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Transforming Curriculum to
Improve Student Experience
UNIT4 User Group Manchester | April 2012
Professor Mark Stubbs
Head of Learning & Research Technologies
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Student Experience: mixed?
And how do I assure you
you find the parts of it are
student excellent !
experience?
Learning
Learning
Environment
Environment
Corporate Systems
Admin Systems 2
5. Doing something about it…
In the current climate
Diminishing unit of resource
Everything depends on everything else
We are large and risk averse
6. “Who dares wins”
In the current climate
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vc Diminishing unit of resource
θ
Everything depends on everything else
We are large and risk averse
7. EQAL
In the current climate
• A coordinated strike for step-change improvement Diminishing unit of resource
New Curriculum Everything depends on everything else
• designing new units, … We are large and risk averse
New Admin Systems & Processes
• personal timetabling, …
New Virtual Learning Environment
• Moodle & myMMU web/mobile, …
New QA & QE Processes
• facilitating curriculum transformation
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Getting the experience back
Learning
Environment
Admin Systems
New Systems,
Processes & VLE
Admin Systems
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Wrapping the institution around the learner
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Student ID
Timetable
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Student ID (+ Unit code)
Hand-in dates / extensions / marks
Personalised submission sheet
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Unit code
Resource list
Relevant resource
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Unit code
Past exam papers
Past exam paper
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16. Find out more about…
• Our initial drive for responsive curricula
– http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/29224166/Supporting%20Resp
onsive%20Curricula%20%28SRC%29%20project
– http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/src/
• MMU’s EQAL curriculum transformation
– http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/eqal/index.php
• Our review of learning technologies
– http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/ltreview
• How we built our integrated VLE
– http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/w2c
• Where we’re going next with Assessment & Feedback
– http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/traffic/
Hinweis der Redaktion
The big question is whether a “Who dares wins” philosophy is sufficient to overcome institutional barriers to change