Education Committee Meeting 3/2005

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Meeting No. 3/2005 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 18 May 2005, in the Clayfield Room, Building A1, Room 34, Caulfield campus, commencing at 2.15pm.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO VENUE.

Apologies: Please telephone: 9905 5061, or e-mail to: Samantha.Rose@adm.monash.edu.au

Ms Shana Chong, Secretary

Members having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before this meeting must declare that interest to the Chair via the Committee Secretary prior to consideration of the item, and must not take part in a vote on any matter concerning it.

Agenda

PART A PROCEDURAL, POLICY & COMMITTEE MATTERS

1. ATTENDANCE, MEMBERSHIP AND APOLOGIES

Invited to attend:

Associate Professor Ilana Snyder, Faculty of Education, Ms Ann Shelton, Solicitor’s Office, Mr Noel Wilkins, Project Officer, Office of the Director, Learning and Teaching, Ms Shona Le Grand, Executive Officer, UAPS, and Ms Cassandra Monahan, Student Rights & Education Manager, MONSU Caulfield.

Welcome to new or returning members:

Mr Arthur Wasiak, student representative, MONSU Peninsula, Associate Professor Brenton Doecke, Associate Dean (Post Graduate Coursework), Faculty of Education, Dr Debbie Corrigan, Associate Dean Teaching, Faculty of Education.

Apologies:

Professor Merran Evans, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Planning

2. STARRED ITEMS

The Committee should note that certain items have been starred as requiring discussion. Additional items may be starred at the discretion of the Committee.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee nominates any additional items to be starred, and endorses the recommendations for all items other than those starred.

3. MINUTES p 1 - 2

The unconfirmed minutes of Meeting 2/2005, held on 16 March 2005, were circulated on 4 May 2005. A replacement paper on item 5 of the Minutes of Meeting, titled Faculty Course Offerings and Supporting Regulations, is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee approves the Minutes of Meeting 2/2005 held on 16 March 2005.

*4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

4.1 Faculty Course Offerings and Supporting Regulations p 3 - 4

Following discussion at Meeting 2/2005, faculties agreed to submit a status report reviewing their suite of course of study and award regulations. To date, reports have been received from all faculties except for the faculties of Law and Pharmacy.

The Chair will provide an update on this item and Associate Deans Teaching are requested to provide brief commentary regarding their faculty’s reports. Associate Deans Teaching will be requested to provide written action plans, in conjunction with Faculty Managers, for updating their course of study and award regulations to Ms Ann Shelton (Ann.Shelton@adm.monash.edu.au), the Solicitor’s Office, and cc’d to Ms Shana Chong (Shana.Chong@adm.monash.edu.au), UAPS, by Thursday, 30 June 2005. Ms Ann Shelton, Solicitor’s Office, has been invited to attend for this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee:

• notes the advice of the Chair;
• receives the faculty status reports received to date; and
• notes that written action plans from faculties for updating their course of study and award regulations have been requested to be submitted by 30 June 2005.

5. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ACADEMIC BOARD MEETING 1/2005

The Academic Board noted all matters that were reported for information from Meeting 1/2005 of the Education Committee.

The Academic Board approved the Values for High-Quality Teaching and Learning Policy. The Policy and Procedures are now available on the Policy Bank located at:

http://www.adm.monash.edu/unisec/academicpolicies/policy/values.html; and

http://www.adm.monash.edu/unisec/academicpolicies/procedures/values.html.

The Academic Board approved the establishment of the Exclusion Procedures Subcommittee, chaired by Associate Professor Margaret Lindorff, Faculty of Business and Economics, and approved its terms of reference:

Provide advice to faculty and central areas of the university, in consultation with the student associations, in relation to the functions and procedures of unsatisfactory progress;

Review and refine the suite of university proformas and Functions and Procedures, in accordance with Statute 6.2 and the regulations pursuant to the statute, and

Report to Education Committee by the last meeting of each year.

The Academic Board approved the extension of the Education Committee membership structure to incorporate the positions of Executive Chair of the Admissions Committee and the Faculty Managers Group representative as voting members.

*6. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL SYSTEM

Documentation will be tabled at the meeting. Professor Alan Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Ms Sally Stafford, Director, UAPS, will brief members in relation to the updates to the system. Members will be invited to provide commentary on the updated materials and process.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee notes the briefing provided by the chair on the updating of the format and procedures of the Course Development and Approval System.

*7. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PROJECT p 55 - 58

Documentation is attached. In advance of this meeting, Associate Deans were requested to prepare a short briefing paper regarding their faculty procedures on the following academic integrity issues:

• identifying potential plagiarism;
• approaching students in relation to suspected plagiarism;
• maintaining a ‘register’ of students who have received cautionary counselling; and
• any related initiative to educate students about academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion.

To date a briefing paper has been forwarded by the Faculty of Science. Other submissions will be tabled at the meeting.

Professor Denise Kirkpatrick, Director, Learning and Teaching, will introduce Mr Noel Wilkins, Project Officer, Academic Integrity Project (AIP), to speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee:

• receives Faculty briefing papers in relation to integrity issues;
• notes the advice regarding the Academic Integrity Project;
• invites the student representatives of Education Committee to register an expression of interest in joining the Project Committee; and
• identifies potential schools or units for the student/teacher education programs on plagiarism, including participation in the pilot trial of Turnitin for semester two, 2005.

*8. SCHEDULE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEARNING AND TEACHING PLAN p 59 - 60

Documentation is attached. Professor Denise Kirkpatrick, Director, Learning and Teaching, will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee notes the advice of Professor Kirkpatrick in relation to the schedule for the development of the Learning and Teaching Plan.

*9. FACULTY OF EDUCATION ANALYSIS OF MEQ DATA p 61 - 70

Documentation is attached. The Faculty of Education has produced a report on its analysis of the qualitative and quantitative MEQ data. The report also includes analysis by course level, course type and campus. Associate Professor Ilana Snyder, Faculty of Education, has been invited to speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee notes the advice of Associate Professor Snyder and receives the report of the analysis of MEQ data submitted by the Faculty of Education.

10. OTHER BUSINESS

PART B: FACULTY REPORTS AND PROPOSALS

There are no items under this section for this meeting.

PART C: NEXT MEETING

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee (Meeting 4/2005) will be held at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 13 July 2005. It is proposed that the meeting be held at the Berwick campus.

All final submissions for the agenda for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 29 June 2005.

Membership:

Professor Alan Lindsay (Chair)

Ms Jenny Allen

Dr Heinz Kreutz

Professor Tony Dingle

Associate Professor Sally Joy

Dr Debbie Corrigan

Associate Professor Brenton Doecke

Professor Robin Alfredson

Professor William Young

Professor David Arnott

Professor Jeffrey Waincymer

Associate Professor Tony Luff

Dr Louise McCall

Associate Professor Louis Roller

Dr David Taylor

Dr Cristina Varsavsky

Dr Tony Patti

Professor Max King

Professor Chris Browne

Professor Merran Evans

Professor Denise Kirkpatrick

Professor Graham Webb

Associate Professor Alan Farley

Ms Glenda Key

Mr Leo Ostroburski, MONSU - Caulfield

Mr Arthur Wasiak, MONSU Peninsula

Mr David Taft, MSA – Clayton

Mr Max Ribitzky, MUBS – Berwick

Mr Benjamin Batten, MUGSU - Gippsland

Pharmacy Students Association – position vacant

Ms Marina Rahman, MPA – masters by coursework

MPA – graduate/postgraduate diploma – position vacant

In Attendance:

Mr Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Yates (alternate for Mr P Marshall)

Ms Cathrine Harboe-Ree

Associate Professor Valerie Clifford

Associate Professor Yoni Ryan

Associate Professor Marg Lindorff

Associate Professor Michael Page

Ms Shana Chong (Secretary)

Further Distribution:

Faculty Managers/Registrars (*9)

Mr T Calder

Ms P Williams

Ms P Herman

Ms S Stafford

Ms B Le Grand