Email: LT@uhi.ac.uk, edu@uhi.ac.uk and C21C@uhi.ac.uk

Andy Brown, Jacky MacMillan and Val Innes

Enhancing Quality at Scotland’sNewest University

Outline

Supports delivery C21C: large scale organisational change

Business process changed

Blended learning standardsPedagogy, quality

and standardsIn-house training

Tried and tested EDU: delivery and development

Process

Beach runway, Barra Airport, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides

Organisational change

Curriculum for the 21st Century (C21C)

C21C objectives

Deliver to all campuses

and beyond

Enhance the learning

experience

Release staff time for

scholarship

Eliminate duplication

The story so far….

Revised curriculum architecture

Allocation of networked modules and units

Networked student support

Networked timetabling

Revised internal funding mechanism

Framework development

Process Responsible body

Consultative bodies

Seek further adviceRefineImplement

Review

Progress

Framework

Implementat

ion

Handover

Pedagogy: quality and standards

Blended learning standards

Student centred

Active learning

Assessment and feedback

Keeping students on track

Logical design

Legal issues

Educational Development Unit

A typical EDU project . . .

Resource development

Staff development

Engagement Dissemination

Engineering – Problem Based Learning

The story so far….

16 Curriculum development projects

Engagement with 240 members of staff

500 students using materials

190 employers engaged with development

150 resources in public domain

100 resources under development

EDU – Added value

• Problem based learning development model

• General resources and levelled activities model

• Data on student use of mobile devices

• Synthetic voices in education• Virtual fieldtrip development model

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Achievements

Supports

delivery

C21C: large scale organisational change

Business

process change

d

Blended learning standar

ds

Pedagogy, quality and standards

Tried and

tested

EDU: delivery & development

Learning and Teaching Academy

Academic staff: scholarship and research

Learning and Teaching staff and resources

Academic Partner expertise and resources

Academy steering group

Enhancement