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CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File. The RAPID Progress File: Introduction. CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File. Alan Maddocks RAPID Project Manager Engineering Education Centre Loughborough University.
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CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File The RAPID Progress File: Introduction
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File Alan Maddocks RAPID Project Manager Engineering Education Centre Loughborough University
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File RAPID: What is it? • RAPID: Recording Academic, Professional & Individual Development • A Web-based Personal and Professional Development Planning Tool • Record personal achievement • Audit skill competence • Plan and Develop skill competence • Reflect upon practice • Document evidence of skill competence and personal achievement
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File RAPID: Some facts & figures • £350,000 External Funding (1998-present) • 10 Different Versions • 3000 students • 15 UK-based HEIs • 10 HEIs & 2 PIs licensed to use RAPID
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File The RAPID Progress File: Demonstration
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File Implementing the RAPID Progress File: Institutional Case studies
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File Implementing the RAPID Progress File: Barriers & Motivators – to effective Implementation
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File Implementation: Barriers to effective practice • Insufficient explanation & clarity regarding: • Intended learning outcomes • Benefits (short / long term) • Unenthusiastic promotion of PDP by tutors • Non-satisfactory Induction: • Unsupported • Superficial / Rushed • Students – apathy / low motivation / poor previous experiences • Students – weak skills • Self-assessment • Action-Planning • Reflection
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File Implementation: Motivators for effective practice • Enthusiastic promotion of PDP by tutors • Comprehensive Induction programme • Help for students to develop relevant skills • Electronic mode of delivery • Links to Professional Inst. Practice • Contextualisation: discipline specific • Integration with academic practice / processes: • Embedded in existing activity • Assessment
CEBE – PDP Conference (January 2005) - The RAPID Progress File • http://rapid.lboro.ac.uk/ • A.P.Maddocks@lboro.ac.uk