Anatomy of a Unit

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Anatomy of a Unit

• Dr Jason Giri
• Teaching and Learning Coordinator

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The Unit Description

• Organisation
• Objectives
• Content
• Learning Tasks and Assessment
• Responsibilities
• Resources

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Organisation (Skeleton)

• A unit has a specific structure
• Lectures
• Labs
• Tutorials
• Timetabling
• Instructional
• Self Directed

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Objectives (Brain)

• Usually Related to Blooms Taxonomy
• Skills, Knowledge, Values
• Teaching seeks to facilitate these objectives

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Content (Food)

• Topics for study
• What most students (and many teachers)
  concentrate on
• A blueprint for the semesters sequence
• Important but not the whole game

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Learning Tasks and Assessment (Stomach)

• Tightly linked
• A learning task is something the student
  undertakes
• Designed to provide insight for the student
• Not designed to simply test compliance
• Should be facilitating objectives

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Learning Tasks and Assessment

• Formative Assessment
• Summative Assessment
• Invigilated Assesment
• Non-Invigilated Assessment
• Feedback and Timelines
• 2 week turnaround

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Responsibilities (Conscience)

• Students
• Extensions
• Plagiarism
• Academic Regs
• Student Support
• Staff
• Abide by the rules
• Plagiarism

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Resources (Blood)

• For students
• Lecture Notes
• References
• Text Book
• Blackboard
• Staff (You)

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Resources

• For Staff
• Unit Coordinator
• Tutors
• TL Coordinator (Me)
• Other Staff
• ITMS Website
• References / Text Book / Lecture Notes