(ATLAANZ, New Zealand – June 2021) Learning advisors at Student Learning Te Taiako regularly evaluate our Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations (TLACs), workshops and programmes, by conducting student surveys and focus groups, together with staff peer-observations and one-minute papers. In response to recent calls in the literature to go beyond attendance data and perceived student satisfaction to ‘measure’ impact, we have begun using Hamilton et al.’s (2019) ICALLD evaluation model.
ICALLD (the International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers) is a global community of higher education practitioners working to enhance students’ learning and academic literacies. Our member organizations are from all around the world: Canada, the United Kingdom, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
One of ICALLD’s key aims is to facilitate professional development opportunities for its members. To that end, the “symposium over time” was born: a conference that occurs in small increments over the year, at varying times and with rotating host organizations. A full record of the symposium presentations is available on our website’s blog.