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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-0770

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Article

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Publication Details

Irish Journal of Education, Vol. 49, 2025

Abstract

The growing diversification of teaching roles in higher education and the siloed nature of semesterised programmes can inhibit quality teaching and learning. This paper introduces the Embedding Content Across Academic Programmes Toolkit (ECAAPT), a practical model for mapping and tracking embedded content across modules, semesters, and years within higher education programmes that can ease the administrative burden of curricular mapping and change on academics teaching in the sector. Originally developed with a focus on tracking student academic literacies, this model has also been adapted and shown value in mapping and tracking other content, such as graduate attributes, feedback, assessment strategies, and learning outcomes (Bloom’s taxonomy). Practical uses of ECAAPT are outlined, such as in the mapping required for programmatic review and in the constructive alignment of module content and/or programmes. Using a resource such as ECAAPT can aid in developing a more coherent structure in terms of planning and development of new modules and courses, tracking existing programme/module delivery over time, as well as allowing for greater ease of coordination of changes and development of courses and programmes under review. One key element of ECAAPT is that

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