Dr Tazeen Majeed School of Medicine and Public

Dr. Tazeen Majeed School of Medicine and Public Health University of Newcastle, Australia CAPHIA, 2018

Background Started full time teaching: 2017 – 2018 5 courses for Master of Public Health Blended Learning – Face to Face & Online Cohort Diverse student cohort: • Domestic and International • Diverse socioeconomic, educational and professional background • Large student cohort with varying age range

5 Post Re-Design 4. 6 4. 2 After I started teaching this course 3. 8 3. 4 3 2015 2016 2017 2018 STUDENT SATISFACTION On COURSE for PUBH 6300, comparing pre and post re-structure Assessment Criteria Feedback Satisfaction

2015 – 16 5. 00 Prior to Re-structure 2017 - 18 Post Re-structure After I started teaching this course 4. 90 4. 80 4. 70 4. 60 4. 50 4. 40 4. 30 4. 20 4. 10 STUDENT SATISFACTION On ‘TEACHING’ for 4 courses, comparing pre and post course re-structure PUBH 6301 PUBH 6302 PUBH 6304 PUBH 6305

Student Comments: o “I believe Dr Majeed is a real inspiration when it comes to educators and I would love to take another course with her again. UON is lucky to have her!” o “Because of the passion from Tazeen, it encouraged me to participate and I thoroughly enjoyed it. ” o “Well done keep up the good work. I like the enthusiasm that you infest throughout the course, its infectious one can’t help feeling really encouraged even when it's tough with all the responsibilities we have to jingle, jungle to keep moving towards the purposed goal. Thank you very much. ” o “I think the smaller segments e. g. content + videos + class exercises work really well as you can reflect on the content and apply it as you go, and also do small ‘chunks’ as time permits. ” o “Thank you for the video feedback. Being an online student it was lovely to see your face!!” o “She gave feedback promptly and used various ways of giving feedback. I was thrilled to receive both written and recorded audio feedback on my assessments. ”

How I Achieved This In 3 Semesters’ Duration ?

Approach to Improvisations & Innovations Course Content & Design Improve Feedback Respect & Support to Students Blackboard Online Portal Reflect Assessment & Feedback Review Assess Content Delivery

Evidence – Based Approach to Innovations

Course Content, Design & Visuals Re-designed, rewritten, better visuals

Blackboard – The Online Portal for UON Students o Video to introduce myself o How to guides o Videos to introduce topics o Reminders o Using humour o Providing resources

Course Delivery o Pre- Class Quiz o Lecture o Class Activity o Equitable Blended Learning Delivery

Assessment & Feedback Authentic Assessment Encouraging diverse student cohort to engage them with assessment process Measurement of intellectual accomplishment! Equity Focused Health Impact Assessment – Desk Based Project Pre-test Support 3 – Way Feedback! 1. In-text comments 2. Personalized audio feedback 3. General video feedback

Respect & Support for Student Success o Making students feel that I personally know them and care about them ! o Responding to their issues promptly o Giving them support whenever and wherever needed o Easy access to resources – ensuring they know ways to learn!

o Constantly encouraging them on their achievements

Thank you DR TAZEEN MAJEED Lecturer Deputy Program Convenor – Masters of Public Health Deputy Lead – Global Health Pathway MD JMP Prog UON Representative - CAPHIA School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medicine University of Newcastle E: tazeen. majeed@newcastle. edu. au W: www. newcastle. edu. au/profile/tazeen-majeed

Challenges to Improvisations & Innovations o Equitable blended learning delivery o Personalized active learning initiatives to address Diversity of student cohort o All the changes had to be introduced across 5 domains for each course

Acknowledgement by Head of School, School of Medicine and Public Health – Prof Brain Kelly and Associate Dean Teaching and Learning School of Medicine and Public Health- A/P Erica James Nominated from University of Newcastle for “CAPHIA 2018 Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Teaching – Early Career Category” Won 2018 CAPHIA Award for “Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Teaching – Early Career Academic”