Redefining Staff and Student Collaboration in Increasing MyUni Usage at The University of Adelaide

Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic) The University of Adelaide

Who we are…

Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice-President (Academic)

• Professor Philippa Levy, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Learning)

• Anna Dearman, Senior Projects Coordinator (Student Experience)

• Nicholas Banks, MyUni Assist Ambassador

• Emma-Louise Barley, MyUni Assist Ambassador

• Jonathan James, MyUni Assist Ambassador

• Lauren Slinger, MyUni Assist Ambassador

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MyUni Assist

• Strategic context and purpose

• Staff development

• Student workshops and drop-in sessions

• Students as course designers

• Future direction 2016 onwards

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Strategic Context and Purpose

• Beacon of Enlightenment

• Co-creation in learning and teaching

• The need to support staff development

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Staff Development

• At-elbow support for academic and professional staff

• Faculty ‘MyUni Blitz’ sessions

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Appointments in 2015

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Appointments in 2015

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What have people wanted assistance with in 2015?

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Performance 2015

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Staff Feedback 2015

• Feedback – response rate of 38%

• Feedback has been 100% positive

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1 = Terrible7 = Excellent

Student Support

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• https://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/myuniassist/

Student Workshops and Drop-in Sessions

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Student Feedback

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Feedback from students on

the student workshops:

• Very useful especially to mature age students who struggle with technology. It would be great if they could be extended past the 6 weeks

• The guy Jae helping me was really helpful and friendly! Made me feel better about myself.

• As a mature age beginner I'm very grateful for these course and all the help I can get!

Students as Ambassadors and Partners

• Why students?

• Non-traditional

• Pro-active

• Innovative

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Students as Course Designers

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Examples from the Student Perspective – Week 5

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Examples from the Student Perspective

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Benefits for Student Ambassadors

• Employment opportunity

• Further opportunities (e.g. course migration, MyUni Support, data entry, LMS review)

• Freedom to instigate and undertake projects contributing to student and staff development

• Collaboration directly with staff

• Working with and supporting our peers

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Benefits for Staff

• A face-to-face MyUni support service

• A direct student perspective on course layout and structure

• Student-produced learning design

• Ability to collaborate directly with students

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Benefits for the University

• Increased staff development

• A pool of fresh, vibrant young employees

• Constant feedback from current students

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Future Direction 2016 Onwards

• Possibly expanding scope of service

• Mainstreaming with existing MyUni Support

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Questions?

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