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Summary of MMU's EQAL project to transform the student experience through curriculum innovation and technology.TRANSCRIPT
Enhancing the Learning ExperienceManchester | Mar 2014
#HECon14
Professor Mark StubbsHead of Learning & Research Technologies
http://twitter.com/thestubbs
http://slideshare.net/markstubbs
The importance of getting it right
Student RetentionSuccess & Satisfaction
Student Intake(Aspirations, Attitude
& Abilities)
Learning, Teaching, Assessment & Personal Development
Processes, Facilities& Resources
ReputationMarketing &RecruitmentProcesses
All Year Numbers
Resource allocation
League table rankingsA
A Recruit to target
B
B Improve satisfaction, retention & success
C
C Inform decision-makers
2010 NSS
Where to
intervene?
Understanding how best to make a difference
Careful diagnosis of (diverse) learning experiences• Recurrent messages
– NSS analysis: course organisation determines Q22– Mobile surveys: deadlines, timetables… (m-admin)– Focus groups: consistent, easy to find info
• Great (and not-so great) expectations– “engaging, well-organised courses”– “inspirational tutors who know me”
‘Hygiene
factors’Stimulating
pedagogies
Coordinating our response
B Improve satisfaction, retention & success
GreatOnline Experience
(Seamless, personalised)
GreatLearning Spaces
GreatTeaching
SimplifyUnwieldy
Curriculum
EQAL
• A coordinated strike for step-change improvement
EQAL
New Curriculum• designing new units, …
New Admin Systems & Processes• personal timetabling, …
New Virtual Learning Environment• Moodle & myMMU web/mobile, Talis Aspire…
New QA & QE Processes• facilitating curriculum transformation
In the current climate
Diminishing unit of resource
Everything depends on everything else
We are large and risk averse
but
but but
but but
Programme
Board chaired by
DVC Student
Experience
MISSION:
2010 Q1: Plan Programme & Projects
2010 Q2: Approve UG curriculum rules
2010 Q3: Develop smart curriculum capture forms
2010 Q4: Enter 900 new L3 + L4 units
2011 Q1: Approve new units
2011 Q2: Set up SRS, TT & VLE
2011 Q3: L4 curriculum & systems go live
2011 Q4: Enter new L5 units…
2012 Q3: L5 goes live
2013 Q3: Entire new UG curriculum live
A big ask…• While you’re doing all you can on student success, retention &
satisfaction this year, can you design New Curriculum, Teaching Schedules, Assessment Schedules & build it in the new VLE ?
• We’ll ask for the bare minimum and ask only once…
You build the course content.We’ll ensure course admin info appears automatically
A big ask …
made as small
as possible
Wrapping the institution around the learner
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moodle.mmu.ac.ukmegamashup
mws
my.mmu.ac.uk mymmu-mobile
… and faculty-based
ELSOs to give staff
the confidence to use
the tech
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Wrapping the institution around the learnerStudent ID
Timetable
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Sync to personal device
Wrapping the institution around the learnerStudent ID (+ Unit code)
Deadlines / extensions / feedback return dates / provisional marks
Personalised submission sheet
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Wrapping the institution around the learnerUnit code
Resource list
Relevant resource
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Wrapping the institution around the learnerUnit code
Past exam papers
Past exam paper
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11,000+ past
exams
uploaded
Core+ VLELearning technologies not isolated :interaction with personal & admin systems + print/wifi ... determines quality of overall experience
Recognised: watch & learn how staff use techRecommended: staff set up & we train to integrateArranged: we set up institutional accounts & train staff to useCore: we set up & train staff and expect a consistent front door
MyMMU App
MyMMU App
Colours/icons
same as
MoodleMyMMU
Users see
their list of
Moodle
courses
Clicking one
brings up
summarised
Moodle info
… with single-
sign-on to
Moodle and..
.. more detail
on reading +
assessment
ELSOs = CSF• Locally based, centrally coordinated• In 2013, the team delivered…
– 183 formal staff development events– 28 curriculum design workshops– 250 hours of drop-in provision– 600 hours+ of one-to-one e-pedagogy advice
• And…– published 8 academic papers– presented 22 papers / workshops and 2 posters at
national / international conferencesAction-research
approach
Engaging our students
Providing business
intelligence
Automating our
processes
Are we in a better place now?
10,000+ students post
40,000+ comments in
our biannual student
surveys
Submission tracking, Personal timetables, …
Quartile improvements
in course org &
learning resources in
2012 NSS
EQAL wins inaugural Guardian Student Experience Award!
30,000 regular users,
52m+ hits on Moodle,
26,000+ App
registrations!
Continuous monitoring & improvement
MDL SRS TT
Data Warehouse Analysis Cubes
Undergraduate Dental Technology Network (11209A)
Overview Students Success Satisfaction Engagement Standards Appl ications Employment
Head count [now] of [all] students for [all modes] [all enrolments]
Enrolled
268 (95%)
Withdrawn
0 (0%)
Suspended
0 (0%)
Repeat w/o attend 14 (5%)
#STUDENTS TOTAL L3 L4 L5 YO L6 L7 Undergraduate Dental Technology Network (11029A)
268 83 73 67 45
- BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6266) 184 73 67 44 + BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6266_1F) 73 73 + BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6266_2F) 67 67 + BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6266_3F) 44 44 + BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6267) 1 1 + FDSc Dental Technology (621C) 62 62 + FDSc Dental Technology (6264) 21 21
How has my student cohort changed?
Higher than faculty average
Lower than last year
5%-5%
5%
-5%
PLP
Parents in HE
Mature
Live at home
Higher than last year
Lower than faculty average
Live at home 12% PLP 4% Mature 6% Disability 3% BME 8% Male 42% International 4%
In response to this information, I intend [to highlight the following good practice]
Previously, the Programme Leader committed to…
On 21/03/13 Done? On 22/02/13 raise with the Dean targets for the part-time courses Complete
CMI: Undergraduate Dental Technology Network (11209A)
Overview Students Success Satisfaction Engagement Standards Appl ications Employment
Satisfaction [on all ISS] of [all] students for [all modes] [all enrolments]
Course Satisfaction
Comments Show [all] comments for [all courses] that contain [Click here to enter text.] for [students who are satisfied with confidence building] [Go!] [Clear]
0% 100%50%25% 75%
69%
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Undergraduate Dental Technology Network (11029A) 268 30% 100% 93% 93% 87% 96% 95% 100% - BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6266) 184 30% 100% 93% 93% 87% 96% 95% 100% - 6266_1F 73 27% 100% 95% 95% 95% 95% 100% 100% - 6266_2F 67 31% 100% 100% 95% 81% 100% 95% 100% - 6266_3F 44 32% 100% 79% 86% 86% 93% 86% 100% + BSc(Hons) Dental Technology (6267) 1 0%
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EXPLANATION
FEEDBACK
ADVICE
ORGANISATION
RESOURCES
CONFIDENCE
OVERALL
CMI dashboards for all module & programme leaders for Sep 2014
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Lessons learned1. Understand important dynamics
2. Be clear what needs to be done
3. Set high-level goals
4. Understand where change is required
5. Be bold and plan holistically
6. Ensure you’ve got the right team to drive
7. Make ‘big asks’ as small as possible
8. Make it stick with reinforcing change
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