The University of Western Australia School of Indigenous Studies … · 2015. 9. 4. · Recommendation: That this committee endorses the proposed changes to the prerequisites for

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The University of Western Australia School of Indigenous Studies (SIS)

14 August 2015

MEMBERS OF THE SIS TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE Grant Revell, Associate Dean Teaching & Learning (Chair) Gabrielle Garratt, Academic Coordinator, Indigenous Student Services Directorate Josh Reynolds, Acting Orientation Course Coordinator Mel Thomas, Law Coordinator & Associate Dean Research Dawn Bessarab, Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical & Dental Health Aileen Walsh, Co-opted Member Paulina Motlop, Co-opted Member Anita Creasey (Executive Officer) BY INVITATION (STANDING INVITEES/OBSERVERS) Jill Milroy, Dean Marilyn Strother, Director Indigenous Student Services Nerry Nichols, Business Manager

TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE MEETING FRIDAY, 14 AUGUST 2015

This is to confirm that the meeting of the School of Indigenous Studies Teaching and Learning Committee meeting will be held at 9.00am on Friday, 14 August 2015 at the SIS Resource Library, Shenton House. Part 1 and 2 of the agenda is to be dealt with en bloc by motion of the Chair. Part 3 is for discussion. A member may request the transfer of an item from Part 1 and Part 2 to Part 3. Schedule 1 (Attachment A) colour code: Recommendations and Actions (in orange) denote SIS Teaching & Learning Committee recommendations and actions. Recommendations and Actions (in red) denote SIS Executive Committee recommendations and actions. Anita Creasey Executive Officer

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AGENDA

APOLOGIES The Chair will record any apologies. Members should forward apologies to the Executive Officer prior to the meeting. WELCOME The Chair will welcome invitees and observers. DECLARATIONS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The Chair will invite members to declare potential for conflict or perceived conflicts of interest, if applicable, with regard to items on the agenda.

PART 1 – ITEMS FOR INFORMATION AND NOTING 1. MINUTES Confirmation of the minutes of the SIS Teaching and Learning Committee held on 11 June 2015. Attachment A. 2. ITEMS/BUSINESS IN PROGRESS FOR NOTING SINCE PREVIOUS MEETING See SCHEDULE 1. 3. CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT PROCESS & KEY DEADLINES (Attachment B) Anita Creasey will speak to this item. 4 2015 POST GRAD & HONOURS EXPO Volunteers are required for the 2015 Postgraduate & Honours Expo from 4pm to 7pm on Wednesday, 23 September in the Bayliss Building. Anita will coordinate the attendance schedule, set-up and pack-up. All SIS postgraduate teaching staff will need to attend. 5. 2016 TIMETABLE – ‘SYLLABUS PLUS ENTERPRISE UPGRADE PROJECT’ Anita Creasey will speak to this item. 6. NEW COURSES REVIEW (Attachment C) The Chair will speak to this item. 7. STANDING REPORTS 7.1 EDUCATION FUTURES STRATEGY GROUP – 22 JUNE 2015 (Grant Revell) 7.2 LAW COORDINATOR REPORT (Mel Thomas) Please see Attachment D. Mel Thomas will speak to this item. 7.3 E-LEARNING REPORT (Josh Reynolds) The next steps for LMS/Blackboard:

• Feedback and submission tools • Assessment mechanisms and reporting • Web 2.0 interactions

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7.4 TEACHING & LEARNING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER REPORT (Anita Creasey) • SURF has been switched on for all units • Individual unit coordinators and teaching staff can request their own SPOTs (and are

encouraged to do so). Orders for SPOTS must be submitted by 18 September. • The deadline for submission of exam papers is 18 September by 4pm. All exam

papers should be with the Course Coordinator for approval by 11 September. • Semester 2 results are due by 30 November at 12pm. Results will need to be

submitted to Anita Creasey by no later than 12pm on Thursday, 26 November. • Teaching staff are highly encouraged to respond to their SURF reports as per

previous emails by Associate Dean.

PART II – ITEMS FOR DECISION TO BE DEALT WITH EN BLOC

No Items.

PART III – ITEMS FOR DECISION 8. BEST PRACTICES FOR MARKING MODERATION The Chair notes that some teaching staff are asking for guidance on marking moderation procedures. Unit Coordinators should ensure that marking rubrics are prepared for all assessment items and shared with Sessional Staff during their teaching team meetings, well in advance of the designated marking periods. Marking moderation is to be undertaken by the Unit Coordinator, selecting a range of assignments from each Sessional Staff for consistency across the unit. If need be, the Unit Coordinator can advise the Sessional Staff markers to remark assignments based on the evidence gained from the moderation. Recommendation: For discussion. 9. PROPOSED CURRICULUM CHANGES FOR APPROVAL Members are asked to consider amending the prerequisite for level 3 units from the IKHH major from INDG2300 to any level 2 unit from the IKHH major. This would serve to increase enrolments in level 3 units and will bring the major into line with changes likely to result from the Review of New Courses. Recommendation: That this committee endorses the proposed changes to the prerequisites for units INDG3300, INDG3400, INDG3600, INDG3700 from INDG2300 to any level 2 unit from the IKHH major. 10. IKHH MAJOR TO BE OFFERED TO ALBANY STUDENTS SIS has offered 4 units from the major in Albany this year, and the Director of the Albany Centre has subsequently received a number of student requests for the entire major to be made available to the Albany cohort. SIS and Albany staff met recently to draft up a plan to offer the major to Albany from 2016. Albany would cover the costs of complimentary field trips and SIS approved tutors, and lectures would be recorded. Desirably, unit coordinators (UCs) would be invited to travel to Albany for the day (with Albany covering the cost of flights) to deliver a lecture and tutorial in person. UCs in charge of more than 1 unit could stay in Albany overnight to have one day per unit. The use of Blackboard’s ‘Collaborate’ feature could also be used to link up student learning groups between Crawley and Albany. The Chair also notes that the selection and management of Albany teaching staff will need further discussion and clarification, as noted in our previous T & L meeting. Attached is the aforementioned draft plan for rolling out the major for the Albany Centre from 2016, including provisions for transitional students who completed INDG1140 before content was transferred to INDG2700 (Attachment E). NB: This item may need to be reviewed in consort with Item 11 on the agenda.

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Recommendation: That this Committee confirms in principle support for plan to offer the IKHH major in Albany from 2016, as per Attachment E, for review by a meeting of the SIS Teaching Staff and the Executive. 11. UNITS TO BE OFFERED IN 2016 + PROPOSED UNIT COORDINATORS The Dean of Coursework Studies, Professor Grady Venville, has requested that the availability and teaching periods for all units be confirmed by September 2015, in time for the release of the 2016 Handbook. September is therefore the deadline for confirming which units will be offered in 2016 and what teaching period they will sit in. Attachment F is a draft plan to begin this planning exercise. After consideration by unit coordinators the draft plan can be referred to a meeting of the SIS Teaching Staff for amendment and approval. 12. OTHER BUSINESS 13. QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE 14. NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Teaching and Learning Committee will be held on Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 2.00pm at the SIS Resource Library. The cut-off date for submission of items for the Committee’s agenda is Friday, 4 September 2015. Items, with recommendations, should be forwarded to the Executive Officer at [email protected]. Enclosed Attachments – A, B, C, D, E & F.

End of Agenda

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SCHEDULE 1 TEACHING & LEARNING (TL) AND EXECUTIVE (E) ITEMS/BUSINESS IN PROGRESS FOR NOTING SINCE PREVIOUS MEETING ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 10 April 2014 )

RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE

TL Action 22: Sabrina Swift to arrange copies of the past and current unit guides and readers to be available in the SIS library for viewing.

Sabrina Swift Anita Creasey

Complete

TL Action 23: Mel will present to the SIS Executive the development of the SIS Staff publications for 2013.

Mel Thomas Next Executive meeting

TL Action 24: Mel will develop a table to outline the type of publications SIS would like to aim to publish.

Mel Thomas Completed Provided to Committee on 12.03.15

TL Action 25: Urgent meeting to be arranged, with all Indigenous Major teaching staff to discuss and work thought Attachment A. A further meeting is then to be arranged with the SIS Dean Jill Milroy, Deputy Dean Darlene Oxenham, Teaching and Learning Director Grant Revell and Major Coordinator Aileen Walsh with the Attachment A recommendations.

Aileen Walsh ASAP

TL Action 26: Honours program to be reviewed by the SIS T&L Committee in the near future.

All SIS T&L Committee

TL Action 27: The SIS Executive need to be informed about the potential needs of a SIS Policy and or guidelines on the School’s use of social media Facebook & Twitter. Josh Reynolds to review other faculty guidelines to discuss with Chair.

Grant Revell Update: Josh Reynolds & Brendon DeGois will present to the SIS Executive at the next meeting.

TL Action 28: Josh and Sabrina will develop a template with all deadlines for LMS, UIMS, unit reader and unit outlines.

Josh Reynolds and Sabrina Swift

Completed

TL Action 29: Sabrina to find out if Sally Ann Jones will be updating the SIS handouts.

Sabrina Swift Updated by Anita Creasey for Open Day 2014

TL Action 30: Working coordinator to work with the Open Day Committee (Nerry Nichols and Ray Garrett) to plan and review all handouts.

Open Day Committee

Completed

TL Action 31: Sabrina will send a personal invite for the Murrujuga morning tea to all related students.

Sabrina Swift

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 12 June 2014 )


TL Action 32: SIS will look at the possibility of Information Services/ Libraries assisting with setting up a Scholars library in the SIS new building in 2016.

Sabrina Swift/Anita Creasey

SIS New Building Committee

In brief for new building project

TL Action 33: Mel will look at ways to promote and advertise the Advanced Diploma in Legal Studies and will access the laws marketing person to assist.

Mel Thomas Ongoing project managed by Mel Thomas

TL Action 34: Sabrina will e-mail the SIS advertised jobs link to all staff once the positions have been advertised.

Sabrina Swift

TL Action 35: The SIS T&L Committee members all agreed for Dawn to share her training information with the other members to review at the next meeting.

Dawn Bessarab Complete Shared at the T&L Committee Meeting 14 August 2014

TL Action 36: Potential tutoring staff can register their interest on the UWA Staff expressions of interest. The new appointed T&L Admin can look further into how to go about registering.

Anita Creasey A call for expression of Interest can be set-up through HR’s eRecruitment service. Referred to T&L Committee for discussion.

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TL Action 37: Need to set up a working group for the UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo to include Mel, Gabe, Grant and also invite a person to represent the Heritages Masters and CAMDH.

Anita Creasey Discussion referred to T&L Committee Meeting for 14 August 2016.

TL Action 38: All teaching staff are to report back at the next SIS T&L committee meeting with what current grants are available and could be apply for.

All teaching staff Complete Discussed at T&L Committee Meeting on 14 August 2014.14 August 2014.

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 14 August 2014 )


TL Action 39: Mel, Jasmine and Grant to attend the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo to promote the Advanced Diplomas and the Masters of Heritage Studies; Anita to coordinate and provide administrative support for the event.

Mel Thomas Jasmine Lamb Grant Revell

Anita Creasey

Completed 24 September 2014

TL Action 40: Anita to prepare a SIS/CAMDH flyer to promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo to networks.

Anita Creasey Completed

TL Action 41: Josh to investigate whether we can promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo on the SIS website.

Josh Reynolds Completed

TL Action 42: Anita to ask Student Services to promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo on social media.


TL Action 43: All teaching staff are to be reminded of University Policy on Assessment (07/23) which dictates that (a) for each undergraduate unit the school should set a deadline by which marked assessments other than examinations will be available for collection and feedback and (b) in all but exceptional circumstances this deadline should not be later than four weeks after the required date of submission or, in the case of a late submission, four weeks after the date of the late submission.

Anita Creasey to email SIS Teaching

Staff

Completed

TL Action 44: Anita to discuss with School Manager establishing an ongoing advertisement for tutoring staff through eRecruitment.

Anita Creasey Nerry Nichols

In progress – A Sessional Tutor Policy is also being developed

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 24 July 2013) RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE

E Action 4 The School hold an annual forum to promote Indigenous curriculum as well as to support and train UWA in the development and delivery of Indigenous units. The best timing for this is during semester and for 2013 this might include a smaller, 1-hour event with the aim of setting up a ‘discipline group’.

Grant & Jill Follows from E Action 3.

E Action 9: (a) That Grant, Marilyn and Gabe establish the School’s prize giving process (which should be linked to our Teaching Awards if possible) and (b) A sub-committee of the SIS Teaching and Learning Committee is established to administer all School Prizes – investigate also the potential to include CAMDH in this.

Grant, Marilyn, Gabe, Joy & Sabrina Anita

Completed

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 21 August 2013) RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE

E Action 25: Grant to (a) confirm what the School can and cannot charge fees for in our units, and (b) to layout/identify what are essential parts to our teaching e.g. field trips, community speakers etc.

Grant 12/09/13 – School Student Fee Reference Group meeting

E Action 26: A meeting should be arranged with Grady Venville to discuss the weighting and classification of the School’s units.

Grant & Jill

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E Action 27: Bapi to prepare data on unit costings that will assist the School’s argument for a higher weighting for our units.

Grant & Sabrina

E Action 28: Grant (and Jill) to follow upon the New Unit Proposal Form – specifically to communicate with Academic Policy Services about the current form (still needed, unsure of current consultations and contact person is Dean), the process and route of the paperwork, and the amendments we would like.

Grant & Jill

E Action 29: Mel to start drafting a paper in response to the UWA Education Futures Discussion paper and coordinate a process that enables other SIS staff to provide input to the paper.

Mel Complete

E Action 30: Course Advertising – (a) Marilyn to seek assistance from Michael Sinclair-Jones regarding the Koori Mail and Tracker Magazine pieces, and (b) Mel to send information to Marilyn on the Law Advanced Diploma.

Marilyn

E Action 31: Darlene will look into the promotions for the School’s units being offered.

Darlene

E Action 32: Jill/SIS is currently looking into the SIS branding. SIS Completed, by way of UWA-wide rebrand

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 31 July 2014 RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE E Action 1/2014 The Associate Dean Teaching and Learning

refer to the university regulations regarding teaching award prize money to confirm how the award funds may be used by the individual staff members.

Grant Complete

Action 6/2014 The Deputy Dean and Director of Teaching and Learning will meet with Director of Student Services to progress the UWA Alumni Grant proposal for a short course in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage management. Specifically we need to determine the status of the course and enrolment e.g. is it a certificate course and is the student enrolled at UQ. The preference is for the student to be enrolled at UWA.

Darlene, Grant & Marilyn

Complete

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 12 March 2015)


TL Action 45: SIS to continue to meet and work with Office of Development to establish additional scholarships for ADILS students.

Grant, Gabe, Marilyn, Mel &

Anita

In progress

TL Action 46: The T & L Directorate will discuss the proposal that SIS staff be able to nominate students for a prize with the Director of Indigenous Student Services.

Anita Completed

TL Action 47: Josh Reynolds to contact Albany Centre Director to evaluate successful E-Learning technologies and procedures with other UWA units offered in Albany.

Josh Completed

TL Action 48: Anita will continue researching the optional frameworks for the makeup of the Indigenous Knowledge, History and Heritage Honours Program and report back to this Committee for further consultation and discussion.

Anita In progress

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 11 June 2015)


TL Action 49: That teaching staff review the unit outline pro forma, mark up specific changes and provide recommendations to the Director of Teaching & Learning.

All Teaching Staff

In time for end of year teaching planning meetings (TBC)

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TL Action 50: That Paulina Motlop works with the Orientation and Major Course Coordinators on curriculum mapping, in consultation with teaching staff, with proposed curriculum changes to be brought to a teaching planning meeting at the end of 2015, in time for next annual curriculum change deadline (March 2016).

Paulina Motlop & All Teaching Staff


The University of Western Australia School of Indigenous Studies (SIS)

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SIS TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE

HELD ON THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2015

PRESENT Aileen Walsh, Co-opted Member Anita Creasey (Executive Officer) Dawn Bessarab, Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health Grant Revell, Associate Dean Teaching & Learning (Chair) Gabrielle Garratt, Academic Coordinator, Indigenous Student Services Directorate Josh Reynolds, E-Learning Development Officer Mel Thomas, Law Coordinator & Associate Dean Research Paulina Motlop, Co-opted Member Shino Konishi, Associate Professor, School of Indigenous Studies and Faculty of Arts APOLOGIES: Sara Flood, Orientation Course Coordinator DECLARATIONS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST No declarations for potential or perceived conflict of interest were recorded.

PART I – ITEMS FOR COMMUNICATION TO BE DEALTH WITH EN BLOC 1. MINUTES RESOLVED – 5.2015 To confirm the Noting of Decisions made by the SIS Teaching and Learning Committee by circular dated 14 April 2015. 2. ITEMS/BUSINESS IN PROGRESS FOR NOTING SINCE PREVIOUS MEETING The Chair brought items from SCHEDULE 1 that are still in progress to the attention of the committee: • TL Action 27 – Josh Reynolds and Brendon DeGois will deliver a presentation to the

SIS Executive Committee on the School’s existing use of social media, University policies related to social media and proposed SIS policy on social media. This is timely as the new LMS platform Blackboard has greater social media capabilities than Moodle.

• TL Action 44 – A draft SIS Policy on Teaching Associates (sessional teaching staff/tutors) has been submitted to the Executive for consideration)

3. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT ADVISOR Teaching Staff were advised that Aileen Walsh is the School’s Academic Conduct Advisor (ACA) tasked with managing the implementation and procedural aspects of the University Policy on Academic Conduct. Aileen provided members a copy of the University’s form for documenting incidents of academic misconduct (also available online). Anita advised that all documentation needed to be recorded on TRIM. Aileen advised that unit coordinators must report all incidences to her as the ACA although minor incidents did not necessarily have to be documented. It was noted that students still need to reference the source if they are quoting their own work (eg. an essay for another unit). The School has to report all incidents to the University annually. Shino Konishi advised that the Arts Faculty have considered having a mandatory exam or in-person assessment component for each unit. Aileen noted that TurnItIn is a valuable tool and allows students to test their work to identify plagiarism

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before submission. Josh Reynolds advised that there are issues with TurnItIn but there are other creative uses that can be showcased. 4. STANDING REPORTS 4.1 EDUCATION FUTURES STRATEGY GROUP – 27 APRIL 2015 (Grant Revell) The group’s current focuses are Carpe Diem workshops, Project Black Swan and the Observatory Working Group which will act as a think tank. Agendas and minutes from these meetings can be viewed online and key items/outcomes will be brought to this committee. 4.2 E-LEARNING REPORT (Josh Reynolds) The bringing forward of the dates for students to enter semester 2 preferences on OLCR, resulted in the semester 1 OLCR groups being wiped from LMS which disrupted marking for INDG1150 tutors that relied on these groups. Project Black Swan has not rolled out according to plan. The original target of having all units migrated by mid-May 2015 was not met and there have been problems with the existing LMS platform (Moodle). The migration process is more cumbersome than anticipated. A SIS ‘Faculty Template’ has been designed for Blackboard to provide structure and consistent guidelines but still allow for flexibility. Blackboard’s myriad of options presents new opportunities for ISE and to embed Noongar language within the SIS template. As a faculty SIS is moving towards self-sufficiency and more sophisticated use of Blackboard/LMS as SIS already meets the baseline of the Guidelines for Deployment of University Online Environments (attached to the Agenda) which have not been met across the whole university. 4.3 TEACHING & LEARNING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER REPORT (Anita Creasey) Anita Creasey reminded members of the key dates for semester 1 results, semester 2 timetabling and OLCR requirements, as tabled in the agenda. Staff were reminded that a 2016 teaching-planning meeting was scheduled for 9 July to confirm what units will be offered in 2016 and the teaching periods they will be offered in, in response to the Dean of Coursework Studies mandate that these be finalised before the release of the 2016 handbook in November 2015.

PART II – ITEMS FOR DECISION TO BE DEALT WITH EN BLOC

No Items.

PART III – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND DECISION 5. UNIT OUTLINE PROFORM FOR DEGREE UNITS Aileen Walsh suggested it would be timely for teaching staff to review the unit outline pro-forma prior to semester 2, 2015. Students have raised issues in the past regarding the essay criteria rubric’s reference to an abstract. Paulina noted that she has to adjust the pro-forma for EDUC5429 as the teaching dates vary for Education students. Aileen also pointed to issues with the Essay Writing Advice in the pro-forma suggesting it could be reworded to clarify for students what is meant by ‘adherence to Aboriginal writing standards’. The rubric for art work could be removed from the standard pro-forma and inserted for units that do require it (eg. INDG3700, INDG3800). It was also noted that the pro-forma should be explicit that students can be 10% over or under the word limit before incurring a penalty and what this penalty would be.

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5.1 UNIT ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION As part of item 5, members discussed the assessment of students’ attendance and participation in larger group settings. Shino Konishi advised that she had researched self- and peer-assessment strategies and designed a rubric that required students to assess and reflect on their own participation at the end of each class. Shino will provide members with a copy of this by email. RESOLVED TL Action 49 That teaching staff review the unit outline pro forma, mark up specific changes and provide recommendations to the Director of Teaching & Learning.

6. CURRICULUM MAPPING Paulina noted that she has been charged with overseeing a review of the Orientation Course and the terms of reference were being written up. The course had not been reviewed since at least three years ago, perhaps when Jeromy Harvey was course coordinator. Paulina will bring her perspective from a school environment which focused on pathways, sharing resources and complimentary content within units. A curriculum mapping exercise could be applied to the IKHH major, with reference to the existing major map. Specifically a review of the major could look at the progression of core units, overlapping content and broadening units. RESOLVED TL Action 50 That Paulina Motlop works with the Orientation and Major Course Coordinators on curriculum mapping, in consultation with teaching staff, with proposed curriculum changes to be brought to a teaching planning meeting at the end of 2015, in time for next annual curriculum change deadline (March 2016). 7. NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Teaching and Learning Committee will be held on Thursday, 13 August at 11.00am at the SIS Resource Library. The cut-off date for submission of items for the Committee’s agenda is Friday, 7 August 2015. Items, with recommendations, should be forwarded to Anita Creasey.

Signed:

___________________________ CHAIR

Associate Professor Grant Revell

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SCHEDULE 1 TEACHING & LEARNING (TL) AND EXECUTIVE (E) ITEMS/BUSINESS IN PROGRESS FOR NOTING SINCE PREVIOUS MEETING ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 10 April 2014 )


TL Action 22: Sabrina Swift to arrange copies of the past and current unit guides and readers to be available in the SIS library for viewing.

Sabrina Swift Anita Creasey

Complete

TL Action 23: Mel will present to the SIS Executive the development of the SIS Staff publications for 2013.

Mel Thomas Next Executive meeting

TL Action 24: Mel will develop a table to outline the type of publications SIS would like to aim to publish.

Mel Thomas Completed Provided to Committee on 12.03.15

TL Action 25: Urgent meeting to be arranged, with all Indigenous Major teaching staff to discuss and work thought Attachment A. A further meeting is then to be arranged with the SIS Dean Jill Milroy, Deputy Dean Darlene Oxenham, Teaching and Learning Director Grant Revell and Major Coordinator Aileen Walsh with the Attachment A recommendations.

Aileen Walsh ASAP

TL Action 26: Honours program to be reviewed by the SIS T&L Committee in the near future.

All SIS T&L Committee

TL Action 27: The SIS Executive need to be informed about the potential needs of a SIS Policy and or guidelines on the School’s use of social media Facebook & Twitter. Josh Reynolds to review other faculty guidelines to discuss with Chair.

Grant Revell Update: Josh Reynolds & Brendon DeGois will present to the SIS Executive at the next meeting.

TL Action 28: Josh and Sabrina will develop a template with all deadlines for LMS, UIMS, unit reader and unit outlines.

Josh Reynolds and Sabrina Swift

Completed

TL Action 29: Sabrina to find out if Sally Ann Jones will be updating the SIS handouts.

Sabrina Swift Updated by Anita Creasey for Open Day 2014

TL Action 30: Working coordinator to work with the Open Day Committee (Nerry Nichols and Ray Garrett) to plan and review all handouts.

Open Day Committee

Completed

TL Action 31: Sabrina will send a personal invite for the Murrujuga morning tea to all related students.

Sabrina Swift

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 12 June 2014 )


TL Action 32: SIS will look at the possibility of Information Services/ Libraries assisting with setting up a Scholars library in the SIS new building in 2016.

Sabrina Swift/Anita Creasey

SIS New Building Committee

In brief for new building project

TL Action 33: Mel will look at ways to promote and advertise the Advanced Diploma in Legal Studies and will access the laws marketing person to assist.

Mel Thomas Ongoing project managed by Mel Thomas

TL Action 34: Sabrina will e-mail the SIS advertised jobs link to all staff once the positions have been advertised.

Sabrina Swift

TL Action 35: The SIS T&L Committee members all agreed for Dawn to share her training information with the other members to review at the next meeting.

Dawn Bessarab Complete Shared at the T&L Committee Meeting 14 August 2014

TL Action 36: Potential tutoring staff can register their interest on the UWA Staff expressions of interest. The new appointed T&L Admin can look further into how to go about registering.

Anita Creasey A call for expression of Interest can be set-up through HR’s eRecruitment service. Referred to T&L Committee for discussion.

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TL Action 37: Need to set up a working group for the UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo to include Mel, Gabe, Grant and also invite a person to represent the Heritages Masters and CAMDH.

Anita Creasey Discussion referred to T&L Committee Meeting for 14 August 2016.

TL Action 38: All teaching staff are to report back at the next SIS T&L committee meeting with what current grants are available and could be apply for.

All teaching staff Complete Discussed at T&L Committee Meeting on 14 August 2014.14 August 2014.

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 14 August 2014 )


TL Action 39: Mel, Jasmine and Grant to attend the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo to promote the Advanced Diplomas and the Masters of Heritage Studies; Anita to coordinate and provide administrative support for the event.

Mel Thomas Jasmine Lamb Grant Revell

Anita Creasey

Completed 24 September 2014

TL Action 40: Anita to prepare a SIS/CAMDH flyer to promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo to networks.


TL Action 41: Josh to investigate whether we can promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo on the SIS website.

Josh Reynolds Completed

TL Action 42: Anita to ask Student Services to promote the 2014 Postgrad & Honours Expo on social media.


TL Action 43: All teaching staff are to be reminded of University Policy on Assessment (07/23) which dictates that (a) for each undergraduate unit the school should set a deadline by which marked assessments other than examinations will be available for collection and feedback and (b) in all but exceptional circumstances this deadline should not be later than four weeks after the required date of submission or, in the case of a late submission, four weeks after the date of the late submission.

Anita Creasey to email SIS Teaching

Staff

Completed

TL Action 44: Anita to discuss with School Manager establishing an ongoing advertisement for tutoring staff through eRecruitment.

Anita Creasey Nerry Nichols

In progress – A Sessional Tutor Policy is also being developed

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 24 July 2013) RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE

E Action 4 The School hold an annual forum to promote Indigenous curriculum as well as to support and train UWA in the development and delivery of Indigenous units. The best timing for this is during semester and for 2013 this might include a smaller, 1-hour event with the aim of setting up a ‘discipline group’.

Grant & Jill Follows from E Action 3.

E Action 9: (a) That Grant, Marilyn and Gabe establish the School’s prize giving process (which should be linked to our Teaching Awards if possible) and (b) A sub-committee of the SIS Teaching and Learning Committee is established to administer all School Prizes – investigate also the potential to include CAMDH in this.

Grant, Marilyn, Gabe, Joy & Sabrina Anita

Completed

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 21 August 2013) RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE

E Action 25: Grant to (a) confirm what the School can and cannot charge fees for in our units, and (b) to layout/identify what are essential parts to our teaching e.g. field trips, community speakers etc.

Grant 12/09/13 – School Student Fee Reference Group meeting

E Action 26: A meeting should be arranged with Grady Venville to discuss the weighting and classification of the School’s units.

Grant & Jill

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E Action 27: Bapi to prepare data on unit costings that will assist the School’s argument for a higher weighting for our units.

Grant & Sabrina

E Action 28: Grant (and Jill) to follow upon the New Unit Proposal Form – specifically to communicate with Academic Policy Services about the current form (still needed, unsure of current consultations and contact person is Dean), the process and route of the paperwork, and the amendments we would like.

Grant & Jill

E Action 29: Mel to start drafting a paper in response to the UWA Education Futures Discussion paper and coordinate a process that enables other SIS staff to provide input to the paper.

Mel Complete

E Action 30: Course Advertising – (a) Marilyn to seek assistance from Michael Sinclair-Jones regarding the Koori Mail and Tracker Magazine pieces, and (b) Mel to send information to Marilyn on the Law Advanced Diploma.

Marilyn

E Action 31: Darlene will look into the promotions for the School’s units being offered.

Darlene

E Action 32: Jill/SIS is currently looking into the SIS branding. SIS Completed, by way of UWA-wide rebrand

ACTION (from Executive Meeting 31 July 2014 RESPONSIBLE STATUS/TIMELINE E Action 1/2014 The Associate Dean Teaching and Learning

refer to the university regulations regarding teaching award prize money to confirm how the award funds may be used by the individual staff members.

Grant Complete

Action 6/2014 The Deputy Dean and Director of Teaching and Learning will meet with Director of Student Services to progress the UWA Alumni Grant proposal for a short course in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage management. Specifically we need to determine the status of the course and enrolment e.g. is it a certificate course and is the student enrolled at UQ. The preference is for the student to be enrolled at UWA.

Darlene, Grant & Marilyn

Complete

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 12 March 2015)


TL Action 45: SIS to continue to meet and work with Office of Development to establish additional scholarships for ADILS students.

Grant, Gabe, Marilyn, Mel &

Anita

In progress

TL Action 46: The T & L Directorate will discuss the proposal that SIS staff be able to nominate students for a prize with the Director of Indigenous Student Services.

Anita Completed

TL Action 47: Josh Reynolds to contact Albany Centre Director to evaluate successful E-Learning technologies and procedures with other UWA units offered in Albany.

Josh Completed

TL Action 48: Anita will continue researching the optional frameworks for the makeup of the Indigenous Knowledge, History and Heritage Honours Program and report back to this Committee for further consultation and discussion.

Anita In progress

ACTION (from SIS Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 11 June 2015)


TL Action 49: That teaching staff review the unit outline pro forma, mark up specific changes and provide recommendations to the Director of Teaching & Learning.

All Teaching Staff


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TL Action 50: That Paulina Motlop works with the Orientation and Major Course Coordinators on curriculum mapping, in consultation with teaching staff, with proposed curriculum changes to be brought to a teaching planning meeting at the end of 2015, in time for next annual curriculum change deadline (March 2016).

Paulina Motlop & All Teaching Staff


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Curriculum Management

REVIEW AND CHANGE YOUR CURRICULUM DURING 2015 (FOR 2016 OFFERINGS)

For further information: www. http://www.teachingandlearning.uwa.edu.au/staff/committees/bcs/curriculum-management or email: [email protected]

Academic Policy Services, updated January 2015

Approval and system updates (incl. Callista, Timetabling and Handbook)

Late urgent changes for Semester 2 (via CAIDi FAST-TRACK)

(June 2016)

Limited data fields: unit rules, unit co-ordinator and contact hours


Late urgent change for Semeter 1 (via CAIDi FAST-TRACK) (November 2015 )

Limited data fields: unit rules, unit co-ordinator and contact hours

HANDBOOK PUBLISHED Enrolment begins (November 2015)


September 2015 checks (via CAIDi) (2 week window for final updates)

Limited data fields open: unit availability, unit co-ordinator, contact hours, advisable prior study and handbook notes


Annual change (via CAIDi) (November 2014 - May 2015)

All data fields

Annual review of courses and units to be taught next

year

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office April each year for UG curriculum

Final submission of change request (via CAIDi) from Faculty office end of

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The University of Western Australia

24 July 2015 MEMBERS OF THE REVIEW OF COURSES – AUDIT TEAM Professor Grady Venville, Dean of Coursework Studies – Convener Professor Alan Dench, Dean, Graduate Research and Postdoctoral Training Professor Brendan Waddell, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science Professor Mark Israel, Deputy Chair, Academic Board Mr Jon Stubbs, Director, Student Services Dr Kabilan Krishnasamy, Academic Secretary, Academic Policy Services Emeritus Professor Izan H.Y Izan Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Dr Kate Hislop, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts Dr Nicholas Letch, UWA Business School Mr Grant Revell, School of Indigenous Studies Mr Tom Beyer, Guild Education Council President Ms Kathrin Stroud, Academic Policy Services – Executive Officer

REVIEW OF COURSES – AUDIT TEAM MEETING – MONDAY 27th July 2015

The next meeting of the Review of Courses – Audit Team will be held in the Science Library Meeting Room (RM-B446.L3.302-lib) from 1-2pm on Monday, 27th July 2015. Ms Kathrin Stroud Executive Officer

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APOLOGIES The Chair will record any apologies. Members are reminded that apologies should be forwarded to the Executive Officer prior to the meeting. DECLARATIONS OF POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The Chair will invite members to declare potential for conflict or perceived conflicts of interest, if applicable, with regard to items on the agenda.

A G E N D A

1. UPDATE ON REVIEW TIMELINES AND REVIEW PANEL MEMBERSHIP

The Chair will provide an update on the schedule for the Review of Courses and the membership of the Review Panel. Members are advised that the dates for the three day face-to-face Review Panel Meeting have been confirmed as 11-13 November 2015, based on the availability of the external consultant joining the Review Panel.

REVIEW OF COURSES – SCHEDULE

ACTION DUE DATE

Call for submissions from internal and external stakeholders

10/08/2015

Self-assessment report for each degree 16/09/2015

Audit Team Submission completed 30/09/2015

Stakeholder submission deadline 30/09/2015

DVC(E) to review and approve submission 07/10/2015

Submission to UWA Executive and Review Panel

09/10/2015

Review Panel Meeting 11-13 November 2015

Review Panel Report deadline 11/12/2015

2. AUDIT TEAM MEETINGS WITH FACULTY DEANS

At the inaugural Audit Team meeting on 6th July 2015, members considered it important that Faculty Deans were involved in the Review process from an early stage and it was agreed that individual meetings with Deans, the Dean of Coursework Studies and the relevant members of the Audit Team should be scheduled in the near future in order for Deans to provide input into the self-assessment report (as well as potentially making submissions to the Review Panel at a later stage).

The schedule for meetings with Faculty Deans is included as at Appendix A.

It was previously agreed that the meetings with Faculty Deans should be structured and guided by a common set of question to facilitate identification of shared issues/ concerns/ strengths. The following questions have been identified to date:

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1. What are the perceived successes and strengths as well as weaknesses of the New Courses Framework?

2. Does the New Courses Framework pose challenges for accreditation requirements? (where applicable)

3. What quality assurance mechanisms are in place and how do they perform (Faculty Governance)?

4. Who are the Faculty’s key industry stakeholders that should be invited to make a submission to the Review Panel?

Members of the Audit Team are invited to propose additional questions.

3. STAKEHOLDER INPUT INTO AUDIT TEAM SUBMISSION

At its inaugural meeting, the Review of Courses’ Audit Team discussed the importance of facilitating stakeholder input into the Audit Team’s submission to the Review Panel. While a broad range of stakeholders will be invited to make submissions to the Review Panel, it was considered important that input from key strategic stakeholders such as Faculty Deans would be sought early in the process to be taken into consideration when preparing the degrees’ self-assessment reports.

In addition to Faculty Deans, the Review of Courses’ Project Team discussed input from the following key stakeholders:

3.1 Majors’ Coordinators It is proposed to contact all major coordinators via email and invite them to provide feedback to the Audit Team on a defined set of questions. Feedback from Majors’ Coordinators may be valuable when assessing the structure and performance of the majors within a degree. Members are invited to propose questions for consideration by majors’ coordinators.

3.2 Students It is proposed to conduct a survey of students through the University’s Institutional Research Unit. In conjunction with other data, the survey is intended to assist the Audit Team with assessing the Quality of Students (including student experience) and Quality of Teaching as part of the degrees’ self-assessment. Members are invited to propose questions/ topics for inclusion in the survey and discuss potential additional mechanisms for seeking students’ input into the Audit Team’s assessment.

4. UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING ON 22nd JULY 2015

The Chair will brief Audit Team Members on the outcomes from the University Curriculum Committee meeting on 22nd July 2015, in particular with regards to the proposed Double Major in Psychology and the discussions relating to Category A Broadening Units and Complementary Units.

5. SUBMISSION TEMPLATE AND SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT GUIDELINES

The Review of Courses’ Project Team (comprising Sue Smurthwaite, Kabilan Krishnasamy, Jan Cardy, Maxwell Keeble and Kathrin Stroud), in consultation with the Dean of Coursework Studies, have developed a draft template for the Audit Team’s submission to the Review Panel. The draft submission template is included at Appendix B and members are invited to provide feedback.

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Within the Audit Team, responsibilities for submission preparation have been tentatively assigned as follows:

Submission Section Authors 1. Introduction Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 2. Background and History of New Courses Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 3. Overview of New Courses – Undergraduate

Coursework CoursesGrady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

4. Bachelor of Arts – Structure and Performance Mark Israel and Alan Dench 5. Bachelor of Commerce – Structure and Performance Izan Izan and Nick Letch

6. Bachelor of Design – Structure and Performance Kate Hislop and Grant Revell 7. Bachelor of Science – Structure and Performance Brendan Waddell and Elizabeth

Geelhoed

8. Non-Credit Online Modules Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 9. Indigenous Education Grant Revell 10. Exceptional Circumstances within the New Courses

FrameworkGrady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

11. Quality Assurance – Curriculum Management Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 12. Plans and Procedures for Improvement Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 13. Summary of Performance of Cycle 1 Courses Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

As an accompaniment to the submission template, a guidelines document has been prepared to assist members of the Review of Courses’ Audit Team tasked with the preparation of self-assessment documentation for one of the four Bachelor degrees under review. The establishment of a common review framework for the four Bachelor degrees ensures that the degrees’ structure and performance are assessed based on comparable data. However, the document is intended as a guide only and it is not expected that every performance indicator is addressed in detail. The guidelines should be read in conjunction with the background information (University Policies and previous reports) and informed by the data compiled on the Review of Courses’ dedicated SharePoint site.

The document is included as at Appendix C. Members are invited to provide feedback.

6. SHAREPOINT SITE AND DATA REQUIREMENTS

Members are reminded that a SharePoint site has been established in support of the Review of Courses’ Audit Team. All members now have access to the SharePoint site and are invited to provide feedback and request any additional data to support the degrees’ self-assessment documentation by contacting the Executive Officer.

It has been confirmed that all Members of the Audit Team have access to the University’s Executive Information System (EIS).

7. OTHER BUSINESS

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Faculty Dean EA contact details Required Audit Team members Meeting Details

Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts (ALVA)

Professor Simon

AndersonJane Bisschops: [email protected] (ext. 1881)

Kate Hislop; Grant Revell; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Monday, 27th July, 4-5pm (ALVA Board Room, G02, Ground Floor)

Faculty of Arts Professor Krishna Sen Joanne Smith: [email protected] (ext. 3871)

Mark Isreal; Alan Dench; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Tuesday, 4th August, 10-11am (Dean's Committee Room Faculty of Arts)

UWA Business School Professor Phillip Dolan Tina Pantlin: ƚŝŶĂƉĂŶƚůŝŶΛƵǁĂĞĚƵĂƵ;ĞǆƚϮϱϰϰͿ

Izan Izan; Nick Letch; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Tuesday, 28th July, 9:30-10:30am (Chancellor's Room, Winthrop Tower)

Faculty of Education Professor Helen WildyMartin Swann: [email protected] (ext. 2443)

Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud Thursday, 30th July, 3-4pm (Dean's Office, Faculty of Education)

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Professor John Dell Megan Inkpen: [email protected] ;ext. 3704Ϳ

Brendan Waddell; Elizabeth Geelhoed; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Monday, 10th August 11am-12noon (Venue TBA)

Faulty of Law Professor Erika TecheraRachel Benton: [email protected] (ext. 2949)

Alan Dench; Izan Izan; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Tuesday, 4th August, 12-1pm (Venue TBA)

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Professor Geoffrey Riley (Acting Dean)

Betty Hart:ďĞƚƚǇŚĂƌƚΛƵǁĂĞĚƵĂƵ;ĞǆƚϴϱϱϭͿ


Wednesday, 29th July, 11am to 12noon (Dean's Office Rm 1.08 CTEC Bldg)

Faculty of Science Professor Tony

O'Donnell,

Maureen Hurrleiin: [email protected] (ext. ϴϳϬϰͿ


Monday, 10th August, 9-10am (Board Room, Rm 108 Agriculture Central Bldg)

School of Indigenous Studies Professor Jill MilroySabrina Swift: [email protected] (ext. 7647)

Mark Isreal; Alan Dench; Grady Venville; Kathrin Stroud

Monday, 3rd August, 3:30-4:30pm (SIS Library Room

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File Ref F71207

2015 REVIEW OF COURSES:

x Bachelor of Artsx Bachelor of Commercex Bachelor of Designx Bachelor of Science

SUBMISSION TO REVIEW PANEL

October 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................................................... 2

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 3

2 Background and History of New Courses.............................................................. 3

3 Overview of New Courses – Undergraduate Coursework Courses ..................... 3

4 Bachelor of Arts - Structure and Performance ...................................................... 3

5 Bachelor of Commerce - Structure and Performance ........................................... 3

6 Bachelor of Design - Structure and Performance ................................................. 3

7 Bachelor of Science - Structure and Performance ................................................ 4

8 Non-Credit Online Modules ..................................................................................... 4

9 Indigenous Education ............................................................................................. 4

10 Exceptional Circumstances within the New Courses Framework........................ 5

11 Quality Assurance - Curriculum Management ....................................................... 5

12 Plans and Procedures for Improvement ................................................................ 5

13 Summary of Performance of Cycle 1 Courses ...................................................... 5

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1 Introduction

Review Process and Methodology / Framework and Terms of Reference / Membership

2 Background and History of New Courses

x Context of NC2012 – Education for Tomorrow’s World: Courses of Action(September 2008)

x Reasons / rationale for New Courses

3 Overview of New Courses – Undergraduate Coursework Courses

x Key features of the undergraduate courses frameworkx Summary of changes since new courses (2012-2015) and reasons for changex How are these linked to the educational principles?

4 Bachelor of Arts - Structure and Performance

For inclusion: Audit Teams’ self-assessment report

5 Bachelor of Commerce - Structure and Performance


6 Bachelor of Design - Structure and Performance


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7 Bachelor of Science - Structure and Performance


8 Non-Credit Online Modules

1.1 Academic Conduct Essentials (ACE) online module – requirement for course completion and graduation

1.2 Communication and Research Skills (CARS) online unit – requirement for course completion and graduation

1.3 Indigenous Studies Essentials (ISE) online unit – compulsory unit linked to cultural literacy

EG - As a general target, the University aims by 2016 to ensure that at least 50% of students have undertaken Indigenous specific or Indigenous embedded units in their undergraduate courses. Has this been achieved?

9 Indigenous Education

EG – Extent to which the Curriculum has been indigenised

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10 Exceptional Circumstances within the New Courses Framework

11 Quality Assurance - Curriculum Management

EG – Faculty/school and central review and improvement processes in place – including faculty governance, CAIDi, mapping documents, benchmarking, professional accreditation, etc.

12 Plans and Procedures for Improvement

EG - Recommended improvements at the course level, particularly generic issues across all four courses. Also proposals for improvement at the individual degree course level, if relevant.

13 Summary of Performance of Cycle 1 Courses

EG - Summary analysis of performance across the four degrees – ie combine generic information collected from the four degree sections and vision for the future.

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TRIM file reference: F71207 Document date: 2015-07-01

Review of Courses – Cycle 1 Self-assessment documentation guidelines

1 Introduction

This guideline document has been prepared to assist members of the Review of Courses’ Audit Team tasked with the preparation of self-assessment documentation for one of the four Bachelor degrees under review. The establishment of a common review framework for the four Bachelor degrees ensures that the degrees’ structure and performance are assessed based on comparable data. However, the document is intended as a guide only and it is not expected that every performance indicator is addressed in detail. The guidelines should be read in conjunction with the background information (University Policies and previous reports) and informed by the data compiled on the Review of Courses’ dedicated SharePoint site.

Each of the four self-assessment reports is expected to be compiled as stand-alone documents which will be included as chapters in the main submission to the Review Panel.

Within the Audit Team, responsibilities for submission preparation have been assigned as follows:

Submission Section Authors 1. Introduction Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 2. Background and History of New Courses Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 3. Overview of New Courses – Undergraduate

Coursework CoursesGrady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

4. Bachelor of Arts – Structure and Performance Mark Israel and Alan Dench 5. Bachelor of Commerce – Structure and

PerformanceIzan Izan and Nick Letch

6. Bachelor of Design – Structure and Performance Kate Hislop and Grant Revell7. Bachelor of Science – Structure and

PerformanceBrendan Waddell and Elizabeth Geelhoed

8. Non-Credit Online Modules Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 9. Indigenous Education Grant Revell 10. Exceptional Circumstances within the New

Courses FrameworkGrady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

11. Quality Assurance – Curriculum Management Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 12. Plans and Procedures for Improvement Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud 13. Summary of Performance of Cycle 1 Courses Grady Venville and Kathrin Stroud

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For more information or additional information requests, please contact the Executive Officer, Ms Kathrin Stroud on [email protected] or 08 6488 8125.

Course codes In some sources of data, the courses are referred to by their codes, often to distinguish New Courses undergraduate degrees from their pre-2012 equivalents. The codes are provided below for reference.

Cycle 1 course Pass degree

Honours

Bachelor of Arts BP001 BH001 Bachelor of Commerce BP002 BH002 Bachelor of Design BP003 BH003 Bachelor of Science BP004 BH004 Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons)*

n/a BH005

*The Bachelor of Philosophy is mentioned for completeness only but isnot included in the review of the Cycle 1 Undergraduate degrees in whose context this document has been prepared.

2 Self-Assessment Criteria

In addition to general information applicable to all four degrees in the undergraduate component of New Courses, the Audit Team’s submission to the Review of Courses’ Review Panel is expected to include a self-assessment report for each degree.

It is proposed that the self-assessment report takes the following aspects and associated data into account when analysing the degree’s structure and performance, opportunities for improvement and recommendations for change. It is important that the assessment is evidence-based and that the relevant evidence (data, benchmarking, stakeholder input, surveys etc.) are included in the report for the Review Panel’s consideration.

2.1 Executive Summary

Knowledge paradigm, structure, content and quality - under the following headings address: ¾ Breadth and scope of majors offered in the knowledge paradigm of the degree;¾ Areas of success/commendation - evidence based;¾ Areas where improvements/change have occurred and reasons for change;¾ Recommendations for further change/improvements (evidence based)¾ Overview of significant curriculum changes for implementation in 2016 (e.g. rescissions of

majors in Faculty of Arts)

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2.2 Quality of the Course

The following aspects may be considered:

¾ Course completion data¾ Course attrition rates¾ The extent of service learning

2.3 Structure of the Majors


¾ Extent to which structure of the majors have undergone changes since commencement¾ Distinctiveness of the majors and content overlap¾ Proportion of units within a major that are core and options and developmental progression

within majors – review the academic soundness of progression¾ Extent to which the embedding of the communication and research skills within majors

deliver the aims of New Courses¾ Types, scope and volume of rule waivers relating to majors – key observations and

prospects for change¾ Concept of Complementary Units

2.4 Units – Categories and individual performance


¾ Unit enrolments and SURF¾ The usage of complementary units in the structure of majors¾ To what extent are complementary units compulsory¾ The performance of Category A and B Broadening units¾ How do students complete the Category A broadening requirement? (Category A

Broadening Unit enrolment vs study abroad vs LOTE vs unit offered by the School ofIndigenous Studies)

¾ Electives and LOTE

2.5 Embedding Communication and Research Skills


¾ In addition to the non-credit online modules (Section 8, Submission to Review Panel), howmany units address communication and research skills?

2.6 Indigenous Education


¾ The extent to which individual students have indigenised their studies –identify units withcontent relating to indigenous matters and look at their enrolment numbers (unit list to begenerated from CAIDi)

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2.7 Quality of Students / Student Experience


¾ Course WAM on completion¾ Entry Score Distribution in Major x Course level¾ Quality of students at intake (ATAR)¾ Students on study abroad/ exchange: were they able to complete on time?¾ Were the study abroad targets in OPP met (targets versus actuals)?¾ How many % of the Top 5% High School graduates go to UWA?¾ The extent of service learning¾ University Experience Survey (UES) data¾ International Students Barometer (ISB) data¾ Student Services surveys¾ Graduate Destinations¾

2.8 Quality of Teaching- including Assessment


¾ SURF: improvements based on SURF data analysis¾ Comparative marking levels¾ (Note: a separate Review of Assessment is ongoing)

2.9 Quality Assurance Mechanisms/ Curriculum Management


¾ Current review and improvements processes¾ Faculty/ School governance and curriculum management¾ UWA’s online curriculum management system (CAIDi)¾ Curriculum mapping requirements and implementation¾ Benchmarking¾ Professional Accreditation requirements

2.10 Other Degree-Specific Issues (if relevant)

2.11 Other Generic Issues (if relevant and to inform generic submission sections)

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U W A / S I S

Legal Studies Strategy Program 2015-‐2016

The University of Western Australia

School of Indigenous Studies, WA 6009

Phone: 6488 2973 Fax: 6488 1100

E-‐Mail: [email protected]

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l a w a n d S I S u n i t a s s e s s m e n t s .

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• U n i t c o o r d i n a t i o n , s e m e s t e r 2 A D I L S : I N D G 2 2 0 0 ‘ A d v a n c e d I n d i g e n o u s L e g a l S t u d i e s ’ – m u l t i m o d e / c o n f e r e c n e / f a c e t o f a c e .

• T r a n s i t i o n t o J D s t u d i e s w o r k s h o p a t c o m p l e t i o n o f c o u r s e ( 1 d a y i n t e n s i v e ) i n N o v e m b e r / D e c e m b e r

J u r i s D o c t o r / L L B A c a d em i c S u p p o r t

• F e b r u a r y ( w e e k b e f o r e s e m e s t e r ) : 2 d a y i n t e n s i v e w o r k s h o p o n f i r s t y e a r u n i t s : C r i m i n a l l a w , C o n t r a c t l a w , P r o p e r t y a n d L e g a l P r o c e s s a n d s t u d y m e t h o d s f o r a l l s t u d e n t s i n A D I L S & u n d e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s .

• F i r s t t w o w e e k s : a s s i s t s t u d e n t s i d e n t i f y m a j o r c a s e s t o r e a d a n d s u mm a r i z e f o r e a c h u n i t .

• P r o v i d e b o o k s o n l o a n t o s t u d e n t s a s n e e d e d . • C o o r d i n a t o r t o h a v e a c c e s s t o J D u n i t s L M S / B l a c k b o a r d a n d a d v i s e

s t u d e n t s a b o u t a s s e s s m e n t s , e x a m i n a t i o n s , r e a d i n g s , p r a c t i c e e x a m s . • C o o r d i n a t o r t o i d e n t i f y s t u d e n t s r e q u i r i n g I T A S t u t o r i n g . • C o o r d i n a t o r t o p r o v i d e w e e k l y t u t o r i a l s a n d d e b r i e f w i t h s t u d e n t s 1 h r x

1 0 w e e k s s e m e s t e r 1 ; 1 h r x 1 0 w e e k s s e m e s t e r 2 . • T u t o r t o s e e s t u d e n t s o n ‘ a s n e e d s ’ b a s i s i n d i v i d u a l l y w h e n a s s e s s m e n t s

a r e d u e . • C o o r d i n a t o r t o c o m p l e t e s t u d e n t a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m f o r s p e c i a l

c o n s i d e r a t i o n w h e n n e e d e d . • P r o g r e s s r e p o r t / c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h s t u d e n t s a b o u t a l l u n i t s i n J D b y m i d

A p r i l b e f o r e c u t o f f d a t e t o w i t h d r a w w i t h o u t p e n a l t y a n d H E C S f e e s . • C o o r d i n a t o r t o l i a i s e w i t h L a w S c h o o l A s s o c . D e a n ( S t u d e n t s ) f o r s p e c i a l

c o n s i d e r a t i o n / u n i t w i t h d r a w l w i t h o u t p e n a l t y . • E x a m i n a t i o n p r e p a r a t i o n c l a s s e s p r o v i d e d b y t u t o r a n d / o r I T A S t u t o r s –

M a y -‐ J u n e ( 3 d a y s ) a n d N o v e m b e r ( 3 d a y s )

3 . Communi ty o f Ind igenous lega l scho lars a t UWA

• T u t o r t o h o l d l a w s t u d e n t e v e n t s a n d s u p e r v i s e c o n f e r e n c e a t t e n d a n c e a n d p a r t i c i p a t i o n .

• A f t e r n o o n t e a s w i t h s t u d e n t s a n d l e g a l p r o f e s s i o n a l s a n d o t h e r e v e n t s o r g a n i z e d b y t u t o r a n d S I S s t u d e n t s u p p o r t s t a f f .

• D i s s e m i n a t i o n o f t o p i c a l I n d i g e n o u s r i g h t s i s s u e s a n d w o r k s h o p s f o r a l l I n d i g e n o u s l a w s t u d e n t s f r o m e n a b l i n g , u n d e r g r a d u a t e l a w a n d s o c i e t y t o J D l e v e l s d u r i n g t h e y e a r .

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4. Work ing wi th VET sector – Centra l Ins t i tute o f Technology

• C e n t r a l I n d i g e n o u s D i p l o m a g r a d u a t e s t o b e g u a r a n t e e d e n t r y i n t o A D I L S o r L a w a n d S o c i e t y u n d e r g r a d u a t e m a j o r , s u b j e c t t o S I S A d m i s s i o n s ‘ O p e n D a y ’ . ( s e e f l y e r )

• Wo r k i n g w i t h C e n t r a l t o i d e n t i f y s t u d e n t s n e e d i n g p r i o r u n i v e r s i t y t r a n s i t i o n a l s u p p o r t c o u r s e s , s u c h a s e s s a y w r i t i n g a n d r e s e a r c h , a c a d e m i c s t u d y s k i l l s , u n i v e r s i t y f a c i l i t i e s .

Centra l /Koo lark/S IS meet ing 12 August 2016 • U n i C o n n e c t 1 0 a m -‐ 1 2 p m • M e e t i n g h e l d w i t h C e n t r a l H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n M a n a g e r S u s a n J a c o b s , K o o l a r k

M a n a g e r K i m H a n s e n , M e l T h o m a s , M a r i l y n S t r o t h e r a n d G a b e G a r r a t t . I n P r o g r e s s – R e c i p r o c a l r e f e r r a l o f s t u d e n t s b e t w e e n K o o l a r k a n d S I S . T e m p l a t e M e m o r a n d u m o f U n d e r s t a n d i n g b e i n g s e n t t o S I S w i t h t h e a n t i c i p a t e d g o a l t h a t s t u d e n t s w h o s t r u g g l e a t U W A a r e r e f e r r e d t o C e n t r a l A b o r i g i n a l e n a b l i n g c o u r s e s a n d p o t e n t i a l C e n t r a l s t u d e n t s a d v i s e d r e f e r r e d t o S I S .

• C e n t r a l a n d S I S s u b m i t t e d a j o i n t O L T S e e d G r a n t p a r t n e r s h i p a p p l i c a t i o n ( s e e o v e r )

• C e n t r a l a n d S I S t o p u r s u e t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e p r o p o s a l r e g a r d l e s s o f f u n d i n g s u c c e s s . T B A

5. Age demograph ics in Law A D I L S – g r o w i n g i n t e r e s t a n d e n r o l m e n t b y m a t u r e a g e w o m e n w h o w i s h t o s t u d y p a r t - t i m e . A D I L S i s a m a t u r e a g e e n t r y c o u r s e . L a w a n d S o c i e t y – g r a d u a t e s f r o m O r i e n t a t i o n u n d e r 2 5 y e a r s ; y e a r 1 2 s c h o o l l e a v e r s J u r i s D o c t o r : m i d t w e n t i e s .

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6. Market ing Law Programs S e e C e n t r a l a n d S I S F l y e r ( O v e r ) S e e L a w M a t t e r s P r o g r a m - R a d i o i n t e r v i e w w i t h M e l a n d A L S 2 9 J u l y 2 0 1 5 a t : h t t p : / / w w w . a l s . o r g . a u / i n d e x . p h p ? o p t i o n = c o m _ c o n t e n t & v i e w = a r t i c l e & i d = 3 8 9 : la w - m a t t e r s - p r o g r a m - 8 4 - 2 9 t h - j u l y - 2 0 1 5 & c a t i d = 2 4 : r a d i o -p r o g r a m s & I t e m i d = 6 0 h t t p : / / w w w . a l s . o r g . a u / i n d e x . p h p ? o p t i o n = c o m _ c o n t e n t & v ie w = a r t i c l e & i d = 3 8 9 : l a w - m a t t e r s - p r o g r a m - 8 4 - 2 9 t h - j u l y - 2 0 1 5 & c a t i d = 2 4 : r a d i o -p r o g r a m s & I t e m i d = 6 0

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DRAFT

IKHH Major Units in Albany, 2016 Level 1 INDG1150 INDG1160 Level 2 INDG2300* INDG2500 INDG2700

Level 2 Options for Students who have completed INDG1140 and cannot take INDG2700 (in order of preference)

1. We ask for the flexibility to use a suitable level 2 unit from another discipline (eg. HIST/ANTH) and the major assignment is written on a topic relevant to Indigenous studies

è HIST2003 Crises & Controversies in Australia History (Shino Konishi) – available in Albany in 2016; students can choose essay topic. Prereq of lvl 1 HIST unit may be waived at Jennifer O’Neil’s request.

2. We offer INDG2600 or VISA2051 as an intensive unit. Jennifer may be ble to find someone in Albany with the appropriate qualifications to tutor this unit.

Level 3 INDG3300* INDG3400*

+ One of the following level 3 options INDG3800 as an intensive unit, perhaps including field trip component involving Stephen Hopper and his existing work [Jennifer would like to discuss this further] INDG3600 OR INDG3700 (although these units are designed to be taken concurrently)

*These units have not been offered in Albany prior to 2016. Unit coordinators will need to be consulted and we’ll have to find appropriate tutors in Albany.

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The University of Western Australia School of Indigenous Studies … · 2015. 9. 4. · Recommendation: That this committee endorses the proposed changes to the prerequisites for