Sociometric mapping exercise

Recommendation:

Identify the key people and structures within which the policy changes will be enacted ie
who talks to whom about assessment?

The system of roles within the landscape of assessment was mapped by the project team
during the early stages of the project. The key outcome considered useful of this mapping
was just how powerful the T&L chairs actually are, and how the same kind of process might
help them to realise this.

External accreditors

Program directors
T and L committee
members
Students
Heads of
school
Tutors
T and L chairs
Exec Deans
Course coordinators

Assoc Deans TEDI

T and L staff Administrators

Lecturers

Acad Board Deputy VC (academic)

members

Figure 1. Sociometric analysis representing who talks to whom about assessment at the
University of Queensland: project team meeting Dec 5 2008

A workshop with school T&L Chairs was held during which this same
sociometric process was introduced to the T&L Chairs. Again, this exercise
highlighted just how central is the T& L Chair role to assessment within
university social and organisational structures. Below is the diagram.
Figure 2. Sociometric analysis representing who talks to whom about assessment at the
University of Queensland: T & L Chairs workshop June 16 2009