Critically analyse and apply reflective approaches to evaluate your academic professional practice
Learning Outcomes - Reflection, Communication

Apply a current critical understanding of teaching in relation to assessment and feedback to and from learners.
Learning Outcomes - Application

Evaluate how assessment and stakeholder feedback contributes to quality enhancement and curriculum development.
Learning Outcomes - Analysis

Identify and Justify proposed developments to own practice in relation to assessment and feedback to and from learners.
Learning Outcomes - Communication, Problem solving, Enquiry

Systematically plan, design and apply research informed strategies in relation to assessment and feedback to and from learners
Learning Outcomes - Application

Professional requirement -
Development of a portfolio of professional practice evidence, Learning Outcome 5, 0% Weighting

Presentation -
A 20 minute presentation evaluating how the practitioner contributes to quality enhancement followed by learner-led questioning, Learning Outcomes 1-4, 100% Weighting

During the Wider Professional Practice module, you will develop your ability to:
(i) Use a variety of approaches to assessment
(ii) Give fair, transparent and constructive feedback to learners
(iii) Use feedback from learners to improve quality of provision
(iv) Evaluate and improve curriculum offer
(v) Understand stakeholder contribution to quality enhancement

As well as online learning, you will observe a practitioner from a different subject area to give insight into alternative approaches to facilitating learning. You will share good practice with colleagues relating to assessment and feedback as well as how stakeholder feedback is used to contribute to curriculum development and quality enhancement. You will give an assessed presentation on an aspect your professional practice relating to your contribution to enhancing the quality of provision at your workplace.

During the Wider Professional Practice module, you will develop your ability to:
(i) Use a variety of approaches to assessment
(ii) Give fair, transparent and constructive feedback to learners
(iii) Use feedback from learners to improve quality of provision
(iv) Evaluate and improve curriculum offer
(v) Understand stakeholder contribution to quality enhancement

As well as online learning, you will observe a practitioner from a different subject area to give insight into alternative approaches to facilitating learning. You will share good practice with colleagues relating to assessment and feedback as well as how stakeholder feedback is used to contribute to curriculum development and quality enhancement. You will give an assessed presentation on an aspect your professional practice relating to your contribution to enhancing the quality of provision at your workplace.

This module will be delivered digitally through:
1. Interactive content delivery webinars
2. Asynchronous online learning weeks
3. Assessed presentation sessions
4. Assignment workshops
5. Academic tutorial sessions
6. Flipped learning engagement in key pre-session tasks

Additionally, as a part time course there is an expectation of considerable independent study. Participants are expected to consolidate and build upon their learning from the taught sessions by reading key texts and journal articles and undertaking follow-up tasks and work based self-assessments.

BECKER, L. and DENICOLO, P. (2018) Teaching in Higher Education. London: Sage.

BIGGS, J. and TANG, C. (2011) Teaching for Quality Learning at University (3rd edition). Buckingham: SRHE.

CAMPBELL, A. and NORTON, L. (2007) Learning, teaching and assessing in higher education: developing reflective practice.

HINDMARCH, D., MACHIN, L., MURRAY, S., RICHARDSON, T. WALMSLEY-SMITH, H. (2020). A Concise Guide to Lecturing in Higher Education and the Academic Professional Apprenticeship. St Albans: Critical Publishing.

MACHIN, L et al. (2020) A complete guide to the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (3rd Edn). UK: Critical Publishing.

University library for a range of learning and teaching texts and journals, including the development of and online reading list.

Module resources are updated on a weekly basis, with the latest sector reports being linked on a bespoke Padlet site.

Regularly updated Blackboard site.

Online portfolio

While studying on this module, participants will normally be engaged in teaching at higher / professional level for an average of at least ten hours per month as well as having a role in assessment.