Managing curriculum change : JISC

Managing curriculum change

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Session presentation Generation 4 Trupti Bakrania, St George’s University of London
Managing curriculum change Managing Curriculum Change introduces two major JISC programmes of research commencing in 2008 that investigate how the use of technology can help make curriculum design processes more agile and responsive and the experience of learning more engaging, inclusive and rewarding. The publication introduces the projects involved in the programmes and illustrates through a combination of text and graphics what might be achieved at different stages in the curriculum lifecycle, with a focus on who needs to be involved to enable institutional aspirations to become a reality.
Project poster - Delivering university curricula: Knowledge, learning & innovation gains (Duckling) project This project develops advanced delivery, presentation and assessment processes to enhance the work-based learning experience for students studying remotely.
Project poster - Kingston uplift for business education (Kube) project This project seeks to enhance the learning experience of students studying on higher level business education programmes delivered at Kingston College on behalf of Kingston University.
Project poster - Mobilising remote student engagement (Morse) project This project aims to enhance this learning ‘beyond the institution’ by developing discipline-based approaches to the enhancement and student ownership of field work and placements.
Project poster - Technology-supported processes for agile & responsive curricula This project will deliver an ICT infrastructure that will facilitate greater levels of dialogue between stakeholders in curriculum design.
Project poster - Personalised curriculum creation through coaching (PC3) project This project aims to develop and evaluate an innovative coaching-based framework to support personalised curriculum creation, to be embedded in assessment, learning and teaching practice.
Project poster - Enable The project will enable the University to join together its various change initiatives around curriculum development into a coherent and radical overall change process, which will ensure all stakeholder needs are understood, and identify overlooked issues, bringing them into the consciousness of the senior management team.
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Session abstract
Curriculum change touches on many aspects of an educational institution’s core business, extending beyond the development of a portfolio of courses into areas such as quality assurance, recruitment, assessment, resource allocation and timetabling. In developing their curricula, universities and colleges are required to deliver courses that meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of learners and contribute to the country’s social and economic advancement. By rethinking the process, systems and procedures involved in planning, designing and administering programmes of study they can become more flexible and responsive. This session involves peer mentoring and rapid poster networking on three topics: engaging employers in curriculum change; supporting remote learners; and agile processes for approving curricula. Delegates will learn about new approaches that have proven successful, be able to question how these might work in their own context, and take away resources that will help them effect curriculum change in their own institution.
Session Chair Dr Gill Ferrell, Director Curriculum Design & Delivery Support & Sythesis Project, JISC Advance Speakers Paul Bartholomew/Susan Driver, Project Lead, Birmingham City University/Kingston College Janet Finlay/Fleur Corfield, Project Lead, Leeds Metropolitan University/Staffordshire University Tim Linsey/Richard Hall/Ale Armellini, Project Lead, Kingston University/De Montfort University/University of Leicester
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? Information about new approaches that have proven successful in practice Peer Mentoring – an opportunity to question practitioners to establish how these approaches may be applied/adapted to delegates’ own contexts Inspiration to try new approaches Information about sources of information/support/tools
Who should attend Anyone involved in leading or delivering curriculum change. This includes academic leaders, managers involved with approval and validation processes, course leaders and learning technologists.
Room Westminster Suite, 4th floor

Session abstract

Curriculum change touches on many aspects of an educational institution’s core business, extending beyond the development of a portfolio of courses into areas such as quality assurance, recruitment, assessment, resource allocation and timetabling.

In developing their curricula, universities and colleges are required to deliver courses that meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of learners and contribute to the country’s social and economic advancement. By rethinking the process, systems and procedures involved in planning, designing and administering programmes of study they can become more flexible and responsive.

This session involves peer mentoring and rapid poster networking on three topics: engaging employers in curriculum change; supporting remote learners; and agile processes for approving curricula. Delegates will learn about new approaches that have proven successful, be able to question how these might work in their own context, and take away resources that will help them effect curriculum change in their own institution.

Session Chair

Dr Gill Ferrell, Director Curriculum Design & Delivery Support & Sythesis Project, JISC Advance

Speakers

Paul Bartholomew/Susan Driver, Project Lead, Birmingham City University/Kingston College
Janet Finlay/Fleur Corfield, Project Lead, Leeds Metropolitan University/Staffordshire University
Tim Linsey/Richard Hall/Ale Armellini, Project Lead, Kingston University/De Montfort University/University of Leicester

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

Information about new approaches that have proven successful in practice

Peer Mentoring – an opportunity to question practitioners to establish how these approaches may be applied/adapted to delegates’ own contexts

Inspiration to try new approaches

Information about sources of information/support/tools

Who should attend

Anyone involved in leading or delivering curriculum change. This includes academic leaders, managers involved with approval and validation processes, course leaders and learning technologists.

Room

Westminster Suite, 4th floor

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