Learning and Teaching
Committee
LTC12-M5
Minutes
of the Meeting of the Committee held on 25 October 2012
Members: Prof.
Morag Bell (in the Chair) Dr Brian
Jarvis
Dr Keith Pond Dr John McCardle
Prof. Memis Acar Prof.
Ray Dawson
Prof. Ruth Kinna Dr
Lorraine Cale
Dr Robert Hamilton Dr
Jennifer Nutkins
Dr Vincent Dwyer Lazar Zindovic
Jan Tennant Nigel Thomas
Prof. John Feather Dr Phil Richards
Ellie Read
In attendance: Rob Pearson, Lee Barnett (for item 12/64)
and Charles Shields (for items 12/64 and 12/65)
Apologies: Dr Jane Horner, Prof.
Simon Austin
12/62 Minutes
Received: LTC12-M4
1.
The Minutes of the Meeting of the
Committee held on 27 September 2012 were confirmed.
12/63 Matters Arising from the Minutes not
otherwise appearing on the Agenda
12/54 Learning and Teaching Implementation
Plan
1.
The School of Civil and Building
Engineering E-Learning Implementation Plan would be circulated to AD(T)s to help
inform Schools when developing their own Implementation
Plans.
2.
Schools were reminded that they would
be expected to identify in their Implementation Plans specific E-learning
initiatives at School-level that would be beyond the expectations for a minimum
presence on Learn.
12/58 Annual
Programme Review 2012/13
1.
The School data sets would shortly be
circulated to Schools.
2.
The PQTP Office would be responsible
for inviting Programme Presidents to the APR meetings. This would be undertaken in liaison with the
VP Education.
Received: LTC12-P51
Noted:
1.
The audit of modules from the 2011/12
academic session had identified an inconsistent application of the expectations
of the ‘Minimum Module Online Presence’ agreement.
2.
The audit had identified exemplary
modules on Learn in most areas.
Agreed:
3.
AD(T)s would ensure that all modules
within their Schools complied with the expectations of the ‘Minimum Module
Online Presence’ agreement.
4.
Charles Shields would circulate to
AD(T)s School-level data for the audit and would identify examplars so that
good practice could be shared.
5.
Charles Shields would discuss with
AD(T)s strategies to deliver staff development sessions on Learn for each
School.
6.
Charles Shields would contact the
E-Learning Systems Team to ensure that, where appropriate, Learn was
automatically populated from existing data sources and that staff concerns
about the presentation of personal information were addressed.
7.
LTC would revisit School engagement
with the Minimum Presence expectations at the end of the session.
12/65 The use of technology to facilitate feedback
on assessment
Noted:
1.
The Committee was appraised of the
opportunity to utilise technology to facilitate feedback to students on their
work. A dedicated ‘feedback’ page on the
E-Learning Blog provided further information and links to case studies.
2.
External examiners would need to be
provided with access to Learn so that they could view feedback presented in
this format.
Agreed:
3.
AD(T)s would encourage their Schools to
engage with the guidance on the E-Learning Blog and to consider adopting
alternative methods of providing feedback.
4.
Schools would be encouraged to pilot
online feedback as part of the ‘Assessment and Feedback’ project (minute 12/55
refers).
12/66 Report
from the BUE Validation Sub-Committee
Received: LTC12-P52
12/67 Periodic Programme Review 2011/12: reports
and School responses
.1 School
of Business and Economics
Received: LTC12-P53, LTC12-P54
.2 School
of Civil and Building Engineering
Received: LTC12-P55, LTC12-P56
Noted:
.1 The
Committee considered the reports of PPRs held during Semester 2, 2011/12, and
the responses of the Schools concerned.
The Committee was pleased to note the actions being taken by the Schools
to address the reports.
.2 The Panel
for Civil and Building Engineering had been impressed by the ‘return home’
session offered to international students by WEDC. It was an innovative example of an outstanding
pastoral support for students that other Schools were encouraged to consider
emulating.
.3 The
external panel member for Civil and Building Engineering had encouraged the
School and the University to consider how best to encourage students to take
personal responsibility for their education.
The Student Charter would help in this respect, and it was anticipated
that as the Charter was embedded within Schools this would encourage students
to take greater ownership of their educational experience.
Agreed:
.4 The
relevant AD(T)s were asked to ensure that actions had been addressed and to
provide an update on their actions in the 2012 APR.
.5 PPR
panels would be encouraged to qualify recommendations that resulted from
comments made by students that were not corroborated by other evidence.
12/68 Strategic Priorities for Learning and
Teaching
Received: LTC12-P57
1.
Members discussed strategic priorities
in learning and teaching for a period of up to three years from 2013/14, which
would inform the budgeting process.
2.
Loughborough University had
distinctive strengths that distinguished its graduates in the workplace. LTC would seek to identify and reaffirm the
key attributes that it wished to see developed in all Loughborough graduates
and to ensure that these were delivered through the whole of the curriculum.
Agreed:
3.
The Chair would confirm to AD(T)s a
timescale for making responses and the level of detail required, once
clarification had been sought from Planning.
12/69
Report of Curriculum Sub-Committee
– 4
October 2012
Received: LTC12-P58
1. It was agreed to recommend new
programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of
Curriculum Sub-Committee, as set out in the report.
12/70 Use of Contextual Data in the Admissions
Process
Received: LTC12-P59
12/71 Minutes of the Sub-Committees:
.1 Quality & Standards Sub Committee -
1 October 2012
Received: LTC12-P60
.2 Curriculum Sub-Committee – 4 October
2012
Received: LTC12-P61
12/72 Dates of meetings 2012/13
13 December 2012, 2.00pm, Hazlerigg Council
Chamber 201.1.12
7 February 2013, 9.30am, Hazlerigg Committee
Room 201.0.09
21 March 2013, 2.00pm, Hazlerigg Committee Room
201.0.09
25 April 2013, 9.30am, Hazlerigg Committee Room
201.0.09
6 June 2013, 2.00pm, Hazlerigg Committee Room
201.0.09
Author – Rob Pearson
Date – October 2012
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