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A Brief Preview of Things to Come
PQAPA
• Program Quality Assurance Process Audit– 2008/09– Academic and Operational– Fall 2007 Launch– 18 months to 2 year – Self Assessment– Reports– Audit – site visit with program spot checks
Orientation – On the Road to Success
• Academic Preparation and Orientation• Sept 4 – 7
– Common sessions re: student success– Introductory classes with professors– Social orientation
• Mandatory for all students• Address 15 weeks, Monday start• Course outlines and Learning Plans introduced
Program Reviews
• Official – every 5 years
• Departmental– Mapping – baseline data – Internal update yearly – Program Quality Assurance & Enhancement
• Cultural integration
Course Outline Policy
• Communicating expectations to learners
• Providing a common perspective for those teaching the course
• Facilitating processes relating to PLA, advanced standing, articulation, placement, transfer of credit, appeals, accreditation, and quality assurance
• Planning course and program resources
• Scheduling
• Coordinating student assessments
• Specifying the relationship of course outcomes to standards.
Course Outline Policy
• Employ standard outline format
• Uniform procedures for creation, approval, maintenance, storage, retrieval and distribution
• Professor – design, revision, updating, individualizing instruction
• One master course outline, outcomes based
• Review with students enrolled in course
• Students will be able to access past course outlines as long as they retain their MoCoMotion account
Course Outlines on MoCoMotion
• Pilot Project – Winter 2007
– On-line Course Outline Repository using Banner
– Based on Mapping format
– Testing & Moving Forward
• Course Outline Steering Committee
• Policies & Procedures
• Approvals
Course Outlines for 2007/08
• Standard Outlines for all courses
• Course “ownership”
• Texts / Assessments common for clusters
• FRED
• Program numbers
• Access to MoCoMotion Course Outlines
On-Line Demo
The Learning Plan
“New” Course Outlines
• Outcome based (3-5 outcomes)• One outline per course to be used by all faculty• “Built to last” versus yearly revisions• Linked to standards
Course Outlines to Learning Plan
• Faculty concerns re: “new” outlines
– students – need to know weekly expectations
– new faculty/PT faculty - need to know what to teach
Learning Plan• Developed to provide students with:
– Faculty contact information
– Weekly learning activities re: content, homework, readings, assignments
– The ability to plan their schedules accordingly,
• No more “But, I didn’t know there was an assignment” excuses.
Well, theoretically!
Learning Plan
Developed during May/June to:
• Allow full-time faculty to have “ownership” of courses in the POS,
• Provide new and/or part-time faculty with a learning plan developed by a more experienced faculty member who understands the broad scope of the POS.
Learning Plan• May/June development
• 2007/08 – release to students
• Align with course learning outcomes
• Faculty collaboration:
– By course
– Within POS
• Approvals?
• 2008/09 – on-line database
Learning Plan
• Faculty coordination weekly by semester– Student workload– Assignment timing– Integration of learning– Collaborative assessments
• Core courses• Service (support) courses
Learning Plan
1.0 LEARNING PLAN INFORMATION
Course Name
Course Code
Course Section(s) Could be multiple
Program Code and Name
Learning Plan Name Course Name – Program Name - Faculty Name
Learning Plan Code Pgm # - Course # - Section - Semester
Instructional Type Classroom, Computer Lab, Lab, Online
Development School
Department
Academic Year
2.0 FACULTY CONTACT INFORMATION
Faculty Name Campus/Office Phone Ext Email Address
Insert course level learning outcomes as detailed on the course outline.3.0 LEARNING OUTCOMESUpon successful completion of the course, the student will reliably
demonstrate the ability to:
LO01Produce accurate and professionally formatted selected civil litigation documents for the initial stages of legal proceedings.
LO02 Produce accurate and professionally formatted Motion Records.
LO03Produce accurate and professionally formatted documentation relating to tort and accident benefits claims in motor vehicle accident litigation files.
LO04Produce accurate and professionally formatted documentation relating to civil and criminal law proceedings covered under the Ontario Legal Aid system.
WkDate/Time/Room
Activity Type
ActivityDetails
Resource Bank
AssocLO
1Sept 4 – 7
VariousORIENTATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES
semesterstart.mohawkcollege.ca
2
Tue Sept. 9
10a-12n
Rm A108
Lecture Intro to Litigation and the Ontario Court System Compare and contrast civil and criminal law Discuss contracts and torts Interpret Courts of Justice Act
Litigation Today p. 3-8
www.ontariocourt.ca LO01
Reading Pages 8 - 15 Legal Administration Workbook
Assignment Legal SimulationDue: Tue Sept 16 – 10a
www.legalsim.ca
4.0 LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Detail week-by-week (or module) basis exactly what is expected of students, including due dates.
1. ASSESSMENT
Assessment Method WeightAssociatedOutcome(s)
Test 1 – T/F, Multiple Choice 10% LO01, LO02
Test 2 – T/F, Multiple Choice 10% LO03
Legal Brief Assignment 40% LO04
Simulations 40% LO04
TOTAL 100%
• Insert Assessments with more specific detail than is in course outline.
• Course Specific Policy
6.0 COURSE SPECIFIC POLICIES
Learning Plan
• Ideally, the Learning Plan is developed:– in conjunction with the course outline, and
– in collaboration with other faculty teaching the same courses.
• Once completed, learning plans can be reviewed departmentally to help manage students’ work flow/work load through the semester.
Week / Date / Course / Assignments
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
9/03
9/10
9/17
9/24
10/01
10/08
10/15
10/22
10/29
11/05
11/12
11/19
11/26
1203
12/10
ORIENTATION
LL126 Communications M M M M
CB172 Human Relations M M M
KEYB10000 Computer Skills TU TU TU
OA116 Document Processing TU TU TU
OADM10000 Professionalism F F F
OADM10005 Administrative Skills W W W