lthe: week9 evaluating teaching corejan12

week 9 webinar

LTHE module, PGCAP

Caroline Dangerfield President of

Student Union University of

Salford

@SalfordPres

discussing evaluating teaching

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Chrissi Nerantzi Academic

Developer University of

Salford

@chrissinerantzi @pgcap

Alex Spiers Learning

Technology Developer

Liverpool John Moores University

@alextonic

Dimensions of Quality (Gibbs, 2010) • Class size • Class contact hours • ‘Close contact’ • Independent study hours, total hours • Quality of teaching • Effects of the research environment • Level of intellectual challenge • Formative assessment and feedback

• Reputation • Peer quality ratings • Student support • Quality enhancement processes

Gibbs, G (2010) Dimensions of quality, York: The Higher Education Academy, pp. 19-37 Chrissi

assurance enhancement

Quality

Chrissi - Alex

Do you evaluate your teaching?

Caroline

How do you evaluate your teaching?

add your strategies here

Caroline - Alex

Evaluating teaching

• reflection

• colleagues, team-teaching, mentoring

• peer review

• peer observation

• microteaching

• pedagogical research/scholarly activity

• student feedback

• student/staff committee

• student engagement, performance and achievement

• module reports

• programme reports

• external examiners

Alex - Chrissi

Jason’s dream

Chrissi, Jason

Evaluating teaching: When?

• traditionally > end-of-module

• what about in-module?

• staff-student committee: How do these work? Purpose?

• ongoing open conversations about teaching

Caroline

Alex Spiers Learning

Technology Developer Liverpool

John Moores University

@alextonic

using technologies?

How is quality assured and enhanced in UK HEIs?

• UK Quality Code for Higher Education (QAA) Launched in Dec 2011, will replace Academic Infrastructure in 2012/13

• Part A – Setting and maintaining threshold academic standards

• Part B – Assuring and enhancing academic quality

• Part C – Information about higher education provision

• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) (QAA)

• Subject benchmark statements (QAA)

• Other relevant frameworks include: Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)

Caroline

How is quality assured and enhanced in UK HEIs?

• Institutional Review is the new review process for higher education institutions in England and Northern Ireland.

University of Salford is undergoing Institutional Review in 2012/13 New review method places a greater emphasis on the Student Voice and

now includes a Lead Student Representative from the Institution and a Student Reviewer on the Review Team.

• Audit of Collaborative Provision looks at how institutions with degree awarding powers maintain the standards of their awards delivered at other colleges or organisations.

• Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) is the review method for higher education delivered in further education colleges.

Caroline

• Funding bodies, e.g. Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) now Research Excellence Framework (REF).

• Appointed agents, e.g. IPSOS/MORI National Student Survey.

• Statutory bodies, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council and Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA).

• Professional bodies, e.g. Engineering Council Law Society and Bar Council.

• Accrediting agencies, e.g. AACSB and EFMD

• League tables, e.g. Financial Times, Guardian, Independent and Times Higher

What other forms of quality assurance and enhancement affect UK HEIs?

Caroline

So, why evaluate teaching?

add your thoughts here

Chrissi

What will you do differently as a result of what we discussed today?

Caroline, Chrissi, Alex

Week 10 professional discussions

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE LTHE module

Chrissi

thank you for joining us today

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