I think Tim has summed up something I was thinking about this - ie from the
learners point of view:
> This refers to " ... students who have
> demonstrated ... (para v) the ability to manage their own learning, ...."
>
YES!
If the intention is for the student to learn "how to manage their own
learning" surely this needs to be expressed clearly as one of the learning
outcomes for the project or assignment and when a student demonstrates that
they can do this - in assessment terms - they have passed. Of course their
will be different ways in which students can demonstrate that learning
outcome - depending on how the course team express it. Managing one's
learning includes more than doing something to a deadline - so it's
something course teams can discuss - what do we want the student to learn?
Of course - I have learnt that sometimes deadlines aren't important - or
that I could 'compensate' with good social skills and quality of work
required - and don't tell me none of you out there haven't blatantly worked
past a deadline (or at least right up to the wire). This is part of my
learning experience - our students are building up their own experiences -
and learning from them. Conversely, do we want them to pay less attention to
all the other learning outcomes from a project for the sake of being prompt?
As I see it, fine art courses or those with a substantial amount of
independent work don't have this issue as the student is managing the
learning process by speculating on and defining their work over an academic
year. Most of these students still manage to produce work for an end of
degree show, or end semester/year assessment - and managing their learning
becomes an inherent part of the learning process.
> This puts the onus, as I see it, on the Course, Programme or Institution
> to
> define what that means. If they choose it to mean meeting deadlines that
> is
> their right. If they choose it to mean devising personal time-strategies,
> then that is their right.
>
Right on! It all depends on the context - of student learning and
course/institutional requirements.
Linda
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Linda Drew
Subject Centre Manager
Learning and Teaching Support Network
Art, Design and Communication
University of Brighton
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Brighton
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