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How are our learners changing and what are their
needs/expectations for flexible curricula?
Learner expectations
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc002
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Learner expectations
 Financial issues.
 Changing learner demographics and
the diverse needs of specific learner
groups.
 Increasing demand for employability,
digital literacy, careers and lifelong
learning skills.
 Need for greater flexibility in time,
pace, content and place of study.
 Need to belong to an academic,
learning and social community.
 Flexibility in entry/exit into higher
education.
 Need to recognise prior learning
(formal and experiential) and simpler
articulation between colleges and HE.
 Demand for flexible and sustainable
support for induction, personal,
professional and academic
development.
 Opportunities to learn using a range of
technologies.
 Need for personalised learner course
content, and course information,
guidance and support, starting at
enrolment.
 …………………………………………………………..
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What are the key Government and sector drivers having an impact on the
institution that may influence the need for and design of flexible curricula?
Key Government
and sector drivers
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc003
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
 Expectation to respond to shifting
Government policies, priorities and
plans eg
 widening participation
 business-university collaboration
 learner employability and
entrepreneurialism
 digital Scotland
 curriculum for excellence
 articulation
 skills strategy
 student engagement
 lifelong learning
 Scottish higher education in a regional
and international context.
 The Bologna Process.
 The UN Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development.
 The Scottish higher education Quality
Enhancement Framework.
 UK visa and immigration changing
rules and practices.
 ………………………………………………………
Key Government and sector drivers
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What are the key institutional drivers, goals and priorities that will
influence the need for and design of flexible curricula?
Institutional drivers,
goals and priorities
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc004
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Institutional drivers, goals and priorities
 Outcome agreements.
 Expectation to respond to institutional
and local strategies and planning
processes, eg
 teaching, learning and assessment
 technology-enhanced/blended learning
 management information services
 library
 estates
 internationalisation and globalisation
 employability/graduate attributes/digital
literacies
 learner engagement
 work-based learning/employer
engagement
 widening participation including
articulation and recognition of prior
learning
 business plans (institutional, local and
programme)
 quality assurance and enhancement
 recruitment/retention targets and
approaches
 sustainable development
 learner extra-curricular activities and
accreditation
 Curriculum for excellence.
 Responding to league tables and public
data eg NSS, KIS, student employability,
external examiner reports, QAA audits.
 …………………………………………………………….
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What is the impact on the need for and design of flexible curricula of
globalisation and internationalisation, including international
competition?
Globalisation and
internationalisation
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc005
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Globalisation and internationalisation
 Global university rankings (eg quality
of education, quality of faculty,
performance).
 Internationalisation of curriculum
content, delivery and student
experience.
 Recruiting and preparing international
students for local or remote study.
 Students wanting to study abroad.
 Transnational arrangements eg
overseas campuses, collaborative
agreements for teaching by local staff.
 Sustainability and its links to global
citizenship.
 International collaboration in
curriculum design and delivery.
 Cross-border quality assessment
practices.
 Institutional internationalisation,
collaboration (eg in quality
enhancement and educational
innovation) and benchmarking.
 Mass higher education eg in
developing countries.
 ……………………………………………………..
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What are the key needs of employers and employer bodies
in respect of flexible curricula?
Employer and employer body
needs and expectations
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc006
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Employer and employer body needs and expectations
 Programmes align with employer
strategic objectives and goals.
 Partnership working is developed and
sustained with employers.
 Programmes align with standards eg
national occupational and professional
body standards.
 Programmes and associated
qualifications offer cross-border mobility.
 Partnerships and joined-up approaches
are developed and sustained with
educational providers.
 Employees are supported by
employers and institution, using eg
mentoring.
 Programmes develop employability-
related skills.
 Work-related learning opportunities
are developed that are cost-effective
and efficient.
 Work-based learning offers flexible
delivery.
 …………………………………………………………
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What factors are influencing how we teach and how do
these act as drivers for flexible curricula approaches?
Changes in how we teach
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc040
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Change in how we teach
 Increasing need for continuity of
support for academic, personal and
professional development throughout
a modular programme (starting at
induction).
 Need to demonstrate and evidence
knowledge, capabilities and attributes
through use of e-portfolios, reflection
etc.
 Need to develop autonomous, self-
directed learners, capable of self-
review through eg assessment.
 Working, learning and communicating
are affected by the use of
technologies/new media.
 Learners have access to low-cost
consumer devices and Cloud-based
services that can be exploited for
learning.
 Learners are involved with curriculum
design, delivery and evaluation.
 Increasing focus on research-informed
teaching and learning in some
institutions.
 ………………………………………………………….
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What factors are influencing what we teach and how do
these act as drivers for flexible curricula approaches?
Changes in what we teach
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc007
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Change in what we teach
 Knowledge, ideas, information, data,
people are increasingly available via the
internet.
 Broadening of some discipline areas
and development of interdisciplinarity.
 Some discipline areas need to updated
more frequently than others.
 Increase in demand to address
graduate attributes and employability
skills.
 Expectation that programmes should
develop learner skills such as critical
thinking, problem identification and
solving, enquiry, knowledge building,
creativity, initiative, digital literacy and
entrepreneurialism.
 Access is increasing to a wide range of
free open educational resources, open
source tools, open data and free/near-
free Cloud-based and mobile apps.
 ……………………………………………………………
.
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations
What factors are influencing retention (noting that between 33% and
42% of students think about withdrawing from HE) and how will these
influence the design and delivery of flexible curricula?
Retention
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
http://tiny.cc/qaafc008
What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
Retention
 Concerns about the demands of
academic study, confidence and the
achievement of future aspirations.
 Funding and cost of living problems.
 Learners face conflicting demands for
their time.
 Change of circumstances eg health,
employment.
 Lack of inclusion in the learning,
academic and social community
(starting pre-entry).
 Lack of access to personalised
information, guidance, performance
data and support.
 Learner special needs insufficiently
addressed.
 ………………………………………………………..
QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula
Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home
Considerations

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Flexible Curricula Viewpoints cards - Drivers and needs for flexible curricula

  • 1. How are our learners changing and what are their needs/expectations for flexible curricula? Learner expectations QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc002 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 2. Learner expectations  Financial issues.  Changing learner demographics and the diverse needs of specific learner groups.  Increasing demand for employability, digital literacy, careers and lifelong learning skills.  Need for greater flexibility in time, pace, content and place of study.  Need to belong to an academic, learning and social community.  Flexibility in entry/exit into higher education.  Need to recognise prior learning (formal and experiential) and simpler articulation between colleges and HE.  Demand for flexible and sustainable support for induction, personal, professional and academic development.  Opportunities to learn using a range of technologies.  Need for personalised learner course content, and course information, guidance and support, starting at enrolment.  ………………………………………………………….. QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 3. What are the key Government and sector drivers having an impact on the institution that may influence the need for and design of flexible curricula? Key Government and sector drivers QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc003 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 4.  Expectation to respond to shifting Government policies, priorities and plans eg  widening participation  business-university collaboration  learner employability and entrepreneurialism  digital Scotland  curriculum for excellence  articulation  skills strategy  student engagement  lifelong learning  Scottish higher education in a regional and international context.  The Bologna Process.  The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.  The Scottish higher education Quality Enhancement Framework.  UK visa and immigration changing rules and practices.  ……………………………………………………… Key Government and sector drivers QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 5. What are the key institutional drivers, goals and priorities that will influence the need for and design of flexible curricula? Institutional drivers, goals and priorities QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc004 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 6. Institutional drivers, goals and priorities  Outcome agreements.  Expectation to respond to institutional and local strategies and planning processes, eg  teaching, learning and assessment  technology-enhanced/blended learning  management information services  library  estates  internationalisation and globalisation  employability/graduate attributes/digital literacies  learner engagement  work-based learning/employer engagement  widening participation including articulation and recognition of prior learning  business plans (institutional, local and programme)  quality assurance and enhancement  recruitment/retention targets and approaches  sustainable development  learner extra-curricular activities and accreditation  Curriculum for excellence.  Responding to league tables and public data eg NSS, KIS, student employability, external examiner reports, QAA audits.  ……………………………………………………………. QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 7. What is the impact on the need for and design of flexible curricula of globalisation and internationalisation, including international competition? Globalisation and internationalisation QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc005 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 8. Globalisation and internationalisation  Global university rankings (eg quality of education, quality of faculty, performance).  Internationalisation of curriculum content, delivery and student experience.  Recruiting and preparing international students for local or remote study.  Students wanting to study abroad.  Transnational arrangements eg overseas campuses, collaborative agreements for teaching by local staff.  Sustainability and its links to global citizenship.  International collaboration in curriculum design and delivery.  Cross-border quality assessment practices.  Institutional internationalisation, collaboration (eg in quality enhancement and educational innovation) and benchmarking.  Mass higher education eg in developing countries.  …………………………………………………….. QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 9. What are the key needs of employers and employer bodies in respect of flexible curricula? Employer and employer body needs and expectations QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc006 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 10. Employer and employer body needs and expectations  Programmes align with employer strategic objectives and goals.  Partnership working is developed and sustained with employers.  Programmes align with standards eg national occupational and professional body standards.  Programmes and associated qualifications offer cross-border mobility.  Partnerships and joined-up approaches are developed and sustained with educational providers.  Employees are supported by employers and institution, using eg mentoring.  Programmes develop employability- related skills.  Work-related learning opportunities are developed that are cost-effective and efficient.  Work-based learning offers flexible delivery.  ………………………………………………………… QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 11. What factors are influencing how we teach and how do these act as drivers for flexible curricula approaches? Changes in how we teach QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc040 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 12. Change in how we teach  Increasing need for continuity of support for academic, personal and professional development throughout a modular programme (starting at induction).  Need to demonstrate and evidence knowledge, capabilities and attributes through use of e-portfolios, reflection etc.  Need to develop autonomous, self- directed learners, capable of self- review through eg assessment.  Working, learning and communicating are affected by the use of technologies/new media.  Learners have access to low-cost consumer devices and Cloud-based services that can be exploited for learning.  Learners are involved with curriculum design, delivery and evaluation.  Increasing focus on research-informed teaching and learning in some institutions.  …………………………………………………………. QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 13. What factors are influencing what we teach and how do these act as drivers for flexible curricula approaches? Changes in what we teach QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc007 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 14. Change in what we teach  Knowledge, ideas, information, data, people are increasingly available via the internet.  Broadening of some discipline areas and development of interdisciplinarity.  Some discipline areas need to updated more frequently than others.  Increase in demand to address graduate attributes and employability skills.  Expectation that programmes should develop learner skills such as critical thinking, problem identification and solving, enquiry, knowledge building, creativity, initiative, digital literacy and entrepreneurialism.  Access is increasing to a wide range of free open educational resources, open source tools, open data and free/near- free Cloud-based and mobile apps.  …………………………………………………………… . QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations
  • 15. What factors are influencing retention (noting that between 33% and 42% of students think about withdrawing from HE) and how will these influence the design and delivery of flexible curricula? Retention QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula http://tiny.cc/qaafc008 What’s driving the need for flexible curricula?
  • 16. Retention  Concerns about the demands of academic study, confidence and the achievement of future aspirations.  Funding and cost of living problems.  Learners face conflicting demands for their time.  Change of circumstances eg health, employment.  Lack of inclusion in the learning, academic and social community (starting pre-entry).  Lack of access to personalised information, guidance, performance data and support.  Learner special needs insufficiently addressed.  ……………………………………………………….. QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: http://wiki.ulster.ac.uk/display/VPR/Home Considerations