HEIR conference 8-9 September 2014: Forsyth and Stubbs

HEIR conference 8-9 September 2014: Forsyth and Stubbs

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  Rewriting the Rules HEIR network | September2014 Dr Rachel Forsyth PL for curriculum development and innovation, MMU Professor Mark Stubbs Head of Learning and Research Technologies, MMU http://twitter.com/rmforsyth [email protected]
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  TRansforming Assessment and Feedback For Institutional Change: TRAFFIC Aim: to align assessment and feedback policies, processes and support to institutional goals of enhancing student satisfaction and success.
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  Context • 36,000students - 2700 on Combined Honours • 600,000 submissions annually • Big peaks for submission dates – systems issues • Adrift of sector on NSS • Just completed huge curriculum change
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  Baseline report •Review of documentation (policies, regs, etc) • Interviews with staff involved with assessment (purposive sampling) • Interviews with innovators • Focus groups with student support officers, administrators and technology-enhanced learning officers • Thorough discussion throughout governance structure
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  Understanding how bestto make a difference People frustrated with: • Overly bureaucratic processes • Procedures which were not always clear • Lack of consistency • Stand-alone systems for different parts of process • Myths about assessment
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  Further investigation 1.Collection of data on assignment types and submission dates: – myth-busting, guidance for consistency, development of EMA requirements 2. Review of student comments about assessment and working with SU – unpicking dissatisfaction issues
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  Assignment types
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  Blog Poster Workbook Autobiography Computer Based Logbook Override Portfolio report Programming Assignment Programming Exercises Website Bibliography Documentation Learning Agreement Oral-practical Placement assessment Analysis Class Activity Data Exercise
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  Internal student survey 2011/12
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  Removed from thissection: comments from the student survey.
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  New procedures •Assignment briefs • Marking and moderation • Feedback planning • Formal annual review of assessment
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  New processes •Institution-wide coursework receipting system • Focus on Assessment in annual review • Automation where possible Photo by Freekz0r (CC licensed, from flickr
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  Are we ina better place now?
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  Some key points • Students’ Union involved throughout • Process approach helped • Sustained ‘marketing campaign’ • New procedures are pedagogically neutral – academic decision-making left to programme teams
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  Are we ina better place now? Also reviewing • Survey comments from students • Views of staff • New programme documentation QAA institutional review next year
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  Links New InstitutionalCode of Practice on Assessment http://www.mmu.ac.uk/academic/casqe/regulations/icp.php MMU assessment resources http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/assessment/index.php