ERIC Number: EJ1142863
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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A Model to Build Capacity through a Multi-Program Curriculum Review Process
Dyjur, Patti; Lock, Jennifer
Journal of Professional, Continuing, and Online Education, v2 n1 2016
Curriculum reviews are becoming more prevalent in higher educational institutions as a means to address quality assurance and improve program offerings. However, the review process can be structured so that instructors experience professional learning benefits as they work with program-level learning outcomes, map their courses, and analyze curriculum data with their colleagues. This paper shares an approach that was used to conduct a 1-year, complex, multi-program curriculum review in a faculty's graduate unit. This approach enhanced the instructors' continuing growth and their ability to carry out a curriculum review. To illustrate the dynamic nature of the curriculum review process, a three-level and three-phase curriculum review model has been developed. Based on our experience when implementing the model with an array of instructional teams, we identified four key recommendations for practice that promoted a professional learning environment while implementing a multi-program curriculum review: (1) mentoring and distributed leadership, (2) standardizing flexible structures and processes, (3) customizing the process for deep inquiry, and (4) collaborating.
Descriptors: Models, Capacity Building, Curriculum Evaluation, Graduate Study, Mentors, Leadership Styles, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Concept Mapping, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries
Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. c/o CAUCE Secretariat at Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, 475 Williams Building, 221 Cumberland Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7N 1M3, Canada. Tel: 306-966-5582; Fax: 306-966-5590; e-mail; https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpcoe/index.php/jpcoe/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Calgary)
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