Communities of Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Committee

Overview

Faculties at UQ have appointed positions to provide, or support, effective design and implementation of technology enhanced learning at a local level. ITaLI has appointed learning design staff to support academic staff across the University. 

These diverse roles play an important part in implementing UQ’s strategic goals to:

• Provide an experiential curriculum, and
• Build a digital and personalised experience that evolves to meet changing student and industry expectations and is at the forefront of pedagogy, assessment and analytics.

This informal community supports and enhances teaching and learning practices (including technology-enhanced learning) through collaboration and communication across the University and provides a forum to discuss opportunities and concerns to be raised with the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Composition

• Faculty, School and ITaLI Learning Designers, Learning Design Officers, Educational Designers, Learning Technologists, eLearning advisors, and eLearning Coordinators
• ITS Representative
• Library Representative
• Other personnel with an interest/involvement in eLearning on invitation as appropriate (please contact the Secretary for more information).

Terms of Reference

1. Identify opportunities to address the effective pedagogical application of technologies to support faculty and institutional teaching and learning related to faculty priorities.
2. Provide formal and informal connections between group members to support these activities. 
3. Support the sharing of pedagogical practice and resources between group members, and wider dissemination across the University.
4. Identify common or recurring issues and opportunities.
5. Provide professional development for participants.

Administrative arrangements

Monthly meetings are facilitated by Dom McGrath in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation.

Overview

School and faculty Integrity Officers (IO), along with professional staff, are critical across UQ in both prevention and response roles. They are responsible for promoting the values and practice of academic integrity to students and staff while also guiding academic staff on educational strategies associated with academic integrity (prevention). They support decision-makers in relation to student general and academic misconduct (response).

Composition

• School Integrity Officers
• Faculty Integrity Officers
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (also Chair of University Misconduct Board)
• Chair, Assessment Sub-committee
• Academic Lead, Assessment and Academic Integrity (ITaLI)
• Manager, Student Conduct and Grievance Resolution
• Associate Director, Academic Services
• Deputy Chairs, University Misconduct Board
• Other personnel on invitation as appropriate (please contact the Secretary for more information)

Terms of Reference

• Enables the sharing of good practices, resources, and news impacting Integrity Officers.
• Fosters consistency and quality of investigations across schools, including alignment of data and reporting.
• Supports new Integrity Officers and ongoing connection between existing Integrity Officers, the Integrity Unit, Academic Lead, Assessment and Academic Integrity, and Assessment Subcommittee.
• Allows a greater voice for Integrity Officers in consultation processes on related policies and practices, including making recommendations to the Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Committee (TLSEC).

Administrative Arrangements

The Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation provides leadership and administration for the community. Sharing of resources and asynchronous interaction will be facilitated using Teams. This will include onboarding information for new Integrity Officers.

Three groups of synchronous interactions annually.

1. Faculty-based: Faculty-level network, led by associate dean (academic) or nominee, that meet regularly, plus an annual visit from Student Conduct and Grievance team, PVC(T&L), ITaLI leads
2. Pan-UQ: The UQ-wide network that meets twice a year to bring the whole group together to share practices, moderate cases, and raise issues and recommendations to TLSEC. These meetings also allow consultation on items as requested by TLSEC.
3. Reaching course coordinators: Twice annually in Ready to Teach Week, ITaLI leads for course coordinators on latest updates and information on academic integrity. Integrity officers are welcome to attend.

Governance

The direction and agenda setting for UQ-wide and Ready to Teach week sessions decided by the IO Community Leadership Group. This is a small group of senior integrity officers who want to demonstrate service leadership. The Academic Lead, Assessment and Academic Integrity is a standing member and organises administrative support for the community.

Reporting

The Integrity Officers Network reports annually to TLSEC on its activities, key topics of discussion, and any recommendations. The Network can send recommendations to any TLSEC meeting.