Re: Teaching & Learning Centre at the Univeristy of Calgary
by Trish Andrews - Hi Amy and Norm and everyone
Projects are prioritorised according to stratgeic priorities and impact is important as well - so size of program can be a factor. Embedding of projects in institutional practice is considered of very high importance, so is a major consideration - we don't want things to be abandoned after one semester.
Picking up on Norm's point, I think it is likely that people will go outside the institution for development. This does happen and often people do this because they feel they get a better price, they have more control over what they want and they can do things within their own time frame. I think under the new system they will see it as a way of getting things done if their project is not recognised by the system and they have some funding.
However, the educational quality can be an issue - things can look fabulous, but be quite useless from an educational viewpoint. Many of these projects can end up on the shelf as they are not pedaggogically sound.
Projects are prioritorised according to stratgeic priorities and impact is important as well - so size of program can be a factor. Embedding of projects in institutional practice is considered of very high importance, so is a major consideration - we don't want things to be abandoned after one semester.
Picking up on Norm's point, I think it is likely that people will go outside the institution for development. This does happen and often people do this because they feel they get a better price, they have more control over what they want and they can do things within their own time frame. I think under the new system they will see it as a way of getting things done if their project is not recognised by the system and they have some funding.
However, the educational quality can be an issue - things can look fabulous, but be quite useless from an educational viewpoint. Many of these projects can end up on the shelf as they are not pedaggogically sound.