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Continuous Curriculum Improvement
What are the next steps after IQAP? As described in the 8-year curriculum review timeline, continuous curriculum improvement takes place in the years between the end of the current IQAP review cycle and starting the next cycle (years 4-8). To support the ongoing enhancement and improvement of your program's curriculum, you should consider collecting and interpreting curriculum data between program review cycles.
Find opportunities to engage with fellow faculty in conversations about the curriculum. The scope of change often requires ongoing conversation to:
- implement reviewer recommendations
- assess the impact of the changes
- support ongoing evaluation
Activities you can consider as a part of continuous curriculum improvement include:
- revisiting program learning outcomes
- evaluating strengths of the program
- exploring alignment between program outcomes and assessments
- mapping course-level learning outcomes to program-level outcomes
- collecting student data
- ongoing survey data collection from students
- occasional survey collection from students X years after graduation (consider compiling non-UWO email contact lists)
Continuous Curriculum Improvement Retreats and Resources
The Centre for Teaching and Learning supports ongoing curriculum improvement in many ways, including facilitating retreats and providing resources on special topics. Several retreat options with sample agendas are provided below. Please note that these are just a starting point, and the CTL facilitator will work with you to customize the retreat agenda to suit the needs of the program.
- SOAR Retreat (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations & Results) (3-4 hours)
- Signature Pedagogies Retreat (2 hours)
- Generative AI and Assessment Design Retreat (3-4 hours)
- Generative AI and the Graduate Milestones (full day)
Questions?
If you would like to discuss this topic further or book a retreat, please contact a member of the CTL curriculum team.