Making curriculum visible : engaging students in learning outcomes and career relevance through a multi-dimensional interactive map : final report.
Higher education students make study choices with a limited view of how their programs are structured. For students, inappropriate course selection bears a financial burden (Krause & Coates, 2008); for universities, it is linked to lower student engagement and retention rates (Thomas, 2012). It...
| Institution: | Curtin University |
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Australia. Dept of Education and Training (DET)
2019
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| Accès en ligne: | https://ltr.edu.au/resources/FS16-0277_Lisa_Tee_National_Teaching_Fellowship_Final_Report_2018.pdf https://ltr.edu.au/resources/FS16-0277_Tee_AchievementsStatement.pdf |
| Résumé: | Higher education students make study choices with a limited view of how their programs are structured. For students, inappropriate course selection bears a financial burden (Krause & Coates, 2008); for universities, it is linked to lower student engagement and retention rates (Thomas, 2012). It is essential that students understand the relevance of their units and course structure to support their engagement in their learning and successful degree completion. Communicating this information is of particular importance in a growing market-driven higher education sector with increasing degree costs. Prospective and commencing students would benefit from a holistic, programmatic approach to curricula to increase their awareness of the importance of graduate skills and capabilities to meet employability requirements and competency standards Building on from the work on curriculum mapping (Oliver, Jones, & Ferns, 2010), graduate capabilities (Oliver & Whelan, 2011), learning outcomes (Lawson, 2015; Owen, Stupans, Ryan, Woulfe, & McKauge, 2011), technology-enhanced learning (Laurillard, Oliver, Wasson, & Hoppe, 2009) and graduate employability (Dawn Bennett), the MyCourseMap tool was developed to present ‘one-stop portal’ degree information for students and staff showing the entire program with alignment to graduate attributes (GA) and learning outcomes using mobile touch technology. This fellowship allows academics and students to explore a whole-of-program, interactive map from the point of enrolment. The fellowship represents a sector-wide program of change using a unique curriculum visualisation tool — MyCourseMap. By presenting curriculum in a more student-centred and visible form, academics engage students as active participants in the negotiation of their study choices. [Executive summary, ed] |
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| ISBN: | 9781760517458 (PDF) 9781760517441 (print ed) 9781760517465 (DOCX) 9781760517458 (PDF) 9781760517441 (print ed) 9781760517465 (DOCX) |
