Student learning journey

At USQ the student learning journey (SLJ) is seen as a series of interactions between students and the university. Nine student groups and some 150 individual points of interaction have been identified.

Points of interaction correspond to a number of different phases:

• Decision to enrol
• Application and offer process
• Enrolment process
• The early weeks
• The experience of study in the first semester (The Learning Centre, Student Services, The Library)
• Preparing for the next semester (The Learning Centre, Student Services, The Library)
• Continuing study the following years (The Learning Centre, Student Services, Careers and employment, The Library)
• When things don't go as planned (The Learning Centre, Student Services, The Library)
• Completing study

Geoff Scott in his report called Accessing the Student Voice (2005) concluded that it is the whole experience that matters to students. Students are not concerned about whether or not a particular interaction is academic or administrative, but they are concerned about the quality of the interaction. In this context, the quality of interactions in the pre-enrolment phase is just as important as the quality of face-to-face and/ or virtual interactions in academic study or in completing study (including graduation ceremony and membership of the Alumni Network).

Audiovisual resources

Lindy Kimmins talks to peer leader Tegan Case about the Meet - Up program - interview**  **This video file will stream using the Windows Media player, and will play over a broadband (or better) connection. Some users have reported that their institutional ICT policies do not allow streaming-video content. Please check with your local systems administrator if you are unable to connect to this streamed-video presentation.

Information flyers

• Managing student perceptions of appropriate workload (PDF* 103kb) 
• Meet - up: an opportunity to develop students' skills (PDF* 146kb) 
• Feedback on assessment (PDF* 100kb) 
• Understanding the CEQ and LTPF at USQ (PDF* 100kb) 
• What students want (PDF* 215kb) 

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