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Welcome to the
Co-Creating with Students:
(Students as Partners) Showcase
@uqITaLI #UQSSP #studentsaspartners
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the
University of Queensland is situated, the Turrbal/Jagera people
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
Dr Marissa Edwards
Stephanie MacMahon
Annita Nugent
William Bingley
Students as Partners ShowcasePhD Students as Partners: Designing a
Workshop for Stress Management
and Resiliency
The PhD Journey
The Challenge
• Multiple researchers have argued that postgraduate study can be a stressful and challenging experience, and may have an adverse impact on students’ well-being (El-Ghoroury, Galper, Sawaqdeh & Bufka, 2012; Evans, Bira, Gastelum, Weiss & Vanderford, 2018; Pain, 2017)
• Recent studies indicate that around one in two PhD students report experiencing psychological distress (Levecque et al., 2017)
• The prevalence of mental health issues in PhD student samples is significantly higher than the general population (e.g., Barry, Woods, Warnecke, Stirling & Martin, 2018; Evans et al., 2017; Woolston, 2018)
Why is this occurring and what can we do about it?
Student Voices
• It is important to engage PhD students as partners in the workshop process to capture the diversity of students’ experiences
• Key findings to date include:
• Importance of encouraging voice at multiple time points (i.e., workshop development, review, post-workshop feedback, peer support, etc.)
• Acknowledgment that each student experience is unique
• Identification of key “moments” for intervention
• Sources of stress• Uncertainty
• Imposter syndrome
• External pressures (finances, work-life balance, etc.)
• Stress management strategies
Future Plans and Opportunities
• Planning to build on initial discussions and recruit five student partners to develop and review materials for a pilot workshop in 2019 – please speak to us if you are interested!
Thank you
Dr Marissa Edwards
Stephanie MacMahon
Annita Nugent
William Bingley
CHIN3020 SSP
Chinese for the FutureCo-creation, teaching consultancy,
blended learning developing, and evaluation
for second-year Written and Spoken Chinese courses
• Meeting the demands for bigger classes
• Being facilitators of learning
Working towards a future with students as the centre of learning
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• How we did these:
- Collaborative writing task with the National Taiwan Normal University
(NTNU)
- Weekly virtual meetings
- Video making assessment
• What we learned:
- Students appreciate feedback
- Different to normal assessment
- Making it a cross-course assessment
Course specific (1)
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Video assessment gives students a way to proactively engage
with learning Chinese
It transforms the role of tutors from that of teachers to facilitators
of learning
Difficulties:
Students misread task, talking about global issues from a
Chinese, rather than China- Australia shared perspective.
The assignment platform Cirrus was confusing; students
encountered submission difficulties.
Course specific (2)
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• NTNU collaborative writing and video making assessment as a
model for course.
• Provides students with small online class environment and
personalized feedback.
• Engages all language skills, integrated with Spoken units
Cross-course connections
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• Utilizing survey, focus group and online forums to engage students
and give them input into course structure
• Ensures students as collaborative partners: asking students what
can be changed in terms of assessment, the course and major
wide.
• Flipped classroom design is on the agenda for future courses
Cross year – 2019 and beyond
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• What can and should a university language course in 2018 offer?
• Key questions
- Continue development of cross course assessment items.
- Engage students with culture and all four language skills.
Reflection: Student Partnership Questions:
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• Proposals:
- Teaching large classes with huge diversity in language level.
- Dividing intermediate stream into intermediate; upper
intermediate to better cater to students needs.
- Students with Chinese speaking background may also be put
into higher stream.
Integration within Chinese Major (1)
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• Continuous course-wise integration:
- Continue development of cross course assessment items.
- Engage students with culture and all four language skills.
• Technology and community integration:
- Need to look at how to integrate technology effectively (online
courses, flipped classrooms).
- How can we develop a student focused course centred on student
language ‘practice’ (engage with language community and culture)?
Integration within Chinese Major (2)
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• Holistic design, integration with other courses, different levels and
between disciplines
• Support and approval from the School
• Grant proposal
• Cross-sector, cross-Faculty: Hass, BEL, ITaLI
• Thinking big: UQ Student Strategy 2016-2020, Strategic Plan
2018-2021
• Beyond UQ?
Within sector and cross-Faculty networking
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• Next step: Cross-nation: Internship, Mobility Plan, collaborative
EdX modules with NTNU, or any university
• Reality checks:
- Internship with NTNU?
- Teaching innovation grant proposal: online courses?
- Student vs Staff: workload of full-time staff? Casual staff as
“volunteers”?
• Digital vs human? Unwritten policy?
Thinking big, vs. thinking realistically
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Thank youWilliam Thompson [email protected]
Nick Jolly [email protected]
Jack Atkinson [email protected]
Alice Chong [email protected]
Yen-Ying (Yenney) Lai [email protected]
Nicholas Carah
School of Communication and Arts
@nnniccc
Platforming with Partners:
working with student partners to blend a large first year course
Student-Staff Partnerships at UQ:
The university-wide implementation
Victor Hasa, Madelaine-Marie Judd & Jessica Morgan
Introduction: Why at UQ?
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SSP Project Steams
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Key Performance Indicators for SSP
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Process: Project Application & Selection
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Project proposal submitted
Project Lead notified of outcome
Successful submissions
are advertised
Students apply to
partner on projects
Student applications are sent to
Project Lead for
shortlisting
Successfulstudents are
contacted
Project Team are
invited for an Induction
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Process: Project Creation to Completion
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Project: BIOM3200 redesign:
➢Course has previously been a single “Research proposal” stream.
➢Intentions were now to give the students the choice of 3x streams, including
Research, Clinical Professions, and Industry and Communication
Personal background:
➢Bachelor of Science (Honours), teaching and innovation
➢Elected to be involved in redesign of the Research stream materials, primarily
criteria sheet formation
Background to Project & Personal involvement
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➢Opportunity for collaboration and skill development: Students and Staff
➢Ability to contribute with academics to lead to better institutional outcomes
➢Increased employability through skill development and differentiation
➢Continued employment as a BIOM3200 Tutor
Development and opportunities for student partners:
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Thank you Questions?Victor Hasa | Student PartnerB Sciences (Honours)
linkedin.com/in/victorhasa
facebook.com/uniofqld
Instagram.com/uniofqld
Madelaine-Marie Judd | Student Partners AdvisorStudent Employability Centre | The University of Queensland
@MadelaineMarieJ
Jessica Morgan | Student Partners Project Officer
Student Employability Centre | The University of Queensland
linkedin.com/in/jessicajmorgan/
HASS HUSTLE
A reflection on student-staff partnership
Alynna Wong, Inari Saltau and Jackie Fuller
HASS Student Futures Team, [email protected]
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BelongingHASS students feel they
belong, are supported,
and have a connection to
others at UQ.
PartnershipStudents, staff and industry
build collaborative, mutually
beneficial partnerships that
improve the HASS student
experience.
EmployabilityHASS students know how
to enhance their
employability and articulate
their abilities and skills to
others.
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Thank you
Student Futures Team
Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty
The University of Queensland
T: 07 3343 2497
W: https://hass.uq.edu.au/get-involved
F: @ExperienceHASS
BIOM3200: Biomedical Science Re-designStudent-Staff Partnership
Presenters: Victor Hasa & Charlotte Young
Acknowledgements: Izaak, Isaac, Christian, Owen, Jo, Kay, Madelaine & ITaLI
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B Biomed Sci & Biomed
Major of B Sci
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~450 students 60% assignment
BIOM3200 Context - 2017
Capstone
course
Research
focused
Large &
diverse
cohort
Where do our
students go?
~11%
Research
What did we
do?
Alternative streams aimed to:
• Better alignment with professional identity
• Student autonomy and choice
• Mix of individual and group work
What did this mean logistically?
• Designing 14 new pieces of assessment with
supporting guides, templates, lecture material
and activities – we need help!
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BIOM3200 Context - 2018
Scientific Research
Clinical Professions
Biomedical Industry &
Communications
17% 14%
69%
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We aimed to:
• Improve the learning experience for future cohorts
• Draw on the novel knowledge and experiences of our student partners
• Foster the development of student partner skills and abilities in relationship to teaching and learning
We collaborated with five student partners in the re-design of the capstone course:
• 3 x Biomedical Science Honours students who had previously completed BIOM3200
• 1 x Biotechnology Honours student
• 1 x Fourth year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery student
Student partners
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• Bachelor of Science (Honours) teaching and innovation in Biomedical Science
• Approached around early April 2018 regarding intent to be apart of project, having previously completed
BIOM3200
• Interested in learning design, assessment for learning, and how to construct information to lead to the
best institutional outcomes via small changes
• Elected to be involved, primarily, in redesign of the Research stream materials
• Communication via email chains and some face-to-face meetings
• Tasks completed via Dropbox
• Collaborative delegation where needed
Personal Background
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Personal Contribution - Example:
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Personal Contribution - Example:
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Academic Staff
• Collaborate with amazing student
partners
• Novel perspectives for both
content and teaching & learning
• Active involvement of students in
the development
• Felt more motivated & inspired
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Outcomes/Learnings:
Current Cohort
• 3 streams - more autonomy &
choice
• 36 resources designed with
student partners
• More engaged & have greater
support to achieve learning
outcomes
Student Partners
• “Being a student partner was an
invaluable experience”
• Break down of power dynamics
• Contributed to the learning
experience of UQ students
• Employability skills – experience
• Employment – as tutors & beyond
Reflections: • Being flexible with collaboration – not all students want the same thing at the same time!
• Better communication of the project as a whole – progress meeting/updates & Trello
• Google docs over dropbox – no cost
Thank youMr Victor Hasa | Biomedical Science Honours Students
School of Biomedical Science
@uqITaLI
UQ Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI)
Dr Charlotte Young | Learning Designer
School of Biomedical Science I Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI)
itali.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 8337
1445 – 1515: Afternoon Tea
1515 – 1600: Partnership Project Scoping