Implement improved learning practice
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TAELED803
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TASKS
About this unit
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to initiate, and implement, practices that support the improvement of learning strategies in an organisational context. It includes:
evaluating ways to improve learning practice, managing and monitoring the means by which to improve learning, analysing, and advancing adoption of improved learning practice
methods for improving learning practice, including developing individual staff members from the perspective of the organisations needs and imperatives, and enhancing outcomes for learners and candidates.
It applies to leaders or managers who use research, theoretical analysis and professional investigation, to identify ways in which to implement learning practices that build organisational capabilities within a small to medium-sized organisation, or to a significant unit of activity in a large organisation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.The
Elements and Performance Criteria of this unit are outlined below. Elements describe the essential outcomes. Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Evaluate ways to improve learning practice |
1.1 Review advances in learning practice within a given vocational, training, educational or content area 1.2 Review and challenge existing learning practice to develop, and test, improved approaches 1.3 Analyse interests, abilities, relationships and the contextual needs of relevant individuals, when promoting improved learning practice 1.4 Research how a range of appropriate learning theories and instructional design principles can improve learning practice 1.5 Ensure learning practice reflects the qualification requirements for nominated qualification/s |
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2. Manage and monitor the means to improve learning |
2.1 Observe and assess learner styles with respect to the appropriateness of current vocational, training and educational learning strategies 2.2 Evaluate the role, and impact of, new technologies on learners and training techniques 2.3 Plan improved learning practice based on how learners currently learn 2.4 Plan improved learning practice based on the experience and personal interests of the learner |
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3. Analyse and advance the adoption of improved learning practice |
3.1 Develop improved vocational, training and educational (VET) learning practice, appropriate to learner characteristics 3.2 Advocate for improved VET learning practice 3.3 Initiate research into improved learning practice 3.4 Design and test improved learning practice in realworld situations 3.5 Mentor colleagues to promote improved learning practice |
Assessment Requirements
For more information relating to the assessment requirements, including the management of student progression, please refer to the Campbell Institute Student Handbook.
Students are required to complete all the assessment tasks included in this document. The assessment tasks are summarised in the Assessment Plan in this document.
Your assessor will discuss all of the assessment requirements with you prior to undertaking this unit. The deadline for completion of this assessment is advised in your Moodle unit.
You can submit your completed assessments before it is due. If however, you cannot hand it in by the due date, you will need to negotiate with your trainer/Assessor prior to the assessment due date (except in circumstances that prevent you from doing so).
Following submission of your assessment, you will be provided with feedback and if required, further training may be arranged to facilitate achievement of competency.
If on second attempt you are unable to meet the requirements, we request you emailacademics@campbellinstitute.edu.auto arrange educational support to improve your understanding and skills.
Students have the right to appeal an assessment decision at any time. (Please refer to Campbell Institute Student Handbook for the Appeals process).
Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer
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RPL provides an opportunity for prospective students to gain recognition based on the skills and knowledge they have recently gained through experience, as well as any training that have been completed outside of formal training arrangements.
RPL has many benefits:
Students can finish their training earlier
It avoids duplication of training and maximises its value
It creates a learning culture by valuing and recognising learning that has occurred in the workplace.
You may want to apply for RPL or Course Credit. For more information please refer to the Campbell Institute Student Handbook and discuss this with your Trainer/Assessor.
Reasonable Adjustment
A reasonable adjustment is an adjustment to the assessment process or materials that allows a student with a disability fair access to the assessment, and fair opportunity to successfully complete it. Adjustments must be reasonable and must not compromise the integrity of the assessment.
Examples of reasonable adjustment could include providing support to individual students, assistive technology, modifying the assessment process or the format of materials, or adjusting the physical environment.
Make sure you discuss your assessment needs with your trainer/assessor prior to the assessment.
Assessment Submission Requirements
Before you upload your assessment tasks, you are required to:
Submit your assessment tasks online in your unit Moodle
You will need to complete the Student Declaration in Moodle as part of your Assessment submission
More Information?
You will find more information about assessment in the Campbell Institute Student Handbook, including our assessment policies and procedures, as well as what to do if you do not agree on the outcome of an assessment, an assessment appeal.
Assessment Plan
The assessment tasks forTAELED803 Implement improved learning practiceare outlined in the assessment plan below. These tasks have been designed to help you demonstrate the skills and knowledge that you have learnt during your course.
Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also follow the advice provided in theStudent Guide. The Student Guide provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully.
Assessment Submission Method
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Online submission via Learning Management System (Moodle) |
Assessment Plan
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Assessment Task 1: |
Knowledge Questions |
Due: Week 6 |
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Assessment Task 2: |
Project Portfolio |
Due: Week 12 |
This Student Assessment Guide is designed for you to complete the following:
Student Declaration: Refer to the Moodle instruction, as the Student Declaration is electronic and forms part of the requirements for this unit.
Assessment Task 1: Knowledge Questions
Assessment Task 2: Project Portfolio
Student Details
Student to complete the following details
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Assessment Task One:Knowledge Questions
Information for students
In this task, you will research advancement in learning practice and how it can be improved and present your findings in a report.
You will need access to:
your learning resources and other information for reference.
Ensure that you:
answer all questions completely and correctly
submit work that is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
avoid sharing your answers with other students.
Student instructions.
You are required to undertake research and demonstrate your knowledge by responding to each of the following questions.
Question One:
How can you evaluate and implement adult learning practices to improve learning strategies within an organisational context, considering the diverse needs, interests, and learning styles of adult learners? Provide two ways to improve learning strategies.
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How can you analyse and apply contemporary policies and approaches to vocational learning and assessment to enhance educational practices and meet industry standards?
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Question Three:
Explain the content and requirements of relevant delivery and assessment strategies within a vocational education and training (VET) context?
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Undertake independent research on pedagogy or andragogy, particularly in the context of adult learning, andidentify a theme/approach in content and design to enhance learning resources and materials for creating effective learning experiences for adults.
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How learning content and objects can be designed and managed in a way that uses current best practice approaches, promotes engagement, and can be reused, modified or adapted as relevant.
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Research the various learner styles and how each style can be encouraged to learn more effectively. Provide an explanation for each learning styles, and explain a strategy for each on how you could improve learning:
theoretical learners
pragmatic learners
activist learners
reflective learners
kinaesthetic learners
audio learners
visual learners
tactile learners
left and right brain learners
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Undertake research and explain the following terms learning strategies, teaching, and assessment methods. Do learning strategies differ from teaching and assessment methods?
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Undertake research relating to pedagogical theory and practice, learner interests and changing learning styles, and explain the application of information and communications technology (ICT) to learning and teaching
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Question Nine:
How can a learning designer source and determine availability of relevant learning resources, and learning materials?
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Question Ten:
Learning practice may be applicable pedagogy or learning theories and their relationship to the vocational, training and educational strategies, techniques and approaches that can be used to improve learning. How can the application of relevant learning theories enhance instructional design and improve learning outcomes?
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Question Eleven:
Undertake independent research and provide a description of each of the following training techniques, how they can enhance learning for your given industry area, and when they should be used:
instruction and explanation
questioning
practice
written information
group, pair and team activities
individual activities
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Assessment Task Two:Project Portfolio
Information for students
In this task, you are required to demonstrate your skills and knowledge by working through a number of activities and completing and submitting a project portfolio.
You will need access to:
your learning resources and other information for reference
Project Portfoliotemplate (this is available to you in the unit Moodle, it has also been included in Appendix One of this document)
Ensure that you:
answer all questions completely and correctly
submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
avoid sharing your answers with other students.
Activities
Complete the following activities:
Carefully read the following:
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This project requires you to implement improved learning practice in an organisational context within a given vocational area. |
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If you are currently working within an adult vocational learning environment, base this assessment on your workplace organisation. If you are not working then use the context of the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that you are studying this course with. If using your RTO, then the fellow students in your class group will be your learning cohort. |
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You will be required to: Select a current course to base your project on. This can be any Vocational Education and Training (VET) course (qualification, skill set or unit) and will be the course you are currently studying if you are not currently employed in the industry Select a cohort of learners (this will be your student group you are studying with if not currently employed) Evaluate current practices and research ways to improve current practice using best practice and contemporary approaches (including the use of new technologies) Manage and monitor improved learning practice based on your evaluations of a group of learners Analyse and advance the adoption of improved learning practice by advocating for this, mentoring others and designing and testing improved practice in real world situations. You will be collecting evidence for this unit in a Project Portfolio and will need to submit a number of attachments as evidence. The steps you need to take are outlined below. Before you begin, complete page 4 of your Project Portfolio. |
Conduct an evaluation and complete planning
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Within the context of your learning environment in your organisation, you will need to evaluate ways to improve learning practice. Complete the following: Select a group of learners to base this assessment on (at least three). Access and analyse the current Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) for your nominated course. Conduct observations and use other relevant methods (such as surveys, interviews or focus groups) to analyse the following: oLearners interests, abilities, relationships and any contextual needs that need to be considered oTheir unique learner styles and how appropriate the current learning methods are for them. Conduct research using the Internet into advances in learning practice which includes: oAdvances in learning practices and how these are being implemented by other organisations. oAn evaluation of the role and impact of new technologies on learners and training techniques and how this could be incorporated into your learning environment. oWays new learning practices can be introduced for your chosen course and cohort in a way that will ensure learning practice still reflects the qualification requirements. Plan for and develop changes based on your research and evaluations by deciding on the changes you are going to make and the reasons why (ensuring integrity of the course) and update the Training and Assessment Strategy accordingly. As part of this step you need to have a discussion with your assessor where you clearly outline your proposed changes and reasons for this. Your assessor will be looking to see that you can lead the verbal change based on your research and ideas and that your ideas can practically be implemented. |
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Observations can either be viewed in person by your assessor, viewed online or you may like to video record any discussions you hold for your assessor to watch later. Your assessor can provide you with more details at this step. Your assessor will be looking to see that you can lead the conversations so you can effectively gather the information needed from your learners and explore their ideas and requirements related to the course they are studying. |
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Complete Section 1 of your Project Portfolio. Remember to attach all necessary evidence attachments as indicated. |
Advocate for and test improved learning practice
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Now that you have completed the steps above it is time to test your improved approaches in real world situations and advocate for improved practice. You can do this either in your place of employment, if you based this project on your own workplace or organisation, or you can do this with your group of fellow students acting as real trial participants as they will be trialling this based on their own real world learning characteristics. You must provide evidence that you have: Tested changes to learning practice you have made in your revised TAS (this could include adapting or modifying resources, trialling new technology, adjusting learning styles, mediums or equipment). Evidence can include videos, submission of adapted resources or other documentation such as meeting notes, data collected from the trial and reports. Advocated for improved learning practice amongst your peers and colleagues using mentoring techniques to improve their learning practice. Evidence must be provided of this (see below). |
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If completing this step with your classmates rather than your workplace, here are some ideas for ways to advocate for improved learning practice in the role of mentor: Develop an article, blog or short video that advocates for improved learning practice and share it on social media with your networks and classmates. As part of the mentoring aspect, you will need to initiate or encourage comments and discussions about how they can incorporate this improved practice into their industry or profession and submit evidence of this. Develop a presentation about your improved learning practice that can be given in class or online with time for discussion afterwards where you can share tips and ideas about how they can incorporate this improved practice into their industry or profession and submit evidence of this. Your presentation is to be a minimum of 30 minutes including time for discussion. |
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Complete Section 2 of your Project Portfolio. Remember to attach all necessary evidence attachments as indicated. Submit to your assessor. |
Appendix One:Project Portfolio
Students are to complete as part of the submission of Assessment Task Two
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Organisation you are basing this project on: |
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Describe the organisation and the course you are basing this project on. |
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Describe the cohort of learners you are basing this project on. |
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Provide an overview of current training and assessment practices. What learning materials are being used? What training techniques are being used? What assessment methods are being used? What other resources and equipment are being used? How is technology currently being used? You will need to attach the current Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) as part of your evidence. |
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How are you going to conduct observations and an analysis of your learner cohort? This must include: Their interests, abilities, relationships and any contextual needs. Their unique learner styles and how appropriate the current learning methods are for them. This will involve data collection and building learner profiles. Insert your evidence once you have completed your observations and evaluations. |
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Evaluation of advances in learning practices What advances in practice have you researched? How do these advances specifically apply to the course you are basing this project on? How these are being implemented by other organisations. List your sources. |
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Evaluation of technology What is the role of technology in this industry area? What is the impact of new technologies on learners and training techniques and how this could be incorporated into your learning environment? |
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Provide an evaluation for how new learning practices can be introduced for your chosen course and cohort in a way that will ensure learning practice still reflects the qualification requirements. What are the requirements that must be met and how can you ensure this when introducing changes? |
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Why should changes be incorporated? When was the strategy last reviewed and why is there a need to review and challenge existing practices? |
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Planning Summarise the changes you are going to make to learning practice for the current course along with your reasons why you have chosen to this. Include details of how you have considered: Learner styles, needs and preferences Technology Advances in contemporary practice Qualification requirements. Make a copy of the TAS and work your changes into the copy. Insert as evidence. |
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Current Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) |
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Evidence of observations and data collection analysis of learners and their needs (videos, surveys, learner profiles you have developed etc.) |
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Revised Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) |
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Testing approaches used Outline how you tested changes to learning practice based on your planning in Section 1. Include details of testing and trials that took place, participants, timeframes, successes and failures. Attach evidence of testing conducted (videos, documentation, modified resources etc.) |
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Discuss the resources you used during this phase. How did you source them and how did you ensure they were available? |
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Results Summarise the results of your testing and what youve learned. How was the learning improved? What were the comments of the trial participants? Insert evidence (surveys / feedback forms / data collection) |
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Advocacy Outline how you advocated for improved learning practice and acted as a mentor to your colleagues. How did you share your knowledge and experience with others to develop improved practice? Insert evidence. |
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Evidence of testing (videos, documentation, modified resources etc.) |
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Evidence of advocacy and mentoring (article, blog, vlog, video, presentation etc). |
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The pages that follow from this point will be completed by your Assessor.
Record of Assessment
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Assessor Checklist
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Evaluate ways that current learning practices can be improved by: conducting research using the Internet into advances in learning practice relevant to the context of their learning environment analysing advances in learning practices and how these are being implemented by other organisations evaluating the role and impact of new technologies on learners and training techniques and how this could be incorporated into their learning environment exploring ways new learning practices can be introduced for their chosen course and cohort in a way that will ensure learning practice still reflects the qualification requirements? |
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Conduct observations and use other relevant methods (such as surveys, interviews or focus groups) to: analyse learners interests, abilities, relationships and any contextual needs that need to be considered assess unique learner styles and how appropriate the current learning methods are for them lead verbal discussions to gather information and explore requirements of learners? |
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Plan, design and develop improved learning practice by updating the TAS to incorporate their findings from their research, observations and evaluations which includes: learner styles, needs and preferences technology advances in contemporary practice qualification requirements? |
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Lead verbal discussions when discussing their proposed changes and making recommendations to you? |
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Develop, test and trial improved VET learning practice and test in real world situations? |
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Advocate for improved learning practice and mentor colleagues to promote improved learning practice, collaborate and share their knowledge? |
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Implement improved learning practice in at least one learning environment and provide documentation to show they have: evaluated ways to improve it managed and monitored the process of improving it how the learning was improved how improved learning practice was advocated for? |
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Results Record
Final assessment results
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The signature confirms that I have submitted all my own work and agree with the assessment decision and feedback. |
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