Reviewers will not make comments during a lecture, seminar or tutorial and should not be intrusive or engage directly in the teaching or learning. As with other observations, reviewers should endeavour to meet the appropriate member of staff to ascertain the overall objectives of the session, and provide feedback wherever possible. In making their judgements about an individual session, reviewers evaluate whether the teaching and learning approaches and the materials used are effective in achieving the intended learning outcomes. This includes consideration of any relevant written or computer-based guidance for students and samples of student work where these are available. After attending a session, the reviewer offers a brief oral feedback to the member of staff, even if this includes a later appointment being made to provide the feedback.
Oral feedback is confidential to the member of staff, and is always given privately.
The purpose of the feedback is to offer constructive comment on the observations made rather than to prescribe preferred practice. Reviewers must preserve the anonymity of staff in all written reports and in discussions with other members of the institution. Learning Resources 63. Reviewers also gather evidence through direct examination of the student learning resources. Reviewers normally visit the facilities made available to the subject, and may observe students and staff using specialist IT or other equipment in the course of normal teaching and learning activities.