student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching
student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching
student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching
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Student Feedback & LeadershipStaff started to talk about their teaching experiences in the staff meetings.Based on the staff comments regarding teaching matters, the Head of Schoolhas invited IT staff to the school meeting so that staff can discuss their ITproblems with them <strong>and</strong> raise their concerns in delivering on line materials.Were there any tangible outcomes eg Grants, scholarship etcThe most significant outcome was the success of an RMIT LTIF grantapplication to the value of $48,000 entitled “New ways of <strong>Learning</strong> - <strong>Teaching</strong><strong>and</strong> Assessment of Large Classes”.The grant addressed the following:––Innovation 1 – Student diversity in multi-discipline large classes byproviding relevant disciplinary context-related exemplars in teachingservice classes.––Innovation 2 – Tutor teaching practices by trialling innovative waysof providing <strong>and</strong> supporting tutors in large service classes.––Innovation 3 - Exploring <strong>and</strong> implementing effective ways to provide<strong>feedback</strong> to <strong>student</strong>s in large service classes.The integrated learning system utilized existing IT infrastructure currentlyavailable at RMIT <strong>and</strong> blended with what is available via resources suchas WebLearn.Innovation 1This innovation led by Dr Mali Abdollahian <strong>and</strong> Dr Yousong Luo used thecourse Maths 2123 to develop, pilot <strong>and</strong> evaluate relevant discipline specificexamples <strong>for</strong> teaching the course. During semester 1, 2008, five 3rd <strong>and</strong> 4thyear <strong>student</strong>s from the relevant disciplines were selected to develop relevantdata <strong>and</strong> examples <strong>for</strong> teaching statistics <strong>and</strong> mathematics in the first yearmulti-discipline large class. These examples were reviewed <strong>and</strong> validatedby the chief investigators, then uploaded into the course material on theDistributed <strong>Learning</strong> Management system (DLS). The redesign of the onlinecomponent of the course included changing the resources <strong>and</strong> exemplarsinto sub-categories related to the multiple disciplines <strong>and</strong> <strong>student</strong> cohorttaught in the service teaching classes. This project is ongoing.These exemplars will be used <strong>for</strong> teaching <strong>and</strong> will be evaluated in termsof their effectiveness in improving <strong>student</strong> learning experiences <strong>and</strong> outcomes.The GTS score <strong>and</strong> retention of <strong>student</strong>s will also be indicators <strong>for</strong> the successof this initiative. The examples will be refined <strong>for</strong> use in 2009. A full evaluationof the initiative will be completed <strong>and</strong> will feed into the overall project evaluation.The project findings will be reported <strong>and</strong> lessons learnt <strong>and</strong> good practicesdisseminated to the school, RMIT <strong>and</strong> the higher education communitynationally <strong>and</strong> internationally.Page 142
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