Mobility Assessment Selection Technology

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Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and
E-learning Research Bart Rienties (University
Maastricht) Richard Parsons (University of
Dundee) http//www.masterproject.info/
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• Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and
  E-learning Research
• General introduction (15 minutes)
• What is the main problem?
• How are we going to tackle this?
• Workshop element 1 (10 minutes) Summercourse or
  not?
• Workshop element 2 (15 minutes) Design your own
  course
• Quick round-off

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• Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and
  E-learning Research
• Bologna process
• increase mobility
• accessibility of education
• Problems match expectations master students
  university
• How to find appropriate university?
• How to assess qualifications of student?
• How to remediate (if necessary)?

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Prior Knowledge student UM (UCM)
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The overall objective of this project is twofold
Developing an innovative learning environment
which will help prospective European masters
degree students in making their selection of
programme by allowing for more informed decision
making and providing an online preparation prior
to them beginning their masters degree
programme. to give the universities an
opportunity to inform students about their
programmes, increase the completion rates and
improve on time completion. In this way, a
student should be able to make a more informed
choice, refresh or acquire the necessary skills
while at the same time forming a bond with the
university at an early stage all of which will
possibly increase the likeliness of their
obtaining a masters degree.
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Expected impact will be that masters students

• Make a better choice of study
• Reducing drop-out rates
• Reducing costs for both student and institution
• Increasing access to higher education, and
  generally encouraging student mobility.

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The results of this project
1) Didactical Framework WP 2.1 Research of
different didactical frameworks WP 2.2 Quick scan
of experiences with online remedial teaching WP
2.3 Selection of didactical model of online
remedial teaching for pilots in phase I. 2)
Assessment Tools WP 3.1 Analysis of Online
assessment tools WP 3.2 Analysis of E-portfolio
tools WP 3.3 Open source vs. commercial packages
assessment tools WP 3.4 Draft protocol for
Assessment 3) Eight Remedial Teaching Pilots The
results will be presented at a final Conference
in the Netherlands, and in a minimum of three
publications.
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Eight Remedial Teaching Pilots
UM Pilot 1 Political and Social Sciences UM Pilot
2 Economics UM Pilot 3 Quantitative Methods UM
Pilot 4 Finance Dundee Pilot 1 Intercultural
communication Dundee Pilot 2 Masters English in a
Professional Contexts SU Pilot 1 Critical
Thinking in MA studies SU Pilot 2 Intercultural
Education for MA Studies Internationalisation FHL
Pilot 1 Scientific Research FHL Pilot 2
Preparatory course for virtual master studies
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Workshop group assignment 1 (10 minutes)

• Discuss briefly in group of 3-5
• Does your institution face similar problems?
• If yes? How does your institute tackle these
  problems?
• If no ? Do you think that in future your
  institute is capable to tackle these problems?

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Richard Parsons 200x), A Model for Understanding,
Benchmarking and Enhancing HE Discipline-Based
Education, Including the Impact of Learning
Technologies. University of Dundee
A Model for Understanding, Benchmarking and
Enhancing HE Discipline-Based Education,
Including the Impact of Learning Technologies
Analysis Programme review, market surveys, risk
analysis, financials, ideas, synthesis, external
influences
Strategy Decisions investment Staff
appointments promotions Staff development Staff
workload allocations New programmes
modules Support service resource
enhancement Support service resource
reduction Marketing investment
Environmental Influences External SFC QAA,
Institutional, Staff makeup, Traditions,
Discipline benchmarks, Research activity
Society
Students
Employers
Graduates
Learning and Teaching Approaches
1. Discipline pedagogies
New course opportunities ()
2. Learning activities
3. Assessment activities
Student completion statistics
4. Administration, information, co- and
extracurricular activities
Measures Resolution at discipline and
institutional level Financial position Peer
institutions Press league tables KPIs Student
satisfaction data HESA returns Student recruitment
Evaluation Benchmarking
Supporting Educational Services
Academic support
QA support
Staff education
Teaching facilities
eLearning support
Teaching workload
Library support
Evaluation Benchmarking
ITS support
Third party measurement
National Student Survey
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Richard Parsons 200x), A Model for Understanding,
Benchmarking and Enhancing HE Discipline-Based
Education, Including the Impact of Learning
Technologies. University of Dundee
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Richard Parsons 200x), A Model for Understanding,
Benchmarking and Enhancing HE Discipline-Based
Education, Including the Impact of Learning
Technologies. University of Dundee
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Richard Parsons 200x), A Model for Understanding,
Benchmarking and Enhancing HE Discipline-Based
Education, Including the Impact of Learning
Technologies. University of Dundee
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Workshop group assignment 2 (15 minutes)

• Discuss in group of 3-5
• If you have summer programme? How does your
  institute tackle these problems with Parsons
  Model?
• If you do not have a summer programme ? How would
  you set-up a summercourse programme using the
  pedagogies/tools/studytime you think are
  appropriate?

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Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and
E-learning Research Bart Rienties (University
Maastricht) Richard Parsons (University of
Dundee) http//www.masterproject.info/