Each year, we choose a topic for the Focus On project. We choose topics based on our findings from the Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR). We invite all Scottish higher education institutions and students’ associations to tell us how we can give them the best support around this topic. This guarantees what we do will be useful and relevant.
Collaborative Activity emerged as a key area for development from the ELIR reports. We conducted a quick, desk-based scoping exercise with institutions and students’ associations to decide on the topics for Collaborative Activity.
Based on the feedback we received, on the topic of collaborative activity, the project considered:
Building effective learning environments for students on collaborative, online or distance programmes.
A range of resources for colleagues who are responsible for managing collaborative activity in their institutions.
Exploring how Scottish institutions manage collaborative activity with other universities.
Publication date: 20 Jul 2016
If you would like further information or would like to join the Focus On mailing list, please email QAA Scotland.
This video features colleagues from across the UK, and from Scotland in particular, talking about their experience of managing collaborative activity.
Colleagues identified five areas, essential for success, that work together, and are necessarily interlinked:
Publication date: 25 Jul 2016
