On this page you will find links to useful resources related to capstones including capstone grant and fellowship projects, the Australian discipline-based academic standards and recent projects on benchmarking.
The annual Australasian Conference on Undergraduate Research is a great opportunity for capstone students working on research projects to publicly disseminate their work. Abstract submissions are generally mid year, see more at: http://www.acur.org.au/
Capstone related resources
Journalism capstones
https://www.capstonecurriculum.com.au/about-capstones/journalism-capstones
You can find details of the recent journalism capstones fellowship project by Professor Cullen, including resources and the draft final report on our site.
Business capstones and practice guide
http://businesscapstones.edu.au/
See the good practice guide and a wide range of information, advice and case studies about capstones from the project website for Capstone Courses in Undergraduate Business Degrees: Better Course Design, Better Learning Activities, Better Assessment, funded by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.
Capstone principles
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/PP9-1374_Kift_Booklet_2013_1.pdf
See principles, models, case studies and information about design for capstone curriculum at the project site for Curriculum Renewal in Legal Education, funded by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.
Rethinking Final Year Projects and Dissertations
http://insight.glos.ac.uk/TLI/ACTIVITIES/NTF/CREATIVEHOPS/Pages/default.aspx
Insights into characteristics of capstones and case studies at the project site for Rethinking Final Year Projects and Dissertations funded by the Higher Education Academy. Up to date resources are available at: http://www.mickhealey.co.uk/resources
See also the final project report and book, downloadable at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/ntfs/ntfsproject_Gloucestershire10
Graduate Capabilities and developmental capstone portfolios
http://www.assuringgraduatecapabilities.com/
The website for the Office for Learning and Teaching-funded National Senior Fellow Beverley Oliver’s work on Assuring Graduate Capabilities, including tools for mapping and assessing graduate capabilities in higher education and a comprehensive description of developmental approaches to capping courses through individual, course-wide, digital portfolios.
Best practices in supporting honours and coursework dissertation supervision
http://www.dissertationsupervision.org/
The website for the Office of Learning and Teaching-funded National Teaching Fellow Lynne Roberts’ program in developing honours and coursework dissertation supervision practices. Lynne is working with supervisors now and continues to add resources to the site.
Developing professional identities
http://thetileapproach.ning.com/
The website for the Office for Learning and Teaching-funded National Senior Fellow Dawn Bennett’s work on transitions and pathways in higher education. Particularly useful for its relevance to the development of students’ emerging professional identities during the final year of study. Includes network, tools and resources.
The US ‘senior year”
http://www.sc.edu/fye/resources/syr/index.html
The resource page on the senior year experience from the National Resource Centre, based at the University of South Carolina.
AIPPEN – Interprofessional education resources for the Health Sciences
http://www.aippen.net/index.htmlAn Australasian website about interprofessional education, interprofessional learning and interprofessional practice in healthcare. Includes information about current projects, resources and international/national networks.
Discpline Academic Standards (Australia)
In 2010 and 2011 the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) conducted the Learning and Teaching Academic Standards (LTAS) project, with the goal of articulating academic standards in several broad discipline areas. Carried out by the Discipline Scholars, this work resulted in a series of ‘LTAS’ statements, which include the threshold learning outcomes (TLO) expected of graduates of a course in those disciplines. Below are the links to the discipline-based LTAS statements:
Building and Construction
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_BUILDING_2011_0.pdf
Education
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/EducationStandardsBooklet_0.pdf
Architecture
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_ARCHITECTURE_240811_rv3_0.pdf
Accounting
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_ACCOUNTING_090211.pdf
Bachelor of Laws
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards.LAW_.110211_rv2_0.pdf
Engineering and ICT
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_ENGINEERING_090211.pdf
History
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_HISTORY_080211_v2_0.pdf
Geography
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_GEOGRAPHY_080211_v2_0.pdf
Environment & Sustainability
http://environmentltas.gradschool.edu.au
Creative & Performing Arts
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_CREATIVE%20ARTS_080211_v2.pdf
Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_HMVS_210611_0.pdf
Science
http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/altc_standards_SCIENCE_240811_v3_0.pdf
http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-learning-and-teaching-academic-standards-science-2011
Recent projects on benchmarking (Australia)
Learning and Teaching Standards
http://www.olt.gov.au/clone-learning-and-teaching-academic-standards
Information about the Office for Learning and Teaching-funded Learning and Teaching Standards project which piloted inter-university peer review and moderation processes across disciplines. Includes tools and user guides.
Assessing standards in Accounting
http://achievementmatters.com.au/
Information about the Office for Learning and Teaching-funded Achievement matters: External peer review of accounting learning standards project which piloted a review process designed to facilitate consensus in the assessment of accounting learning standards. More information about threshold standards in the business disciplines can be found here: http://www.abdc.edu.au/3.74.0.0.1.0.htm