Improving Teaching & Learning (ITL) Resources

November 2004

This project and publication has been made possible by the support of DFID and the Carnegie Corporation.

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Introduction (386Kb ~ 2 min)
Introduction (738Kb ~ 4 min)
No 1: Programme planning, design & management (301Kb ~ 2 min)
No 1: Programme planning, design & management (631Kb ~ 4 min)
No 2: Programme & course review (334Kb ~ 2 min)
No 2: Programme & course review (686Kb ~ 4 min)
No 3: Access & admissions (292Kb ~ 2 min)
No 3: Access & admissions (598Kb ~ 3 min)
No 4: Student development & support (268Kb ~ 1 min)
No 4: Student development & support (588Kb ~ 3 min)
No 5: The assessment of student learning (278Kb ~ 2 min)
No 5: The assessment of student learning (627Kb ~ 3 min)
No 6: Staff development; the self-evaluation of teaching (310Kb ~ 2 min)
No 6: Staff development; the self-evaluation of teaching (679Kb ~ 4 min)
No 7: Postgraduate research & supervision (271Kb ~ 2 min)
No 7: Postgraduate research & supervision (598Kb ~ 3 min)

The Improving Teaching & Learning Project, established in the HEQC's Directorate of Quality Promotion and Capacity Development in 2002, had two main goals:

1. To develop criteria, minimum quality thresholds and guides to good practice on teaching and learning to inform the HEQC institutional audit and programme accreditation procedures, and thus to ensure that these contribute to the enhancement and valid evaluation of teaching and learning.
2. To engage the academic community in discussion on the suitability of the proposed criteria and minimum quality thresholds.

A Working Group was established, and their initial work identified seven focus areas:

1. Programme Planning, Design and Management
2. Programme & Course Review
3. Access & Admissions
4. Student Development & Support
5. The Assessment of Students
6. Staff Development
7. Postgraduate Research Programmes

These were developed to become the HEQC's seven Improving Teaching & Learning (ITL) Resources.

Each of these can be read and used individually, with cross-references showing how they relate to each other. The Introduction, which explains the purpose of the Resources and how they relate to the HEQC's quality assurance mandate and its quality promotion and capacity development activities, is relevant to all of the Resources.

The CHE is the owner of the copyright of the Improving Teaching & Learning (ITL) Resources. With due acknowledgement to the CHE, material from these publications may be reproduced and adapted for non-commercial purposes. Changes that individuals or institutions may introduce in the Resources for their own purposes must not be attributed to the CHE. The project and the publications which it produced were supported by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK and by the Carnegie Corporation of the USA.