Gathering valid data for quality enhancement: assessing, reviewing, benchmarking & closing the loop for assurance of learning in regional universities

Funding or Partner Organisation: Office for Learning & Teaching (Department of Education and Training) (Innovation and Development Grant Programme - OLT)

Start year: 2014

Summary: The purpose of this extension grant is to improve the quality of Business and Management Programs in regional universities through: professional development to support valid data collection and implementation of AOL; benchmarking and continuous improvement; and building networks and relationships to share `best¿ practice and create case study exemplars. In particular the activities will: (i) improve the current collection of quantitative and qualitative measures of learning outcomes compared against standards; (ii) improve the quality of student performance and learning; (iii) enhance the professional development of academic staff and build relationships between regional universities; (iv) collect best practice case studies of current practice in regional universities; and (v) encourage scholarly reflection on the change management and benchmarking process in this setting.

Publications:

Lawson, R, Taylor, T, French, E, Fallshaw, E, Hall, C, Kinash, S & Summers, J 2015, 'Hunting and gathering: new imperatives in mapping and collecting student learning data to assure quality outcomes', Higher Education Research & Development, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 581-595.
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Keywords: assurance of learning, learning outcomes, continuous improvement

FOR Codes: Education Systems, Education and Training not elsewhere classified, Other education and training not elsewhere classified, Other Indigenous not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.