lindie clark, macquarie university: taking an institutional approach to cooperative learning
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Lindie Clark, Academic and Programs Director, Professional and Community Engagement (PACE), Macquarie University delivered this presentation at the 2014 Future of Learning conference. This two-day national forum focuses on new approaches, technologies, environments and best practices in post-secondary education. For more information about the annual event, please visit the conference website: http://www.informa.com.au/futurelearningconferenceTRANSCRIPT
Taking an institutional approach to
cooperative learning
Lindie Clark PACE Academic & Programs Director
February 2014
what is PACE?
PACE
planet
people
key element of undergraduate degrees contributes to breadth of studies
broad church
Internships and work-‐integrated-‐learning Field trips with a partnership component Community panels with project mentoring Professional experience & practicums Community development projects Service learning by volunteering Project-‐based learning Community-‐based research Mentoring and peer-‐assisted learning
local, regional, interna-onal
• community engagement: mutually beneficial partnership: reciprocity is fundamental • rigorous academic framework to develop key graduate capabili9es
common elements
orientation • requirements • expectations • preparatory sessions
• any preparatory assessment tasks
experience/project • experience itself • assessment tasks
final wrap-‐up • debrief, reflection • post-‐experience assessment tasks
scaffolding for skills development, reflection
PACE number crunch
• 57 PACE units running across Macquarie’s 4 facul9es
• 3,800 students enrolled in PACE units in 2013 up to 10,000 per annum an9cipated by 2016
• 400+ students par9cipants in PACE Interna9onal projects to date
• 600 PACE partner organisa9ons in local, regional and interna9onal seJngs, across all sectors of the economy
changed orientations
across faculty barriers
outside vs. inward
the approach
hub & L&T centre
arts
human science
business & economics
science
program improvement & development
hub & L&T centre
arts
human science
business & economics
science
planning framework
strategic plan
faculty plans
local & regional plan
international strategy
priorities
targets
business plan
principles informing PACE – ethical practice – partnership and reciprocity – social responsibility – sound pedagogy – recognition and respect for diverse ways of doing, being and knowing
– whole person learning – knowledge generation and dissemination – transparency – equity of access to resources
outputs
processes
outcomes
outputs
processes
critical success factors
adaptive structures and systems that promote collaboration and learning
adaptive planning, target-‐setting and means of gauging success
importance and symbolism of resourcing vision and passion from the top
adaptive leadership
critical success factors
adaptive structures and systems that promote collaboration and learning
adaptive planning, target-‐setting and means of gauging success
importance and symbolism of resourcing vision and passion from the top
adaptive leadership
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