engaged learning
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A Code of Good Practice for Engaged Learning
Dr. Kathryn Chang BarkerDirector, Education ExcellencePresentation to International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2011
Overview1. Rationale2. Combined best practices3. Draft Code
Setting the Stage for Transformation
Challenges Need to focus on the
quality of the student experience
– Increasing competition– Quality criteria and ratings– Rethinking research over
education Moving focus from
teaching to learning
Best Practices1. The “student experience”
2. Education accountability
3. The scholarship of teaching and learning
4. Student-centred teaching
5. Transnational and international education
6. Learning-centered institutions
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Good Practice for Engaged Learners1. Students are engaged with an institution that provides guidance,
supports and environment focused on learning.
2. Students are engaged by course curriculum that is relevant, comprehensive, challenging and current, and by clearly defined intended learning outcomes.
3. Students are engaged by academic staff with demonstrated competence in teaching, research and service, with particular attention to transnational education.
4. Students are engaged in a diverse array of learning experiences and assessment methods aligned with intended program outcomes.
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Code continued5. Students are continuously engaged in systematic assessment and
documentation of learning.
6. Students and staff are engaged within an environment that fosters active learning, employs appropriate learning technologies in appropriate ways, and rewards innovation.
7. Graduates are prepared to engage with the world through demonstrated accomplishment of subject area expertise, employability and lifelong learning skills, comprehensive Graduate Attributes and MQA-recommended Learning Outcomes.
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Implementation
ePortfolio of evidence to support all “standards”
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IMPLEMENTING THIS CODE CREATES A LEARNING-
CENTERED UNIVERSITY!
OUTCOMES / BENEFITS1. Ability to measure and demonstrate excellence in teaching and
learning for external and internal QA purposes.2. Future students will be confident in the quality of the teaching
and learning experience they would be exposed to.3. Graduates would leave with evidence of academic, lifelong
learning and employability skills in an ePortfolio for personal gain and for Malaysian HCD.
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