Awards not courses (modules)

Focussing on awards that comprise modules that have different points e.g. 10, 15, etc

Cloud created by:

Amy Brown
15 January 2009

Aim:  Students register for awards rather than modules.

 

Challenges:

  1. Current systems are course based (e.g. course approvals, registrations, award boards)
  2. How to allow those students who just want to study a module fit into the new award based system.
  3. Adapting existing courses into smaller modules.
  4. tracking and verifying students achievements through the award
  5. Continuity of tuition and the student experience with shorter modules.
  6. Regional engagement with new model and being able to facilitate tutoring the whole award.

 

How to address the challenges:

 

  • Review current course based approvals to fit Awards.  Programme Committee's would consider whole Awards at the various stage gates than individual courses. 
  • Award Boards to be run twice a year, to award for a collection of modules to reduce the overall number of award boards.
  • Make resources available for adapting courses into smaller modules.
  • Discussion with regions to negotiate award based tutoring.

 

 

Extra content

Add extra content

Embedded Content

Add embedded content

Contribute

Julia Platt
2:43pm 15 January 2009


Certainly a good idea but need to consider:

 

- whether students/employers will have to pay upfront fees for whole award?

- that some students want to study individual modules only for general interest, i.e. they don't nec want to be locked into an award from the start.

- if students want to change mid-way through an award, what happens?

- if smaller modules are cost effective?

 

Contribute to the discussion

Please log in to post a comment. Register here if you haven't signed up yet.