Assessment and Feedback start-up meeting Oct 2011

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JISC Assessment and Feedback Programme Meeting

5th October 2011Maple House, Birmingham

Welcome

A special welcome to project representatives, programme support team, JISC Advance and JISC RSC’s, The Higher Education Academy

Housekeeping

– 13.00 – 14:00 Lunch in the restaurant

– 16:00 Close

Wireless access and extension cables

Delegate packs

– Agenda, guide to the wiki spaces, programme calendar, Making Connections session handout

– Feedback please – online evaluation forms!

Publications from the e-Learning team

Agenda

10.00 – 10.30: Overview of programme and expectations

10.30 – 11.00: Project Elevator Pitches

11.00 – 11.15: Tea and coffee

11.15 – 11.45: Project Elevator Pitches (continued)

11.45 – 13.00: Poster Networking

13.00 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 15.00: Parallel sessions:

» Strand A – main room (Expand Suite)

» Strand B – breakout room (Advance 2)

» Strand C – breakout room (Advance 3)

15.00 – 16.00: Change Activity (The Higher Education Academy)

Aims for today

Introduce the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme, team, structure and expectations

Provide an opportunity for projects to hear about each others’ work and to identify connections and common themes

Facilitate networking between projects, and cluster level discussions

Initiate discussions relating to this phase of project planning

Programme overview and expectations

Overview of the programme structure

Summary of expectations for each strand

Reporting and other programme requirements

Introduction to the support team

Wiki spaces and useful resources

Overview


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Overview of programme, strands, deliverables and

reporting expectations

Programme overview

Strand A

8 Projects

3 years 2011-2014

Strand B

8 projects

6 months to 2 years

2011-2013

Support and Synthesis Project

Strand C

4 projects

9 months to 2 years

2011-2013

Programme level outcomes

Increased usage of appropriate technology-enhanced assessment and feedback, leading to:

– Change in the nature of assessment

– Efficiencies, and improvement of assessment quality

– Enhancement of the student and staff experience

Clearly articulated business cases

Models of sustainable institutional support, and guidance on costs and benefits

Evidence of impact – on staff and students, workload and satisfaction

JISC requirements

Core reporting requirements:– Project plans – 1st November 11

– Baseline reports (Strand A) – 3rd January 2012

– Consortium agreements – 3rd January 2012

– Interim reports – 1st March 2012, 3rd Sept 2012, 1st March 2013

– Final reports – drafts and final versions – see calendar

– Completion survey – by 31st Aug 2014 (A), 31st Aug 2013 (B&C)

Plus– Representing your work through the Design Studio

– Engagement with the programme through the programme wiki, monthly online sessions, project visits (Strand A), programme meetings and external events

– And additional deliverables....

Deliverables

ABaseline

report

Summary of previous work

in the area

Evaluation report

Range of assets -

evidence of impact

Guidance and support

materials

BEvaluation

report

Range of assets -

evidence of impact

Short briefing paper

summarising the innovation and benefits

CDescription of user

scenarios

Descriptions of the technical model

Open source widgets and code

Developer guidelines

Documentation for users

Active community of users

Short summary of the innovation


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Programme and support team

Programme Support Team

Critical Friends

Evaluation Support

Synthesis

Programme Team

Support Co-

ordinator

Meet the team

Programme Managers

– Lisa Gray – managing Strands A and B

– Paul Bailey – managing Strand C

JISC Advance Support Team

– JISC InfoNet – Marianne Sheppard

– JISC Cetis – Wilbert Kraan and Rowin Young

– JISC TechDis – Terry McAndrew

Support Associates

– Synthesis consultants – Gill Ferrell, David Nicol, Ros Smith

– Evaluation consultants – Rachel Harris

– Critical friends – Strand A only – Peter Bullen and Peter Chatterton

– Expert associates – David Nicol and Aaron Porter

Synthesis support - roles

Programme facing Jointly develop the

programme synthesis / evaluation framework

Provide regular reviews of emerging themes, issues and messages

Provide outward facing communications including Design Studio pages

Project facing

Through review of plans and reports, provide ongoing support around the development and showcasing of outputs

Evaluation support - roles

Programme facing Develop a programme-

level evaluation / synthesis framework alongside synthesis team

Surface at a programme level examples of good practice in evaluation methods and practices

Make connections between related areas of work

Project facing To provide feedback on

evaluation plans and reports through the wiki

Offer individual support to clusters / projects as required

Critical friends – Strand A

Peter Chatterton

Cluster co-ordination

Project level support

Peter Bullen


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Wiki spaces and key resources

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/assessment

http://programmesupport.pbworks.com

http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com

Types of Resources

Structured Case Studies

Methods and protocols

How-to-guides

Models and Frameworks

Findings, lessons and key

messages

Learning designs

Learning resources

Evidence e.g. video clips,

quotes

Staff development

resources

Transformation stories

Additional Resources

bit.ly/sustemb bit.ly/critfriend

Project Elevator Pitches - 2 mins...


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1. The Market: who are the key stakeholders and beneficiaries?

2. Value: what is the value of your project to them?3. Offering: what are you aiming to achieve?4. Benefits: what are the potential benefits of your

offering?5. Proof: what kind of evidence will there be by the end of

the project to substantiate your value proposition?

Poster networking session..


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1. Based on the previous session, please identify up to 5 projects you’d like to talk to further

2. Spend 10 minutes exploring all poster and finalising your choices

3. You’ll have 10 minutes for each project, will will signal when you need to rotate

4. Place post-its on each poster – with • Your project name• Summary of the connection

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