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Glossary of terms


 * Action Enquiry Framework: ** Plan- Act-Reflect components of evaluation that reflect a cycle of construction and deconstruction
 * Audience: ** Also known as stakeholders.
 * Background: ** Necessary details that will allow for a greater understanding of the material within a specific context
 * Construction: ** A developmental aspect of building and creation
 * Critical evaluation: ** A summary of content and critical comment
 * Deconstruction: ** Examination of the single elements that have combined to form an entity e.g. separate components of teaching delivery into the lecturer’s skills and attributes, resources, content, engagement.
 * Evaluation: ** Process to gain and indication of the effectiveness of a process or resource
 * F2F: ** Face to face- a traditional process of teaching
 * Graduate attributes ** **(GA):** qualities identified by industry as valued within the workplace example the ability to use a variety of technological media a term used to denote the components of who –what-when-where and why of the ( evaluation) tool
 * Group work: ** a form of collaborative learning where students exchange perspectives and ideas amongst their peers often guided and moderated by a lecturer presence
 * Lens of peers: ** Process of examination from the view point of peers (e.g. Lecturers)
 * Lens of student: ** Process of examination and reflection from the perspective of the student
 * Lens of autobiography: ** Process of self-reflection- critique and analysis
 * Limitations: ** Constraints or inadequacies
 * Logistics: ** Flow of activities
 * Multimodal: ** Referring to the variety of media or methods used to deliver education
 * Peer consultation: ** Collaborative process amongst of similar functions (e.g.lecturers) refinement of ideas through discussions and modifications
 * Planning phase: ** Developmental point
 * Sample: ** Subset of a population
 * Student satisfaction: ** Consequences of experiences of a student
 * Target population: ** Subset of a population selected for a specific purpose or by a particular method
 * Unit outcomes: ** A summary of key learning points that the course aims to achieve by completion
 * Teaching philosophy statement : (TPS) ** Personal statement of values and beliefs about teaching
 * Improvement: ** - A key feature of evaluation process
 * Quality of teaching: ** Factors that impact on the effectiveness and scholarship of education provision
 * Reflection: ** Critical analysis and review with the aim of refinement and improvement

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