Transcript LTAP Projects Update - University of Western Sydney

LTAP Projects Update
7 April 2008
Background
Priorities This Year
Current Status
Reported Achievements
Evaluation
Background
• LTAP Plan approved, Nov 2005
• First projects commenced July 2006
• Pilot of the PASS program - Clare Power, TDU
• Community service opportunities for Law students - Michael
Blissenden
• 79 projects approved; 26 complete
Priorities This Year
• Build on & disseminate 2006/2007 outcomes
• Including:
– Webpage
– Exemplar projects on QILT site
• Support the College priorities for L&T
improvement
– esp. implementation of the assessment policy
Projects by Theme
LTAP Project by Theme as at 21 January 2008
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Count of Project No
35
30
25
Status2
In progress
Complete or closed
20
15
10
5
0
Assessment for
Learning
Enabling Initiatives
Engaged Learning
Flexible and Blended
Learning
Transitions
In progress
11
6
11
28
4
Complete or closed
3
1
9
8
5
Theme
Projects by College
LTAP Projects by College as at 21 January 2008
30
Count of Project No
25
20
Status2
In progress
Complete or closed
15
10
5
0
CHS
CoA
CoB
PAUWS
Unit
In progress
23
16
11
1
2
Complete or closed
5
7
6
College / Unit
8
Projects by School
LTAP Projects by School as at 21 January 2008
Count of Project No
School
Unit - TDU
Unit - SLU
Unit - Lib
Unit - DCS
Unit - Bdn
Other - PAUWS
CoB - Marketing
CoB - Management
CoB - Law
CoB - Economics and Finance
CoB - Accounting
CoA - Social Science
CoA - Psychology
CoA - Humanities and Languages
CoA - Education
CoA - Communication Arts
CHS - Nursing
CHS - Natural Sciences
CHS - Medicine
CHS - Engineering
CHS - Computing and Mathematics
CHS - College of Health and Science
CHS - Biomedical and Health Sciences
Total
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Reported Achievements
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Achievements of the completed LTAP projects include the development and, in most cases, the
implementation of the following:
Reported Achievements: Learning Guides
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A core curriculum and a set of Learning Guides for the three relevant units in the
Communication Arts multidisciplinary 4th year program (P7125, Shumack)
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Learning Guide materials for four Law units -Property Law; Equity Trusts and Remedies 2;
Intellectual Property and Company Law . One of the Learning Guides features embedded
podcasts presented on vUWS. (P7121, Ireland)
Reported Achievements: Flexible and Blended Learning
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Course hubsite for Bachelor of Business (Management) students, incorporating blended learning
and assessment concepts. The course hubsite framework will be utilised for the new Bachelor of
Business and Commerce and other similar hubsites are also beginning to appear across the
College of Business. (P6112, Cornish)
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A “virtual” translation agency for the Translation Project component of students’ Translation
program Practicum, giving students experience with the operations of a translation agency.
(P6121, Garcia)
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Re-designed curriculum for the postgraduate course 20311 E-Learning Support PG and the
updating of all WebCT (now vUWS) sites thus ensuring consistent and professional designs
across the course. (P6113, Griffin)
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Web-based training in e-moderation for Academic staff in the College of Business. On-line
assessment and moderation capability will be used with the new MBC. (P6131, Gray)
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Identification of Podcasting as an important tool for UWS as part of an integrated lecture capture
and delivery system. Resources will be made available for staff, including: a podcasting section
on the Staff Support Site in vUWS, comprehensive resource sheets and TDU workshops on
emerging technologies. A tender is also being prepared for an integrated lecture capture and
delivery system for UWS. (P7135, Malfroy and Rankine)
Reported Achievements: Engaged Learning
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Revised Unit Outline for Sport Management which could be used as a model for practice-based
learning. Literature review and recommendations regarding practice-based learning at UWS.
(P6122, Watson)
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Service learning experiences for six Law students who were trained and placed in the ATO Tax
Help Centre at Parramatta in Spring 2007, with some students possibly including their service
learning experience into their assessment for the Advanced Tax Law uni. Strengthened ties
between UWS and the ATO. (P6123, Blissenden)
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Web based information for students and staff in relation to the assessment of student’s learning
and reflection in Learning through Community Service (101117). A collection of rubrics for
evaluation has also been developed. (P6125, Whitton)
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Patenting of two student industrial design solutions - one with UWS as a partner the other by
the student himself. The students’ work was informed by both their own research and their
engagement with an Indigenous Elder, community representatives of the Cowra Aboriginal Land
Council and an Indigenous Designer. (P7105, Tietz and Alexander)
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Collaboration with four high schools in facilitating the integrated use of practice-based,
problem oriented learning for student teachers to meet the Institute of Teachers Standards for
Graduate Teachers in partnership with the Department of Education and Training (DET)… with
the possibility that this program will be scaled up to include 10 school groups in the Primary
Program across Greater Western Sydney. (P7119, Thistleton-Martin)
Reported Achievements: Enabling Initiatives
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Development and establishment of the PASS program (Peer Assisted
Student Support). Participating students who attended 3 or more PASS
sessions obtained 10% higher average marks in the unit Diversity and
Difference. The number of Units running PASS has also increased. (P6107,
Power)
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Evaluation of current usage of the Library’s electronic resources in
teaching across all Schools and incorporation of scholarly information
sources in WebCT. A second LTAP project has been funded in order to
address the identified under-utilisation of the library’s electronic resources.
(P6134, Curach)
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A Report of the Audit of Indigenous Related Activities at UWS, which
included the mapping of current Indigenous related activities. The project
revealed the wide range of Indigenous related activities in all areas of
university work and the enthusiasm of staff to develop appropriate
Indigenous education initiatives as well as highlighting some key concerns
with Indigenous Education at UWS (P7100, McDaniel)
Other outcomes identified by the Project Leaders in their Final Reports:
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Project outcomes being utilised in other units, courses, Schools and Colleges (eg. the course hubsite in CoB)
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New lines of collaborative academic work being germinated and team cohesion built / enhanced
(Osmond, Griffin)
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Development of University networks and interest groups (Malfroy and others)
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Skills enhancement within the team (web design; Academic and literacy; curriculum re-design for online
and flexible units) and also within the School or College (E-learning, Griffin; Academic and literacy, Knox)
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Commitment to continually improve the quality of new vUWS sites and also to develop them for other
courses (Griffin)
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Various presentations made both within and outside UWS
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Several publications prepared or being prepared
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Four Schools Winning a Vice Chancellor’s excellence award (Thistleton-Martin)
LTAP Webpage
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Overview of LTAP
Summary of projects
Reported achievements
Information for Project Leaders
Evaluation
• Internal evaluation of the LTAP 2006-2008,
focussing on:
– Impacts on Learning and Teaching
– Most effective use of funds
Completion Schedule
Completion schedule of current projects, 20.03.08
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Sum of CountOfProject No
Number of projects
25
20
15
Total
10
5
0
2008.1
2008.2
2009.1
Year and semester
Semester of completion
2009.2
2010.1
Conclusion
• 53 projects in progress - achievements reported
as projects complete
• Evaluation will be presented at end of the year
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