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CHSS WRIT ING LEARNING OUTCOMES WORKSHOP26 .02 .15
INTRODUCTION
John LowreyDean of Undergraduate Studies
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• A l o t o f re c e n t w o r k i n C H S S h a s i n v o l v e d s o m e d i s c u s s i o n o f l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s a n d a n a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t t h a t w e n e e d t o e n g a g e w i t h t h e i d e a o f l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s m o re t h o ro u g h l y t h a n w e h a v e d o n e h i t h e r t o
• A l o n g s i d e t h a t , l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s h a v e a l s o f e a t u re d i n i n i t i a t i v e s c o m i n g f ro m s e n a t u s l e v e l w o r k , e . g . i n C S P C
• M u c h o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n s o f a r h a s b e e n o f a b u re a u c r a t i c n a t u re , b o t h w i t h i n C U G L AT a n d i n m o s t o f t h e e v e n t s h e l d a ro u n d P C I M
• E xc e p t i o n w a s m o s t re c e n t b r i e fi n g o n e n h a n c e d c o u r s e d e s c r i p t o r , w h i c h w a s e s s e n t i a l l y a t h e o re t i c a l d i s c u s s i o n o n l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s
• To d a y , o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o m b i n e t h e p r a c t i c a l a n d t h e t h e o re t i c a l i n a w o r k s h o p
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1. C H S S C o u r s e a p p ro v a l p ro c e s s
• L i s t e d l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s
• S t a t e m e n t o n f o rm a t i v e f e e d b a c k
• Re q u i re m e n t t o l i n k / m a p l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s t o a s s e s s m e n t
• Pro g r a m m e l e v e l a s s e s s m e n t p l a n
• A i m i s t o d e v o l v e a l l re s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c o u r s e a p p ro v a l t o s c h o o l s , u s i n g ro b u s t a p p ro v a l m e c h a n i s m s a n d s t ro n g B o a rd s o f S t u d i e s
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2 . C H S S w o r k o n c o u r s e s / p ro g r a m m e s
• G re a t e r f o c u s o n re l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n c o u r s e a n d p ro g r a m m e
• L E A F / T E S TA i n i t i a t i v e i s ex a m i n i n g c o u r s e s a n d a s s e s s m e n t i n m u c h g re a t e r d e t a i l
• Pro g r a m m e Pa t h w a y s P ro j e c t w i l l p ro v i d e g re a t e r fl ex i b i l i t y a n d g re a t e r c l a r i t y i n s t u d e n t p a t h w a y s b u t n e e d s v e r y s t ro n g c o u r s e i n f o rm a t i o n
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3 . P C I M & E n h a n c e d C o u r s e D e s c r i p t o r
• A p r i l d e a d l i n e f o r ‘ t i d y u p ’ o f D R P S , w h i c h i n c l u d e s re c a s t i n g a l l ex i s t i n g c o u r s e s t o g i v e t h e m l i s t e d l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s ( m a x i m u m 5 )
• E s s e n t i a l l y a b u re a u c r a t i c p ro c e s s – a t t h i s p o i n t
• Po s s i b i l i t y t h a t s o m e c o u r s e s m i g h t t a ke t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d o s o m e t h i n g m o re a m b i t i o u s , w h i c h w o u l d re q u i re f u l l a p p ro v a l
CHSS WRIT ING LEARNING OUTCOMES WORKSHOP26 .02 .15
4 . P C I M a n d C o u r s e A p p ro v a l
• N e w ‘ C C A M ’ t a ke s o n b o a rd C H S S c o u r s e a p p ro v a l s y s t e m b u t w i l l s u p e r s e d e i t
• O n l y t h e P ro g r a m m e A s s e s s m e n t P l a n c a n n o t b e a c c o m m o d a t e d
• C H S S w i l l t h e re f o re p o s t p o n e t h a t a s p e c t o f c o u r s e a p p ro v a l
• P h a s e 2 o f P C I M ( ‘ P ro g r a m m e ’ ) w i l l d e a l w i t h t h a t
• Ke y a s p e c t o f t h a t w i l l b e c o n c e rn e d w i t h t h e re l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n c o u r s e l e v e l l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s a n d p ro g r a m m e l e v e l o u t c o m e s
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5 . M o v i n g Fo r w a rd
• Pr a g m a t i c f o c u s i s c u r re n t l y o n A p r i l d e a d l i n e
• N e w c o u r s e s w i l l h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t h i n k a b o u t a s s e s s m e n t a n d l e a rn i n g o u t c o m e s t o a m u c h g re a t e r ex t e n t t h a n m o s t o f u s h a v e d o n e i n t h e p a s t
• O n l i n e g u i d a n c e i s a l re a d y s t a r t i n g t o a p p e a r i n t h e n e w s y s t e m … … …
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SO. .
W e m a y a s w e l l d o i t p r o p e r l y !