Teaching Matters

Developing a 360 degrees evaluation instrument for WIL projects

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Teaching Matters 2017 | Presentation Details | 28 NovemberNov 2017

Title

Developing a 360 degrees evaluation instrument for Work Integrated Learning projects


Author(s)

Stephen Allen, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Beverly Goldfarb, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Gemma Lewis, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Kevin Lyall, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Belinda Williams, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics


Subtheme

Curriculum Design for Degrees of Difference


Presentation Type

Poster


Room

University Centre Foyer


Time

14.40-15.10


Abstract

As a result of requests from an industry reference group of the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics (TSBE), for Accounting degree students to have ‘work ready skills’, a unique model for work integrated learning (WIL) was developed for the unit BFA303 Auditing. This model required teams of students across the State, to work in an organisation (not for profit social enterprises) in order to solve a particular auditing problem for the organisation. The WIL project had four participant groups: the organisations; the student teams; an industry mentor for each team; and the academic staff members. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this WIL project, feedback from all four participant groups was needed. Moreover, the results of the survey needed to be displayed in a visual format that effectively evaluated the project from a three hundred and sixty degrees perspective. The poster illustrates the work in developing the survey instrument, final survey instrument product, and how it can be modified for use in any other similar WIL Project.

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