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Using technology to improve peer review and collaborative conversations to benchmark academic standards
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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by M Freeman, K Willey, P Hancock, B Howieson, Kim WattyKim Watty, A Abraham, B O'Connell, P De LangeIn 2010 the Australian government commissioned the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) to undertake a national project to facilitate disciplinary development of threshold learning standards. The aim was to lay the foundation for all higher education providers to demonstrate to the new national higher education regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), that graduates achieved or exceeded minimum academic standards. Through a yearlong consultative process, representatives of employers, professional bodies, academics and students, developed learning standards applying to any Australian higher education provider. Willey and Gardner reported using a software tool, SPARKPLUS, in calibrating academic standards amongst teaching staff in large classes. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of this technology to promote calibrated understandings with the national accounting learning standards. We found that integrating the software with a purposely designed activity provided significant efficiencies in calibrating understandings about learning standards, developed expertise and a better understanding of what is required to meet these standards and how best to demonstrate them. The software and supporting calibration and assessment process can be adopted by other disciplines, including engineering, seeking to provide direct evidence about performance against learning standards. © 2012 IEEE.
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Frontiers in Education. Conference (2012 : Seattle, Washington)Pagination
1 - 6Publisher
IEEELocation
Seattle, WashingtonPlace of publication
Piscataway, N.J.Publisher DOI
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2012-10-03End date
2012-10-06ISSN
1539-4565ISBN-13
9781467313513Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publicationCopyright notice
2012, IEEETitle of proceedings
FIE 2012 : Soaring to New Heights in Engineering Education : Proceedings of the 2012 Frontiers in Education ConferenceUsage metrics
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