Programme and Module
Enhancement Workshops (PACE)
PACE (Programme and Courses
Enhancement) is designed as an intervention following Academic Planning
Committee (APC) or as part of the Review cycle to support Heads of Department,
Programme Leaders, and Programme and Course Teams to design high quality
programmes and courses. Taken together, PACE comprises up to three workshops –
one that is focused on programme development and two aimed at course
development.
1.
PACE Programme Level: half a day
This workshop focuses on the
overall vision of the programme, programme learning outcomes and overall
structure, curriculum mapping and overall assessment approaches.
2.
PACE Course Level: half a day
This workshop focuses on
individual courses and helps teams formulate individual course learning
outcomes and assessment approaches. It also includes discussion of learning
activities to encourage innovative and inclusive teaching approaches, and
assists completion of D6.
3.
PACE Learning Design: half a day
This workshop helps course teams
develop individual courses, including learning activities and assessment
structure, through story-boarding activities, leading to a weekly scheme of
work / outline for each course. Time permitting, it also helps colleagues design
sample learning activities.
Who should attend?
Programme Leaders / Programme
Leader designates must attend the Programme and Course Level workshop. Course
Leaders must attend the course workshop and invite course team members,
including where appropriate subject librarians, learning technologists, alumni.
We encourage students and employers to be involved as a co-design process at
various 'reality-checking' stages as required.
What to bring?
For new programmes, APC
documentation is required. For all programmes, subject benchmarks or other PSRB
requirements, course outlines activities and drafts of D6 documentation are
required. Programme Leaders should provide course outlines and programme and
course level outcomes beforehand.
How long will it take?
Each workshop is scheduled for 3
hours. Depending on Programme Teams' preferences and availability, it is
possible to combine workshops, spreading them across 2 (non-consecutive) days
(half a day concentrating on Programme Design, and a whole day concentrating on
Course Design). The format is designed for early expert input and consensus to
be established with as many stakeholders as possible.
What happens after the
workshops?
The design will require further
refinement as detailed by the action plan that is completed at the end of each
workshop and prior to submission of the final documentation to Quality
officers.
To discuss your requirements and book your PACE
session(s), contact glt-admin@greenwich.ac.uk