ViewingCoursesthroughaDifferentLens

2015

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Na$onalBlueprintforGraduateEmployability2012-2017

The5mostsoughta?era@ributesbyMalaysianfirms:

1.  strongcommunicaSonskillsandtheability to relay informaSon toothers,

2.  a drive to ensure customer/clientsaSsfacSonwitheverycontact,

3.  consistently high standards andcommitmenttoqualityservice,

4.  consistently high commitment tointegrity, honesty and ethicalconduct,self-moSvated,

5.  abilitytoworkindependently.

The5mostdifficulta@ributestofindinthetalentpool:

1.  loyalty and a willingness to make acareercommitmenttothefirm,

2.  criScal thinking, reasoning andproblem-solvingskills,

3.  self-moSvaSon,strongcommunicaSonskills,consistentlyhighstandardsandcommitmenttoqualityservice,

4.  independent,

5.  and ability to relay informaSon toothers

nosuchcommodityasa“ready-made”graduatewhostartsworktodayandbeginstofunc$onadequatelythenextday.

WENEEDfresh graduates with the relevant basic knowledge and skills for the job, a goodaMtude, the ability to communicate with colleagues and customers, integrity andhonesty,andawillingnesstolearn.

academic learner

SuccessCriteria

HowyoucanplaytheBIGRoles?

HIGHIMPACTACADEMIC

• BITARAVALUE• KNOWLEDGE• SKILLS• PROFESSIONAL• PERSONAL

HIGHIMPACTPROGRAMS

• VALUE• LEARNINGTECHNOLOGY• BROADKNOWLEDGE

HIGHIMPACTPRACTICES

• COGNITIVESKILLS• GENERICSKILLS• OCCUPATION-SPESIFICSKILLS

GLOBALREACH 15++CHALLENGES

1.AlignCourse-GSA

2.DevelopLO-SS

3.PerformDelivery-Assessment

4.MonitorCycleofCLOM-CQI

Sugges$on:ROADMAPforfaculty/center

STEPbySTEPguide

STEP1.WriSngacourseRaSonale

Predicttheimpactifwedon’toffer

thecourse

Listdownallpossible

consequences

Convertthosestatementsintoa

posiSveone

• Makeitrelevanttoallprograms,ifthiscourseissharedbyallprograms

STEP2.AlignyourcoursetothegeneralstudentandgraduateaLributes

GSA

CourseEthicsandSpiritual

Leadershipskills

Na$onaliden$ty

Languageproficiency

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1.  IdenSfytheTWOmostimportantGSAfeaturesinyourcourse.“ThinkingSkillsand“Knowledge”area-must-haveintheGSA

2.  DecideyourcoursestomeetwithrelevantaLributesintheBIGGSAMAP3.  ProgramheadmustbealertandawareofthebalanceanddistribuSonontheGSA1-44.  Usethisdecisionondevelopingthecoursesynopsis

STEP3.Howtodevelopasynopsis

ASK

Knowledge• Writethethemesofthecoursecontenttofocus• Useobjec$veverbs

Skills• Writeyourfocusontheskills• Thismayincludepsychomotorskills,digitalskills,so?skills,scienceprocessskillsandanycourserelevantskills

AMtude• WriteyourfocusontheaMtude• RefertoAffec$vedomain,GSA

STEP4.HowtoplanLO-SSstatements

UPSILearningOutcomes

ProgramLearningOutcomes

CourseLearningOutcomes

Topic/UnitLearningOutcomes

1.  Alwayshavethisconceptinmind.2.  AlllearningoutcomesmustfinallyareplannedtoachieveUPSILearning

outcomes

ThestatementwriSng1.  LookatASKmap

2.  Writetheverb(specific,measurable,achievable)withthestrategyand

assessmentinmind.

3.  Plana4-5learningoutcomes(C,P,A,Sdomains/combinaSon)

4.  Limit1-3sooskillsforeachcourse.ChooseskillsthatmatchtotheGSA

Mapping

5.  RefertothecourseraSonale’sfocus.Ifpsychomotoristhemainfocus,write

learningoutcomesthatshallproviderelevantlearningopportuniSes

6.  ThewriSngoflearningoutcomestatementforaffecSvedomainis

recommendedtobemeasurable(e.gusingrubric).Thereareaffec6veverbs

thatcanonlybemeasureda<ergradua6ngorwhenstudentsareinthe

industry.Therefore,werecommendtowriteameasurablestatement

DecidingLearningOutcomes

Understandyour

raSonale

Developyoursynopsis

Mapyoursynopsis• ASK

Developyourlearningoutcomesfromthe

synopsismap

WhilewriSngalearningoutcome,havetheConstrucSveAlignmentinmind

Learningoutcomes

LearningopportuniSes

Learningassessment

Step5:decidingtheStudentLearningTime1.  SLTisdefinedasthetotalofstudentguidedlearningandtheirindependentlearninghours

2.  1credithours=40SLT

3.  Exampleofguidedlearning:lecture,tutorial,labsession,studiosession

4.  Exampleofindependentlearning:revision,searchingforlearningmaterials,discussionwithgroupmembers,presentaSonpreparaSon,lab/studioreportwriSng,consultaSonsessionwithinstructor

5. Basicallytherearethreefocusesi.  TheoryBasedfocusii.  PracScalBasedfocusiii.  Mixed/BalancedBasedfocus

6.  PlantheSLTaccordingtothefocus.IfthefocusismoreonpracScal,putmorehoursonpracScal.RefertoyourtopicandSLTdistribuSon.Sometopicsdonotneedalecturesessionbuttutorialinstead.

Learning Guidedhour

Independentlearninghour

SLT=Guidedhr+Independenthr

Lecture(simplesubjects)

1 1-2 1+1=2

Lecture(complexsubjects)

1 2-3 1+2=3

Tutorial 1 1-2 1+1=2

Laboratory 3 2-3 3+2=5

PresentaSon 1 3-4 1+3=4

Smallgroupdiscussion

1-2 1 1+1=2

RecommendedUPSISLT

ExampleofOtherLearning SLT

IndustrialtrainingOutdoorFieldworkTeachingpracSceCommunitybasedlearning

NumberofeffecSvelearninghours/dayxNumberofdaysperweekxNumberofweeks

ProblembasedlearningProjectbasedlearningStudiobasedlearningCasestudy

(NumberofeffecSvemeeSnghours/weekxNumberofweeks)+2-3hoursofselfdirectedlearning+2hoursofgroupdiscussion

WriLenassignment(~2000words)

10-20hoursofpreparaSonSme

FinalyearprojectFinalyearperformanceExhibiSon

240-400hourswork+((1-2hours/week)xnumberofmeeSngweekwithsupervisor)(240hoursworkisconsideredas30workingdaysi.e.1dayx8hours)

ExaminaSon(3hours) 10–20hourspreparaSon,dependingonthefieldofstudyandintensityofanexaminaSon

RecommendedUPSISLT

SLTtable

Step6:MappingtoProgramaimsandlearningoutcomes

Tips:checkthescore.Iflessthan50%asContribuSng,weshouldrethinkaboutthesignificanceofthecourse

Step7:PlanningTopic-SLT

Totalhoursforlecture,tutorial,pracScalandothersmustbetalliedwiththeSLTtable

Step8:CQI

MappingofLearningOutcomes-LearningStrategy-Assessment

Con$nuousAssessment

CourseLearningOutcomeIndex

FeedbackandSugges$onforimprovement

OverallLearningOutcomesAchievementIndexScale

100-90Excellent 89-65Good 64-belowNeedsimprovement

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