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Explore the nature, purpose, and process of internal subject reviews. Learn how to involve students and enhance their learning experience. Gain skills in assessment and feedback for quality enhancement.
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Internal Subject Review Training Tuesday 9th November 2010 Slaveya Angelska, Associate Trainer Sareta Puri, Development Advisor
Learning Outcomes By the end of today you should have: • Developed your understanding of the nature, purpose and process of Internal Subject Reviews • Familiarised yourself with the self-evaluation document • Developed an understanding of the skills required in undertaking reviews and how to develop these skills
Why did you become a reviewer?Why is it important to involve students in internal subject reviews?
Background • Quality Enhancement Framework • Guidance from the Scottish Funding Council • Behind the words… • Internal • Subject • Review
Behind the words… INTERNAL • Institution-specific • Institution-led SUBJECT • Specific subject/overall discipline/school/faculty • Taught courses and research • Support services REVIEW • Evaluates the student experience • Good practice and areas for enhancement
Student learning experience 1. Curriculum 6. Quality and standards 2. Learning resources and their deployment Student Learning Experience 5. Student progression and outcomes 3. Learning and teaching 4. Assessment and achievement
Scope • All provisions bearing credit • Linkages between research and curriculum development • Student support services • All students • Assurance and enhancement • Annual monitoring • Mobility of learning journey
Role of the student member Supervision and support from the chair of the team Student Learning Experience
Types of documentation Outline programme List of panel membership Briefing document for the review Institutional background information Previous review reports Self-evaluation document Programme specifications Module descriptors Other background information
Self-evaluation document Skim and scan reading Get the gist Obtain specific information SQ3R method KWL method Refer your reading to the student learning experience
Self-evaluation document What is the structure of the document? How are you going to prioritise the sections? How would you assess your current knowledge on the different sections? What questions have you got at this stage?
The A,B,C,D of Effective feedback Effective
Practice Examine the data and formulate questions according to principles of effective communication
Learning Outcomes By the end of today you should have: Developed your understanding of the nature, purpose and process of Internal Subject Reviews Familiarised yourself with the self-evaluation document Developed an understanding of the skills required in undertaking reviews and how to develop these skills