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Setting up staff-student partnership working. Sarah Knight and the Change Agents’ Network. Viewpoints: a framework/process to support change. Originally developed by the University of Ulster Funded by Jisc Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design Programme (2008-2012)
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Setting up staff-student partnership working Sarah Knight and the Change Agents’ Network
Viewpoints: a framework/process to support change • Originally developed by the University of Ulster • Funded by Jisc Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design Programme (2008-2012) • Original focus on curriculum design, assessment and feedback • Adapted to different contexts e.g. • Flexible Curriculum • Student Partnerships • Digital Literacy • Work-based learning http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Jisc Design Studio page: http://tinyurl.com/vpointswiki
Staff - Student Partnership Toolkit • Jisc Change Agents’ Network (CAN): Student Partnerships Toolkit • CAN: a network of staff and students developed and funded by Jisc to support curriculum enhancement and innovation • http://tiny.cc/can001 • Resources include: • Practice points • Viewpoints for student partnerships • Case studies • List of benefits • Useful links • Educational agency initiatives 1
Change Agents’ Network – Viewpoints Toolkit • Supporting staff and students in: • setting up and implementing partnerships with students (including students as change agents) • developing student and staff capabilities (including implementing accreditation) • evaluating and sustaining student partnerships • The toolkit: • a set of (good practice) “Viewpoints” cards (practice points/top tips) • a web-site with resources – linked to the Viewpoint cards http://tiny.cc/can001 • a proposed methodology for using the toolkit • A community of practice: • helping to inform and shape the toolkit – Join the community mailing list CAN@jiscmail.ac.uk • using it (piloting…….. embedding) • refining it and maintaining its currency
Change Agents’ Network – Viewpoints Toolkit www.changeagentsnetwork.co.uk
Opportunity to experience the Viewpoints toolkit 1 Student Partnerships Toolkit Scenario UEL Senior Management have identified that staff student partnership working can support and enhance the development and delivery of the new Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Strategy . Use the Viewpoints cards to create a prioritised plan. Choose which set of cards to focus on: • Partnership set-up • Partnership implementation • Capabilities, development and accreditation • Evaluation, impact and sustainability
Discussion • Were the cards useful in identifying the key issues/tasks in setting up staff –student partnership working at UEL? • What did you like about the activity – what would you change? • Share your ideas at http://tinyurl.com/vpointsideas
Find out more… s.knight@jisc.ac.uk Twitter: @sarahknight http://www.changeagentsnetwork.co.uk Join CAN@jiscmail.ac.uk by visiting www.jiscmail.ac.uk Follow us on Twitter: @CANagogy #CAN2014