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Overview

This program focuses on effective transitions for work-based learners, preparing in-company trainers to facilitate learning in higher education. It incorporates best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment, emphasizing the importance of employer partnerships and quality enhancement. Participants engage in various learning activities and gain familiarity with quality assurance requirements. The program culminates in the development of a Learning Portal, supporting ongoing assessment and learner engagement. Future developments include the establishment of a virtual community for tutors and expanding credit levels.

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  1. Supporting Work Based LearnersTransitioning from training to facilitating learningAnn Minton, Work Force Development FellowDavid Young, Professor of Work Based Learning

  2. Overview • Rationale for the programme • Outline programme development, focus on teaching, learning and assessment approaches employed • Review learning activities undertaken • Demonstrate the learning portal • Outcomes • Debate Future developments

  3. Rationale Browne (2010) indicates that: … an increasing number of employers … work with institutions to accredit skills developed in work to count towards a degree programme • preparing in-company trainers to facilitate the learning of delegates in a HE context • familiarisation with quality assurance requirements • developing a UDC adjunct faculty and wider community of WBL practice

  4. Partnerships and Quality Enhancement QAA have identified the following quality assurance considerations related to employer-responsive provision (QAA, Feb 2010, para 38): • “the types of partnerships and the corresponding forms of agreements required • the setting and maintaining of academic standards • the quality of the learning opportunities provided to students • the involvement of employers and learners in the design, delivery and assessment of learning“ • Haddleton & Minton, 2011

  5. Programme DevelopmentTeaching and Learning • Activity based • Promotion of discussion and sharing of best practice • Using tools and techniques that can be applied in their own situation. • Technology to support those who can’t attend

  6. Programme Development What do WB tutors need to know? • Context of HE and WBL • Support mechanisms • Learning outcomes, assessment and marking • Quality assurance

  7. Programme Overview • 30 Credits at Level 6 • 3 one day sessions covering: • The context and ethos of Work Based Learning in HE • Supporting and Assessing HE Learners • Quality Enhancement and Evaluation • Learning Portal for ongoing support and Assessment

  8. Learner Support and Assessment http://www.innovationforlearning.com/udc-iss2/menu.asp

  9. Learning Activities Undertaken • Jigsaw activity • Roundabout • Podcast development • Marking workshop • Reflection

  10. Learning Activities Undertaken: WBL Priorities • Start with two broad categories: • AGREE and DISAGREE. • Share out the statement cards provided. • Place your own statements in the AGREE or DISAGREE categories. • Now AS A GROUP discuss the statements. • Reduce the number of statements to 6.

  11. WBL Priorities Next, reduce the number of statements to 6 and arrange these 6 statements in a diamond, like this:  Agree      Disagree

  12. Analysis of Prioritisation from Partner Tutors Statement number Points Scored

  13. Results from Partner Tutors • Cohort 1 • 13 • 16 • ___________ • 23 • 9 • Cohort 2 • 13 • 15 16 24 • ___________ • 10 11 22 • 23 • Combined • 13 • 24 • ___________ • 21 • 23

  14. What the delegates said

  15. What the delegates said

  16. Outcomes The External View The SWBL External Examiner said: “portfolios ……contained excellent professional discussions and were generally of high quality and extremely valuable to promoting individual and organizational learning.” The Accreditation External said: ‘Feedback to delegates is excellent. I would never have known that this was not written by full time HE Senior Lecturers. The QAA auditors said: “…fostered the development of strong and constructive relationships between itself and its partners, as demonstrated through frequent communication and mutual support, which it considered to be a feature of good practice .”

  17. Further Developments • (Virtual) Community of practice of In company tutors • Extension to 60 credits/ Level 7 • Staff Development Programme for HE Staff on WBL and Employer Engagement

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