Internal Subject Review Training

Tuesday 9th November 2010

Slaveya Angelska, Associate TrainerSareta 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 of 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

Student Learning

Experience

1. Curriculum

2. Learning resourcesand their

deployment

3. Learning and teaching

4. Assessment andachievement

5. Student progression and outcomes

6. Quality and standards

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

Student Feedback

Its workings

Stages of the review

How will the review be conducted?

Role of the student member

Student Learning Experience

Supervision and support from the chair of the team

Questions and answers?

Analysis and Interpretation

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?

Lunch

Effective communication

Effective listening

Effective questioning

The A,B,C,D of Effective feedback

Accurate

Balanced

Constructive

Depersonalised Effective

Facilitation

Practice

Examine the data and formulate questions according to principles of effective communicationcommunication

Break

Planning your ISR

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

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