Faculty Course Alignment Workshop in Support of Developing Course Learning Outcomes 11/12/2018 Presented by: David Ha and Bob Sproule – School of Accounting and Finance Scott Anderson – Centre for Teaching Excellence Scott – 1 min introduce us number of times offered, number of participants started/completed

Outline Why a faculty Course Alignment workshop Outcome of today’s presentation Issues in offering a Course Alignment workshop in your institution/program Our approach/experience with this type of workshop Reflecting on this presentation Scott run thru the outline

Why a faculty Course Alignment workshop Address quality assurance/enhancement in post-secondary institutions Revision in SAF program level outcomes Align with professional competencies Bob – 1 min The bridge-in, getting attendees excited

Outcome for today’s presentation Identify the considerations/issues in offering a Course Alignment workshop in your institution/program Scott – 1 min attendees outcome

Issues in offering this type of workshop in your institution/program What are they? Bob – 2 min Ask for attendees thoughts while Scott scribes them on board/flipchart

Our approach/experience with this workshop Starting with a top-down versus bottom-up approach Strategic focus with our workshops – Biggs, J. “Constructive alignment in university teaching”, HERDSA Review of Higher Education, Vol. 1, pp. 5 – 22 Workshop structure Day 1 – Key topics Day 2 – Key topics Day 3 – Key topics Total time – 8 min Bob – 1 – 1 min in the SAF we started with identifying PLLO being mindful of our profession’s competencies wanting all faculty to take, offering 2 – 3 hr sessions over 3 days in every term, on-line set-up/support Scott - 2 – 1 min 2 or 3 key points from the Biggs article Scott – 3 – 2 min for each of Day 1 and 2 (using V 4 of the workshop) brief description of focus for the day including key topics Bob – 3 – 2 min for Day 3 brief description (using V4 of the workshop)

Our approach/experience with this workshop Successes and challenges Feedback from participants Reflection from facilitators Course Alignment Survey – Elements and results Re-visit your issues Total time – 7 min David – 6 – 5 min progressing thru each of the 4 offerings referring to instructor feedback and our reflections Bob – 7 – 2 min reviewing survey questions and responses and responses to written questions

Reflecting on this presentation Revisit your considerations/issues What is/are your takeaways? Bob – 5 min go back to the points identified earlier and speaking to the one’s dealt with/not dealt with in our workshop give them 1 min on their own and then asking if anyone wants to share, including questions

Scott – 1 min ask for feedback/suggestions, offer our support Contact Information: Scott anderson – scott.anderson@uwaterloo.ca David ha – David.Ha@uwaterloo.ca Bob sproule – bsproule@uwaterloo.ca