Transforming the Student Experience
at Manchester MetManchester | Apr 2016
Professor Mark StubbsHead of Learning & Research Technologies
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Strategy for Enhancing the Student Experience
Listen to Student Voice
Be Bold & Joined-up
Balance Consistency & Ownership
Address Dissatisfaction
Embed Student Voice
Empower Programme & Module Leads
with Actionable Learner Analytics
Empower Students & Personal Tutors
with Actionable Learning Analytics
Enhancing Quality and Assessment for Learning
• A coordinated ‘strike’ for step-change improvementIn the current climate
Diminishing unit of resource
Everything depends on everything else
We are large and risk averse
New Curriculum• Designing new modules, …
New Admin Systems & Processes• Personal timetabling, …
New Virtual Learning Environment• Moodle & myMMU web/mobile, Talis Aspire…
New QA & QE Processes• Facilitating curriculum transformation
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Early 2010 Late 2010 Early 2011 Late 2011 Early 2012 Late 2012 Early 2013 Late 2013
Plan Prepare L4 Set Up L4 Live L5 Set Up L5 Live L6 Set Up L6 Live
Setting Up the New Curriculum
Design
New
Curriculum
Review
New
Curriculum
Approve
New
Curriculum
Set up
Curriculum
in SRS
Design
Teaching
Schedules
Produce
Timetables
Publish
Timetables
Design
Assessment
Schedules
Set up
Submission
System
Publish
Deadlines
Set up
Courses in
VLE
Build
Courses in
VLE
Great
Online
Experience
(Seamless,
Personalised,
Consistent)Set up
Reading
Lists
Pedagogic
Input
Learning Technology
Input
Library Input
Curriculum Design Course Admin/Setup
Learning, Teaching & Assessment Resources & Facilities
Publish
Reading
Lists
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Balancing Consistency with Ownership
• Learning Technology Review (Mar 2010)
– Migrate from WebCT to “Core+ VLE” (Moodle)
for all modules & progs
• Joined-up, personalised, consistent
Recognised: watch & learn how staff use tech
Core: we set up & train staff and tell students to
expect a consistent ‘front door’
Arranged: we set up institutional accounts & train
staff to use
Recommended: staff set up & we train to integrate
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Wrapping the University around the Learner
megamashup
mws
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Cloud Services integrated using Consistent Identifiers
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Module code
Resource list
Relevant resource