The tangible outcomes of this project, consisting of four
participant outcomes and two products, are shown below.
At the conclusion of this project, participants will have:
- gained transferable skills in conducting meaningful
evaluation of CFL projects using high standards of practice;
- conducted a well-grounded evaluation of a CFL development
project from the viewpoint of student learning outcomes;
- experienced the action inquiry process;
- published a scholarly paper on the results of the evaluation
study.
The project will also result in deliverable products:
- a staff development guide which contains theoretical
and practical aspects of evaluation in the form of a handbook; and process
aspects of the evaluation derived from the action inquiry process;
- a volume of scholarly papers which details the results
of the evaluation studies carried out as part of this project.
There are also broader benefits to the whole higher education
sector, and to CUTSD in particular:
- the project will improve perceptions of the worth of
the scholarship of teaching and learning;
- inter-institutional and inter-disciplinary collaboration
and knowledge sharing will be fostered;
- an internet community of learners can serve as a model
for future projects;
- the project will address wide-spread deficiencies in
evaluation of CFL projects;
- the project potentially enables the achievement of
improved student learning outcomes.
