QAe2. Pro Forma for the Quality Assurance of eLearning 2005/06

(Revised Modules and Repeat Deliveries)

Module tutors should work to a time scale that ensures the Quality Assurance form arrives with Learning Development & Innovation at least 3 working days before students must have access to the VLE module.

To be returned to LDI, Thompson Library, Stoke, or LDI, The Octagon, Stafford.

VLE Module Code
Module Title
Lead Tutor / Main Contact
INFORMATION FROM THESIS PLUS
All information in this section must be copied from theSiS plus, (contact your Faculty office if you need help with this). If there is data missing from theSiS plus you can consult LDI for advice.
Start Date / End Date / Delivery Pattern
Which delivery pattern(s) contain students to be enrolled on this module for this Start Date and End Date

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY:

Date received / Date form approved
Thesis VLE Available Flag set / Made Available in Blackboard
Email sent / LDI Database updated


GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETION

1 This pro forma should used in conjunction with the Staffordshire University Handbook for eLearning (available from Information Services, Learning Development and Innovation.)

2 This pro forma should be used when an eLearning module has been revised or where the module has been moved from one virtual learning environment to another. Since all eLearning modules need to be revised before they are repeated, this form should be completed for each occasion that the eLearning module is delivered.

3 Colleagues should complete this pro forma and attach to it a copy of the original quality assurance forma and forward for approval.

4 The sections relating to Continual Improvement, Rationale and Content below should firstly be addressed by the module author before the form is passed to Quality Assurer. The pro forma should then be completed by this person and duly ‘signed off’. The Quality Assurer should address all sections but need only comment where they feel it is helpful, or where they want to make recommendations or stipulate conditions. The Quality Assurer is not expected to check section 3 exhaustively – this is for the author – but to sample content sufficiently to verify, or otherwise, that these guidelines have been met.

RATIONALE

Consider what is being implemented against the module/course descriptor.

·  Does it address stated learning outcomes?

·  Is the pedagogic rationale of the VLE component(s) of the module/course consistent with the outcomes and learning strategies stated in the descriptor?

·  Will the descriptor require revision?

·  Are there other recommendations or conditions you wish to make?

o  Conditions - C (these must be implemented before delivery)

o  Recommendations - R (these should made in the spirit of establishing a culture of refinement and improvement)

Note: Where an electronic component is being used to merely support a module (and not an essential component) a “lighter touch” should be given to the initial QA of the eLearning aspect. What is important is that what is being done is in the spirit of what is stated in the course/module descriptor, and that there are not problems of presentation or construction that would seriously compromise its use by learners. In this case particular attention should be paid to subsequent feedback and evaluation. If, subsequently, the electronic component is to become a permanent feature of delivery or is to be expanded, then necessary modifications to the descriptor should be implemented.

1 CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT

To be completed by the Module Author

PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS

/ Y/N/NA / COMMENTS /
1.1 Have all recommendations recorded on the pro forma for the previous ‘delivery’ of this module been addressed? /

RESPONSE TO EVALUATION

/ COMMENTS /
1.2 What were the lessons learned from the evaluation of the previous delivery? /
1.3 How have these been addressed? / COMMENTS /

OTHER CHANGES

/ COMMENTS /
1.4 Please give a short summary of why the changes have been made to this module /
1.5 Why have some materials been removed or changed? /
1.6 Why have some materials been added – in what ways do they enhance the student learning? /


2 TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

To be completed by the Quality Assurer

/ Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
2.1 Are the teaching, learning and assessment strategies for the eLearning components made explicit? /
2.2 Is appropriate and timely training planned for all staff who will deliver this module? /

3 INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE

To be completed by the Quality Assurer

/ Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
3.1 Is clear guidance given in relation to where students can access the eLearning elements (where the module has been moved from one VLE to another)? /
3.2 Have all the dates been revised as appropriate? /
3.3 Is clear guidance given in relation to student induction and training in using the eLearning elements (where the module has been moved from one VLE to another)? /


4 CONTENT

To be completed by the Module Author then checked by the Quality Assurer

4.1 Has there been a spell check on the new materials and by whom? / Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
Module Author /
Quality Assurer /
4.2 Have the guidelines in relation to media use been followed in the new materials? / Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
Module Author /
Quality Assurer /
4.3 Have the links to other applications and sites been tested - including both the old links and the new ones and by whom? / Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
Module Author /
Quality Assurer /
4.4 Is there a clear distinction between activities and learning resources? / Y/N/NA / COMMENTS / STATUS
R / C /
Module Author /
Quality Assurer /

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONDITIONS

Conditions (These must be implemented before delivery)
Recommendations (These should made in the spirit of establishing a culture of refinement and improvement)

SIGNATURES

I confirm that all sections have been addressed during Quality Assurance:

Signed (Quality Assurer) Date

Where conditions have been indicated, the Quality Assurer should sign again to indicate that these have been met before progressing the form:

Signed (Quality Assurer) Date

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