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1. #jiscassess www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback JISC Assessment and Feedback Programme Meeting 5th October 2011 Maple House, Birmingham

2. Welcome • A special welcome to project representatives, programme support team, JISC Advance and JISC RSC’s, The Higher Education Academy • Housekeeping • 13.00 – 14:00 Lunch in the restaurant • 16:00 Close • Wireless access and extension cables • Delegate packs • Agenda, guide to the wiki spaces, programme calendar, Making Connections session handout • Feedback please – online evaluation forms! • Publications from the e-Learning team

3. Agenda • 10.00 – 10.30: Overview of programme and expectations • 10.30 – 11.00: Project Elevator Pitches • 11.00 – 11.15: Tea and coffee • 11.15 – 11.45: Project Elevator Pitches (continued) • 11.45 – 13.00: Poster Networking • 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch • 14.00 – 15.00: Parallel sessions: • Strand A – main room (Expand Suite) • Strand B – breakout room (Advance 2) • Strand C – breakout room (Advance 3) • 15.00 – 16.00: Change Activity (The Higher Education Academy)

4. Aims for today • Introduce the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme, team, structure and expectations • Provide an opportunity for projects to hear about each others’ work and to identify connections and common themes • Facilitate networking between projects, and cluster level discussions • Initiate discussions relating to this phase of project planning

5. Programme overview and expectations • Overview of the programme structure • Summary of expectations for each strand • Reporting and other programme requirements • Introduction to the support team • Wiki spaces and useful resources

6. Overview Overview of programme, strands, deliverables and reporting expectations www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback #JISCASSESS

7. Strand C Programme overview • 4 projects • 9 months to 2 years • 2011-2013 Support and Synthesis Project

8. Programme level outcomes • Increased usage of appropriate technology-enhanced assessment and feedback, leading to: • Change in the nature of assessment • Efficiencies, and improvement of assessment quality • Enhancement of the student and staff experience • Clearly articulated business cases • Models of sustainable institutional support, and guidance on costs and benefits • Evidence of impact – on staff and students, workload and satisfaction

9. JISC requirements • Core reporting requirements: • Project plans – 1st November 11 • Baseline reports (Strand A) – 3rd January 2012 • Consortium agreements – 3rd January 2012 • Interim reports – 1st March 2012, 3rd Sept 2012, 1st March 2013 • Final reports – drafts and final versions – see calendar • Completion survey – by 31st Aug 2014 (A), 31st Aug 2013 (B&C) • Plus • Representing your work through the Design Studio • Engagement with the programme through the programme wiki, monthly online sessions, project visits (Strand A), programme meetings and external events • And additional deliverables....

10. Deliverables

11. Programme and support team www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback #JISCASSESS

12. Programme Support Team Support Co-ordinator

13. Meet the team • Programme Managers • Lisa Gray – managing Strands A and B • Paul Bailey – managing Strand C • JISC Advance Support Team • JISC InfoNet – Marianne Sheppard • JISC Cetis – Wilbert Kraan and Rowin Young • JISC TechDis – Terry McAndrew • Support Associates • Synthesis consultants – Gill Ferrell, David Nicol, Ros Smith • Evaluation consultants – Rachel Harris • Critical friends – Strand A only – Peter Bullen and Peter Chatterton • Expert associates – David Nicol and Aaron Porter

14. Synthesis support - roles Programme facing Project facing Through review of plans and reports, provide ongoing support around the development and showcasing of outputs • Jointly develop the programme synthesis / evaluation framework • Provide regular reviews of emerging themes, issues and messages • Provide outward facing communications including Design Studio pages

15. Evaluation support - roles Programme facing Project facing To provide feedback on evaluation plans and reports through the wiki Offer individual support to clusters / projects as required • Develop a programme-level evaluation / synthesis framework alongside synthesis team • Surface at a programme level examples of good practice in evaluation methods and practices • Make connections between related areas of work

16. Critical friends – Strand A Peter Chatterton • Cluster co-ordination • Project level support Peter Bullen

17. Wiki spaces and key resources www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback #JISCASSESS

18. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/assessment

19. http://programmesupport.pbworks.com

20. http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com

21. Types of Resources

22. Additional Resources bit.ly/sustemb bit.ly/critfriend

23. Project Elevator Pitches  - 2 mins... The Market: who are the key stakeholders and beneficiaries? Value: what is the value of your project to them? Offering: what are you aiming to achieve? Benefits: what are the potential benefits of your offering? Proof: what kind of evidence will there be by the end of the project to substantiate your value proposition? www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback #JISCASSESS

24. Poster networking session.. • Based on the previous session, please identify up to 5 projects you’d like to talk to further • Spend 10 minutes exploring all poster and finalising your choices • You’ll have 10 minutes for each project, will will signal when you need to rotate • Place post-its on each poster – with • Your project name • Summary of the connection www.jisc.ac.uk/assessmentandfeedback #JISCASSESS