graduate attributes Not a tick ‘n’ flick exercise Changing attitudes http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyloch/4572583667/
- 5. The Challenges Pedagogical Framework Integrate GAs into Curriculum Simple Meaningful http://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8geek/4901169636/
- 6. The Challenges Technical Solution Collect information Facilitate Analysis Reflection Remedy http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmv/11714963/
- 7. Underlying Philosophies If you want academics to do something, make it easy Nobody likes to do meaningless tasks Rather than provide fish, teach to fish Evolutionary rather than revolutionary Work smarter, not harder http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdfalk/544412899/
- 8. Context 8 Attributes already decided 3-levels (Introductory, Intermediate & Graduate) High workload (academic & professional) Under-resourced IT Department http://www.flickr.com/photos/dou_ble_you/4210057602/
- 9. How did we do it? Map the status-quo Bottom-up approach Analyse Rectify http://www.flickr.com/photos/amadeusrecord/5072124707/
- 10. How did we do it? Pedagogical Framework Balancing Act Simple Meaningful Mapped GAs against: But not: Learning Outcomes Learning Activities Assessments http://www.flickr.com/photos/22863752@N06/2788089212/
- 11. How did we do it? Academic Engagement Solicit Feedback Contextualise School meetings Simple technology Screencasts Automation Workshops Reference Groups Patience Hard Yakka http://www.flickr.com/photos/funbobseye/72633868/
- 12. Managing Academics = Herding Cats Critical thinkers Autonomous Pragmatic Why should I …? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimholmes/5084241272/in/set-1125062/
- 13. How did we do it? Conventional Wisdom Spreadsheets Painful!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/161770084/
- 14. How did we do it? A Web-based Solution http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybershotking/329184504/
- 15. Centrally Stored & Backed Up http://www.flickr.com/photos/byebyeempire/2194726047/
- 16. No version control issues http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyx1138/1340848303/
- 17. No collecting necessary http://www.flickr.com/photos/8656572@N04/3578783211/
- 20. Tools and materials provided http://www.flickr.com/photos/skvidal/4261399984/
- 22. Export data to Excel http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/1422374741/
- 23. Assigned access to courses http://www.flickr.com/photos/tnarik/3366933051/
- 24. Re-use existing Information Share If you want academics to do something, make it easy Nobody likes to do meaningless tasks http://www.flickr.com/photos/oakleyoriginals/2786948990/
- 25. Show & Tell – CQUni Graduate Attributes Mapping http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2850669383/
Notas del editor
- TaskIntroducing graduate attributes to CQUni’s curriculum
- The challenge:Getting academics to see value in graduate attributes – why should I care about Gas? It’s not just a tick ‘n’ flick (changing attitudes)Motivate academics to map their curriculum,analyse their programs & make changes (why should I do this? What benefits will come of it?)
- Coming up with a pedagogical framework for evaluating curriculum against the graduate attributes that is not overcomplicated, but still meaningful
- A technological solution to collecting the information and facilitating analysis, reflection and remedy
- A collection of underlying philosophies around how we operate and engage with academic staff:“If you want academics to do something, make it easy, not hard”“Nobody likes to do meaningless tasks”“Rather than provide fish, teach to fish”“Evolutionary rather than revolutionary”“Work smarter, not harder” – AUTOMATION
- The contextThe 8 attributes were already decided, along with 3-level of depth for each attribute (introductory, intermediate, & graduate)High workload for many staff (academic & professional)Under-resourced IT department
- So what did we do?Start with mapping the status-quo – a bottom up approach – what do we currently haveAnalyse the status-quo at program-level and make decisions about how to improve the curriculum ensuring rounded development of 8 attributes
- Pedagogical Framework for mapping the graduate attributes into the curriculumMap the attributes against learning outcomes and assessment, but not (at this stage) the learning activities – a compromise – baby stepsMapped to 3 levels, so there was a dimension of breadth across the curriculum and depth – so development of graduate attributes can be scaffolded
- Academic Engagement
- It is no surprise that managing academics is difficultBy the nature of their job, they are required to be critical thinkersHappily challenge any institutional directiveThey work largely autonomouslyThey are also very pragmatic when it comes to teachingQuote:“I think I’d rather manage a large software development project”And so we did (sort of)Moving onto the technology
- Why make the academic staff copy & paste learning outcomes and assessment information into spreadsheets, when we already have this information in computer systems?How were we going to manage the dissemination and collation of spreadsheets across xxx courses & yyy programs?How would we track our progress on this activity?
- So what did we do?
- Centrally stored data collectionSecureBacked up
- Tried sharing an MS Office document?Multiple copies need to be merged againWhich is the latest version?
- Distributed Word or Excel documents will need to be collated againNot necessary with web approach
- Because centrally storedAnytime track progress of data collection
- Collected data can be easily shared with others.
- Learning objectives & Assessment info providedDon’t have to hunt for itExtract LO & Assessment from ITD databases80% of LO have been extracted automatically by script
- Reports/Analysis can be provided centrally and updated/improved centrallyNo need to redistribute files. Just visit updated website.
- Data collected could be made available for download into Excel spreadsheetMore detailed/custom analysis by program directors if desired
- Allocation to courses for mapping could be based on ASA rolesEg. Course co-ordinators assigned to their courses for mapping
- ITD have all the info, so let’s re-use it (share)Features of systemSimple & Easy to useProvide all the information required to do the evaluation and map the course:learning outcomesassessment infoCourse profileMoodle course siteStudent handbook entry for programsDon’t make academics search all over for info (meaningless task)Don’t make them copy & paste information (such as LO & assessment) (meaningless task)No submit buttons – each change is automatically saved (easy to use – simple)Centralised shared reportsTransparent system – everyone can see everyone’s mapping
- Let’s take a look at the actual system and how it works and what it does