OERu/Planning/OP assessment services for CertHE

Planning page for the local Otago Polytechnic short course and course summary approvals to offer assessment services for transcript credit for the Certificate of Higher Education in Business (OERu)

Project team

 * Becca Black, ‎Manager, OP Online, Otago Polytechnic
 * Cameron Campbell, OERF Consultant, Canada
 * Carol Cooper-Taylor, OERF Consultant,  United Kingdom / Spain.
 * Christine Daviault, OERF Consultant, Canada
 * Mark Forbes, Business Systems Analyst, Quality, Data and Records, Otago Polytechnic.
 * Peter Harris, Innovation Facilitator, Otago Polytechnic.
 * Anna James, Quality Systems Analyst, Otago Polytechnic
 * Wayne Mackintosh, Director, OER Foundation and project manager for this initiative.
 * Gail Morong, OERF Consultant, Canada.
 * Liz Stewart, Manager, Quality Enhancement Centre, Otago Polytechnic

Project tasks
The aim of this project is to complete the Otago Polytechnic approval processes to offer assessment-only services for designated OERu courses to issue transcript credit for the CertHE in Business (OERu) to be conferred by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Most of the micro-courses would qualify for Edubits micro-credentials. Otago Polytechnic is aiming to confirm an "agreement in principle" for signing the OERu Credit Transfer and Articulation Agreement with UHI as an assessing OERu partner for the approved courses by 15 May 2017. Consequently, this project is aiming to complete phase 1 by 10 May 2017. Phase 2 involves the development of the summative assessments and related moderation processes which we aim to complete by June 2017 or sooner.

Phase 1: Prepare documents for Academic Board at Otago Polytechnic
This phase comprises the preparation of the approval documentation for the Quality Approvals Committee and Academic Board at Otago Polytechnic. The following documents are required:


 * 1) Course outline for new short course (AcQual 114): To be completed for each micro-course
 * 2) Course summary (AcQual 105): To be completed for each OERu full-course so that Otago Polytechnic can issue transcript credit for articulation into the CertHE in Business  (for both 12 Credit and 16 Credit options).

Phase 2: Develop summative assessments

 * 1) Develop summative assessments for each micro course aligned with the short course and course summary approvals for Academic Board above (Consultants or designated OP staff).
 * 2) Develop corresponding assessment rubrics using the approved grading schemes (Consultants or designated OP staff).
 * 3) Complete pre-assessment and moderation approval for Edubits (OP responsibility)
 * 4) Refine the assessments if required.

Courses
Note:


 * The course titles in the table below link through to the course specification document which should be used as the starting point for preparing the approval documentation.
 * Links to the course materials are list on the MVP implementation page.

References and resources

 * [[Media:NZQA Level Descriptors.pdf|NZQA level descriptors (pdf)]] - Learning outcomes must comply with the stated Level 5 descriptors (that is first year bachelor degree level).
 * [[Media:Sample verbs for outcomes.pdf|Sample verbs for outcomes (pdf)]] published by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State University. - Note the Knowledge and Comprehension columns of the Knowledge verbs are too low for Level 5 of NZQA and Otago Polytechnic does not use attitudinal verbs for learning outcomes.

Documents for academic board approval

 * 1) Consultants should use the Google documents listed below.
 * 2) Users should log in using their own gmail accounts so we can track comments and edits.
 * 3) When suggesting changes, use "Suggesting" (track changes) or comment using the comment feature.

Corporate communication

 * 1) Course summary for CCOM100 - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * CCOM101 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 4) * CCOM102 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 5) * CCOM103 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 6) Assignment pages
 * 7) *CCOM 101 Assessment and marking rubric
 * 8) *CCOM 102 Assessment and marking rubric
 * 9) *CCOM 103 Assessment and marking rubric

Principles of marketing

 * 1) Course summary for PMKT100 - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * PMKT101 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 4) * PMKT102 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 5) * PMKT103 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 6) Assignment pages
 * 7) * PMKT101 Assignment and marking rubric - In draft
 * 8) * PMKT102 Assignment and marking rubric - In draft
 * 9) * PMKT103 Assignment and marking rubric - In draft

Principles of management

 * 1) Course summary for PMAN100 - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * PMAN101 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 4) * PMAN102 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 5) * PMAN103 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 6) Assignment pages
 * 7) *PMAN 101 Assignment - Marking Rubric
 * 8) * PMAN 102 Assignment - Marking Rubric
 * 9) * PMAN 103 Assignment - Marking Rubric

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

 * 1) Course summary for IENT100 - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * IENT101 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 4) * IENT102 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 5) * IENT103 short course approval - Reviewed by QEC. Ready for Academic Board.
 * 6) Assignment pages
 * 7) * IENT101 Assignment - Marking Rubric - To be written
 * 8) * IENT102 Assignment - Marking Rubric - To be written
 * 9) * IENT103 Assignment - Marking Rubric - To be written

Principles of microeconomics

 * 1) Course summary for MIEC100
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * MIEC101 short course approval
 * 4) * MIEC102 short course approval
 * 5) * MIEC103 short course approval
 * 6) Assignment pages

Principles of macroeconomics

 * 1) Course summary for MAEC100
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * MAEC101 short course approval
 * 4) * MAEC102 short course approval
 * 5) * MAEC103 short course approval
 * 6) Assignment pages

Introduction to project management

 * 1) Course summary for IPM100 - Copy of existing approved course at OP
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * IPM101 short course approval - Copy of existing approved course at OP
 * 4) * IPM102 short course approval - Copy of existing approved course at OP
 * 5) * IPM103 short course approval - Copy of existing approved course at OP
 * 6) * IPM104 short course approval - Copy of existing approved course at OP

Learning in a digital age

 * 1) Course summary for LIDA100
 * 2) Short course approvals
 * 3) * LIDA101 short course approval
 * 4) * LIDA102 short course approval
 * 5) * LIDA103 short course approval
 * 6) * LIDA104 short course approval

Already approved (27 credits including 6 credit residency)

 * Art Appreciation and Techniques (3 credits - TRU residency)
 * Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits - TRU residency)
 * Corporate Communication (3 credits)
 * World History in the Modern Era (3 credits)
 * Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
 * Critical reasoning (3 credits)
 * Indigenous Australia (restricted to 3 credits)
 * Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
 * Regional Relations in Asia and the Pacific (3 credits)

In process

 * Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits) - Need to review course content covered
 * Principles of Marketing (3 credits) - Need to review course content covered
 * English for Academic Writing (3 credits) - Need to review course content covered
 * Creating Sustainable Futures (3 credits?) - Query as option for unspecified credit

Meetings

 * /LiDA101 Pre-assessment moderation meeting/ - 18 March 2020