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Overview. Tuning Defined Tuning in the US The Tuning Process Benefits of Tuning. What is Tuning?. A collaborative, faculty-driven process that “harmonizes” curricula around defining what a student should know and be able to do in a chosen discipline at the completion of a degree by:

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  1. Overview • Tuning Defined • Tuning in the US • The Tuning Process • Benefits of Tuning

  2. What is Tuning? A collaborative, faculty-driven process that “harmonizes” curricula around defining what a student should know and be able to do in a chosen discipline at the completion of a degree by: • Defining areas of competency • Identifying learning outcomes • Scaling competencies and outcomes to degree level

  3. Tuning’s Key Premises • Curricula should not be standardized • Faculty control the discipline • Academic autonomy and flexibility are essential

  4. Tuning in the US Researched and imported by Lumina Foundation to address the foundation’s Goal 2025: Quality = Student Learning

  5. Tuning’s Contribution to Quality • Emphasizes student learning (what a student knows and is able to do) • Makes discipline experts (faculty) the drivers • Creates space for innovative approaches to education (curriculum design, transfer, etc.) • Synergizes with other educational priorities • Underrepresented / ’At-Risk’ populations • Student preparation and success • NGA’s Common Core State Standards

  6. Tuning in the US: since 2009 • Indiana (pilot) • Minnesota (pilot) • Utah (pilot) • Texas • Kentucky • Midwest Higher Education Compact • American Historical Association

  7. Tuning in the US • Biology • Physics • Chemistry • Mathematics • Civil Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Elementary Education • Physics Education • History Education • Marketing • Nursing • Social Work • History • Psychology • Business • Graphic Design

  8. The Process Tuning: A Brief Introduction

  9. The Tuning Process Five Components

  10. The Tuning Process • Builds on existing learning outcome work (by institutions, national groups, and professional associations, etc.) to set reference points for curricula • Focuses on what degree mean • What should students know, understand & be able to do • Are outcomes well-defined? • How will knowledge and abilities by assessed? • Scales expectations higher as students progress Define the discipline core

  11. The Tuning Process Define the discipline core

  12. The Tuning Process • Identifies who employs your graduates and in what occupations • Identifies targets of consultations • Informs faculty about ‘consumers’ of degree holders Map career pathways

  13. The Tuning Process Seeking feedback/input from: • Colleagues • Students • Alumni • Potential employers • Campus advising personnel Using: • Focus groups • Surveys • Focused interviews Consult stakeholders

  14. The Tuning Process Revise with thought given to: • Stakeholder input on competencies • Faculty input on discipline core • Differentiation among degree-levels Hone the discipline core

  15. The Tuning Process Implement Locally

  16. Tuning’s Products • Discipline Core • Explanation of the discipline • Competencies & learning outcomes scaled to degree level • Career Pathways • List of occupations and fields, perhaps with explanations & recent examples • May include charts for informing students about possibilities • Degree Specifications • Unique to each institution • One specification for each degree offered Tuning yields three final documents:

  17. Tuning’s Products • Discipline Core • Explanation of the discipline • Competencies & learning outcomes scaled to degree level • Career Pathways • List of occupations and fields, perhaps with explanations & recent examples • May include charts for informing students about possibilities • Degree Specifications • Unique to each institution • One specification for each degree offered Tuning yields three final documents:

  18. Tuning’s Products • Discipline Core • Explanation of the discipline • Competencies & learning outcomes scaled to degree level • Career Pathways • List of occupations and fields, perhaps with explanations & recent examples • May include charts for informing students about possibilities • Degree Specifications • Unique to each institution • One specification for each degree offered Tuning yields three final documents:

  19. The Benefits Tuning: A Brief Introduction

  20. Benefits of Tuning • Puts faculty on the leading edge of defining academic quality • Builds trust among institutions through faculty collaboration • Encourages comparability of expectations among institutions • Defines student success in terms of student learning • Emphasizes student proficiency as part of transfer • Encourages INTENTIONALITY in educating students

  21. Benefits of Tuning From the student perspective: • Clear pathways to degree • Explicit expectations for success • Early support for career identification • Tools for communicating these to students

  22. Benefits of Tuning Clear pathways to degree

  23. Benefits of Tuning Clear pathways to degree

  24. Benefits of Tuning Early support for career identification

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