The project so far, four months on
The project has now been running for 4 months and it is exactly 2 months since my first introductory post to this blog. In this time we have met with nearly all the schools in our institution; just two remain. This has given us a good insight into assessment processes. The information gained from these meetings has been very useful and has helped to focus the project. Information gathered from meetings with schools has also been collated and common barriers in the assessment processes have been identified and taken up with the relevant committees across the University, for example, the VLE Steering Group and the Assessment Review (Task and Finish) group.
As part of the project we invited Dr Karen Llewellyn from a Building Capacity programme project at Leeds University, Jean Mutton from a JISC project centred on the enrolment process at Derby University (project DERBI) and Paul Bailey, a consultant from JISC, to a meeting along with members of staff from the Learning Development Unit at Keele University. The meeting provedto be very interesting and worthwhile as thoughts and ideas were shared about the respective projects. We are using a variety of methods to raise awareness across the university of project STAF and how it can incorporate into our institution, we are inviting speakers to Keele from JISC projects that have outcomes that are central to our project objectives, these in part have been identified by our literature review, we are also where possible attending and presenting at school staff meetings and faculty level learning and t eaching committees.
The next stage in the project involves accurately mapping the current assessment practices of the institution to identify any areas for possible efficiency gains. As part of the project focus is the use of technology, as project coordinator I have been looking at the advantages and disadvantages of certain technologies to support staff in the assessment and feedback process this is also an ongoing process to see what technologies would be useful as part of toolkits for staff.
Please find included the project literature review. It is worth noting at this point that the literature review is changing periodically and growing as the project becomes more focused and ideas are developed. I will post the revised versions to the blog.
