student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching

Student Feedback & Leadership
6. How will the knowledge and experience you gained affect your future
practice in enhancing student learning and learning and teaching practice
across the university?
The knowledge and experience gained in the course of the ART project has
encouraged team members to think more deeply about their learning and
teaching practice and given them the confidence to try new ideas to improve
student learning.
7. What would you like to see happen across RMIT as a result of the
knowledge and skills you have learnt and the improvements you have
made to the student learning experience?
A central, web-based repository of student learning improvement tips and
traps would be useful. Such a site would need managing and possibly the
Learning and Teaching Committee in each College could seek contributions
and promote use of the facility.
8. What future contribution, role, would you like to have in the ongoing
process of improving the student experience?
The ART leaders acknowledge the importance of student learning within the
University and consequently are keen to have an ongoing role in promoting
student learning within the School and beyond given the opportunity. While
it is strongly acknowledged that enhancing student learning is an integral part
of a lecturer’s job, where this does happen, it is often done under the pressure
of preparing material for a coming semester and often effective innovations are
not communicated to the wider lecturing community. Projects such as the ART
serve firstly as a spur to act and secondly as a means of disseminating the
useful results.
Additional Questions for ART Leaders
9. In what ways did members of your teams exercise leadership (this
is intended as an objective question rather than subjective it is not
intended to mention individual names)?
Less experienced members of the ART team took the initiative and undertook
necessary survey work unasked. Other members provided literature relevant
to the project. Willing participation in discussion of issues and contribution
of ideas were a form of leadership.
10. In what ways can leadership within teams, such as your ART,
be supported and enhanced?
Support may be provided by giving time allowance by reduction in teaching
load or having the ability to “buy” marking assistance where possible.
Support in areas of administration may also be of assistance.
11. How can leaders of ARTs be better supported?
As in point 2 above and also recognition within the School of the effort
made in this and subsequent projects.
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