1 it tralee : context changing to credit based modular learning a paradigm shift? dr. noel mulligan,...
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IT Tralee : Context
Changing to Credit Based Modular LearningA Paradigm Shift?
Dr. Noel Mulligan, Modularisation Project ManagerInstitute of Technology, Tralee.
Accreditation and Assessment in Higher Education - The Emerging ScenarioNUI, Maynooth, 25th January 2007
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NOTE for Audience
Handout of Presentation includes
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Credit Based Modular Learning – How much of a change?
Education Super SystemEducation SystemsInstitutionsAcademics
Learners
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What we are doing at IT Tralee
Major Programmatic ReviewModularisation/SemesterisationRestructuringReconstructingChanging how we fulfil our MissionChallenging ourselves
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Why we are Restructuring/Reconstructing/Changing
Bologna ProcessNational Framework of Qualifications (NFQ)Learner FocusMarket for Higher Education ServicesPursuing Best Practice
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Our Experience of Change as Academics
Becoming a ‘Lecturer’/TeacherGradual Development of ProgrammesInstitutional and Programmatic ReviewDelegation of AuthorityTransfer of Programmes to the NFQNo experience of ‘Fundamental Change’
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Centrality of Learning Outcomes and Credits – The Paradigm Shift
Learner Input (ECTS Credits)Learning ProcessAssessment and GradingProgrammesAwards
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‘Real’ Learner Centred Education
Exclusive v Inclusive Institutional Status v Learning Community
Academic ‘Freedom’ v Learner Needs & Wants Field Expertise v Pedagogy
Teaching v LearningInput v Output
Syllabus Content v Learning Outcomes(Familiar) v (Unfamiliar)
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Importance of Learning Outcomes and Credits for Academics
Academics Conceive/Design/Develop/Deliver/Assess Education Programmes and Award Credits for the learning that is achievedAcademics are at the coalface of the Bologna Process and are ultimately responsible for
• Transparency• Recognition• Mobility
Academics must have an in-depth understanding of Learning Outcomes and Credits
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Foundation for Understanding of Learning Outcomes and Credits
Learning and LearnersStandards, Level and Volume (Knowledge, Skill and Competence)Assessment
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Learning Outcomes and Credits –A Shared Interpretation
A Common Currency in a Seamless SectorOpportunity for ConvergenceRisk of DivergenceAvoid cul-de-sacs