Constantly striving for improvement
Steven Parker (Education Technologist, Faculty of Science, UNSW) observed of me "how systematic and methodical he [Clark] is when designing his courses. He utilises the ‘Backwards Design’, approach to ensure his assessments and delivery methods align to his learning outcomes."
Alex Banningen (Manager, Educational Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW)
Constantly Redesigning Courses, Assessments and Learning Outcomes
I am constantly revisiting course design, assessments and learning outcomes - with revisions to all of these dimensions each year from when I started in 2018 to 2019 and 2020. I also applied for and was granted digital uplift of two course in 2018-2019 from the PVCE and developed new lightboard videos and converted all the teaching material for delivery through Microsoft Teams and OneNote. The
Streamlined the Research Thesis for the BEng (Hons) and postgraduate coursework degrees
I've participated in the Research Thesis working group, including the revision for 3+ as well as developing a fully online course submission of reflection videos, research presentations, progress reports and thesis with rubrics and exemplars for my school. The thesis deliveries were upgraded to be digitally delivered by students in 2018. During the COVID-19 crisis, I provided support to other
Leadership Role in Curriculum Design and Review
As part of the University Program Review Committee (PRC) and in my role as Chair of the Academic Programs Committee (APC), I have reviewed many existing and proposed programs and courses. For the PRC, I have examined if the procedure for program review was followed and looked a recommendations for changing the programs as well as the Faculty response to those recommendations. I would write