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Quality, Standards and Accreditation

Faculty of Business & LawStaff Induction

(February 2015)

Assurance of Learning (AoL)

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What are we assuring?Our promise of what the course provides…..

• Learning outcomes

• Standards (e.g. AQF, discipline, etc)

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Assurance of Learning (AoL)

• is focussed on COURSES (not units) and providing evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes by our students;

• is an ONGOING process;• involves making our expectations EXPLICIT, setting

criteria and standards;• systematically gathers, analyses and interprets the

EVIDENCE to determine how well performance matches expectations.

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Evidence of AoLEvidence to substantiate AoL should be direct. It is embedded within the course and derived directly for assessment of the learning outcomes.

Indirect measures (such as eValuate, exit / alumni surveys, placement reports, etc.) can only be provided in support of AoL. In themselves they do not provide AoL

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Learning – normal business practice

•How will you/ students know if they can do it?

• Has it been effective?

• What can be improved?

• What do the students need to do to learn?

• What should the students be able to do/ know?

Learning Outcomes

Learning Activities

AssessmentEvaluation

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Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

GLOs

Communication

Digital Literacy

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Self-management

Teamwork

Global Citizenship

Knowledge and capabilities

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Constructive alignment of coursesGLOs

(8)CLOs (8)

Professional standards

AQF level

• Scaffolding of GLOs / CLOs

• all performance criteria covered

Alignment of unit assessment with GLOs (evidence) – avge 3-5 per unit

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Accounting major – mapping based on current (T3, 2014) unit guides

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AoL findings – examplea) Feedback from one (postgraduate) unit chair - “there is an insufficient

standard of English language proficiency among some of the international students”; this is an anecdote encountered reasonably often.

b) In same trimester, English language was measured for AoL (GLO2 Communication) in 25 separate criteria from units in same/similar course. Criteria included: “written presentation”, “English proficiency”, “executive summary”, “spelling and grammar”.

c) In 21 (of the 25) criteria, at least 85% of students met or exceeded the expected standard (for 14 of these the level was at 95% or above).

d) Questions:(i) were the criteria and/or expected levels at the right standard? (ii) if yes, how do we reconcile the comment in (a) with the results?

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Reflections on our assessment

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Reflections on our approach

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Trust me, I’ve been doing it for years…….

But do we know what we don’t

know….?

Seeing the gaps (opportunities)

can be empowering

Continual improvement becomes the

norm

Build a clearer bridge to the

intended goal 

Act consciously

Act subconsciously

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